PULLMAN, Wash. — A 90-minute digital video that captured highlights of the June 25, 2002 Direct Seed Drill Demonstration near Genesee, Idaho, is now available for loan or purchase in either VHS or DVD format. Roger Veseth, extension conservation tillage specialist for Washington State University and University of Idaho, said 11direct seed drills were featured […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — More than 800 people are expected to attend the Sixth Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference, Jan. 8-10, at the WestCoast Hotel in Pasco. The conference and a new commercial Direct Seed Trade Show will present the latest technologies and experiences with direct seed cropping systems in the Northwest, according to Roger […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. — Farmers are not only in the business of raising and harvesting crops, they are in the business of running a business. That includes managing a work force that may include everyone from family members to hired employees, usually including Latino workers who today comprise the vast majority of field workers. “Ag Help […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Growers developing direct seed cropping systems must choose seed and fertilizer openers from a range of high to low soil disturbance levels — each with respective benefits and challenges. Roger Veseth, extension conservation tillage specialist for Washington State University and the University of Idaho, said the 2003 Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Six Northwest farmers will share their accumulative 66 years’ direct seeding experience with farmers attending the 6th Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference and Trade Show in Pasco, Wash., Jan. 8-10, 2003. More than 800 growers and agricultural advisers are expected to attend, said Roger Veseth, Washington State University/University of Idaho extension […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Farming with the wind in continuing drought is the theme of the annual research review of the Columbia Plateau Wind Erosion/Air Quality Project Dec. 5-6 in Spokane. Scientists from Washington State University, the USDA Agricultural Research Service and Northwest farmers will discuss air quality issues, experiences, agricultural emissions, policies, the physics of […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The positive effect of neighbors, school, and peers ranks right up there with parental support as teens recover from the effects of their parents’ divorce and possible remarriage, according to Kathleen Boyce Rodgers and Hilary Rose, Washington State University family scientists.
SEATTLE, Wash. — How will the uncertainties of current events, and for that matter the certainties, affect the economy of the nation, the Northwest and Washington state for the months ahead? A nationally renowned economic forecaster and leading forecasting economists from each of the Northwest states will address that question at the upcoming second annual […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s Apparel, Merchandising and Textiles program won the first institutional level scholarship competition at Fashion Group International of Seattle. WSU received the group’s $12,500 scholarship grant in recent ceremonies in Seattle. Deborah Vandermar, the group’s co-chair for the event, said FGI of Seattle has given scholarships for many years, handling […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A University of Washington and Washington State University program that helps rural communities gain access to the latest technology and training for woodlands management has received a national award for private-forestry education. The Rural Technology Initiative was launched two years ago by the UW’s College of Forest Resources and WSU’s natural resource […]