PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington wheat industry is keeping a close eye on Zak, a promising newcomer among soft white spring wheat varieties. Zak’s credentials look hard to beat. It has outstanding end-use quality, is tolerant to the Hessian fly, is resistant to stripe rust and has higher yield potential than Wawawai, the main variety […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A tightly knit relationship between Washington State University scientists and Washington’s red raspberry industry is fostering research to help Washington retain its dominant position in the U.S. market. The Pacific Northwest is a world leading center of red raspberry production, and Washington accounts for more than 60 percent of U.S. production. More […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Where bruising is concerned, all fruits and vegetables aren’t created equal. Just ask Washington State University agricultural engineer Gary Hyde, who, for a quarter of a century, has been studying how produce is bruised during handling. Hyde has found that a cold, turgid tuber is easily bruised. The same can be said […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University Cooperative Extension offices across the state are bracing for budget cuts as county officials figure out how to handle reductions in the wake of the passage of Initiative 695. “I-695 is affecting nearly all counties and significantly affecting a selected number,” said Mike Tate, associate dean and associate director […]
They say you can’t have your cake and eat it too, but growing numbers of employees are finding that the best way to go to work is to stay home. It’s a concept heartily endorsed by Dee Christensen, telecommunicating program manager for WSU Energy Extension. In fact, Christensen and her co-workers have developed nationally acclaimed […]
Athletes who are stiff, tight and inflexible risk injuries. So do farmers and ranchers whose market strategies are stiff. And let’s face it, some producers are downright rigid in their approach to marketing. That’s understandable because farmers and ranchers are a conservative lot. They’re most comfortable with things the way they’ve always been, doing things […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. Vandals apparently mistook raspberry bushes for poplar trees when they broke into a screen house at Washington State University’s Puyallup Research and Extension Center here on the weekend. But James Zuiches, dean of the WSU College of Agriculture and Home Economics, said the research facility they hit is used by Plant Pathologist Peter […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The 3rd Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference and Trade Show will be held January 4-6, at the Pendleton Convention Center and Red Lion Inn in Pendleton, Ore. Over 26 speakers include researchers, industry and agency representatives, and growers from across the Pacific Northwest and Australia. Four session focus on residue management, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The U.S.-China trade agreement signed today is good news for Northwest agriculture, according to Desmond O’Rourke, director of Washington State University’s International Marketing Program for Agricultural Commodities and Trade. The agreement eliminates export subsidies for Chinese agricultural products, lowers tariffs on agricultural imports from an average of 15 percent to 14.5 percent […]
Agricultural economist Herb Hinman leans back in his chair and grins as he tells about a farmer who came up to him after one of his economics workshops and told him, “Three years ago I went home and pushed a pencil on whether it would pay to buy a new pickup. I couldn’t justify it, […]