PULLMAN, Wash. — Linda Fox, currently professor and director of the school of family and consumer sciences at the University of Idaho, has been appointed associate dean and associate director of Washington State University Cooperative Extension. Her appointment was announced Thursday (December 20) by Mike Tate, dean and director of WSU Cooperative Extension. “We are […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Farmers and farm advisors attending the 2002 Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference, Jan. 16-18, in Spokane, will hear first-hand accounts from 10 Northwest growers who are using direct seed systems. Roger Veseth, conference chair and Washington State University-University of Idaho Cooperative Extension conservation tillage specialist, said he expects about 700 growers […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Funds for critical agricultural research at Washington State University are slated to be slashed from future U.S. Department of Agriculture budgets. Ralph Cavalieri, WSU Agricultural Research Center director, said WSU stands to lose millions of dollars in future research grants under the proposed budget reported by a congressional conference committee. At issue […]
WHAT: Northwest Economic Outlook Symposium 2001 WHEN: Noon, Wednesday, Nov. 14. (Buffet lunch begins at 11:30 a.m.) WHERE: Landmark Convention Center, 47 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma. WHO: Cynthia Latta, principle U.S. economist for DRIWEFA, the nation’s preeminent economic forecasting and consulting firm whose clients include the four Northwest states. Her remarks on the state of […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A grant from the Fund for Rural America to Washington State University will boost employment in Forks, Clallam County. Forks is one of three rural areas in Washington that will be targeted for help from the two-year, $514,000 grant to WSU Cooperative Extension’s energy program. The other areas are Okanogan County and […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A $514,000 grant from the Fund for Rural America to Washington State University will boost employment in northeastern Washington and two other regions of the state. Okanogan County is one of three rural areas in Washington targeted for help from the two-year grant to WSU Cooperative Extension’s energy program. The other areas […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A $514,000 grant from the Fund for Rural America to the Washington State University Energy Program will help solve employment problems in rural Washington communities and also provide benefits to employers in metropolitan areas. The two-year grant will allow WSU to help establish telework jobs in three rural areas of the state […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A grant from the Fund for Rural America to Washington State University will boost employment in northeastern Washington. The northwest region — Ferry, Pend Oreille and Stevens counties and Deer Park — comprises one of three rural areas in Washington targeted for help from the two-year, $514,000 grant. The other areas are […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Learning from those who are succeeding is the concept behind an award-winning series of 16 free Pacific Northwest Extension publications on direct seed farming operations. The Direct Seeding in the Inland Northwest series recently won the American Society of Agronomy’s Award of Excellence for publications. The award was presented at the annual […]
TACOMA, Wash. — The outlook for the Northwest’s economy over the next three to six quarters will be the subject of the Northwest Economic Outlook Symposium 2001, to be held here Wednesday, Nov. 14. Cynthia Latta, principle U.S. economist for DRI-WEFA, will be the main speaker. DRI-WEFA is the nation’s pre-eminent economic forecasting and consulting […]