PULLMAN, Wash. — Consumers can have confidence that the beef they eat is safe, a Washington State University meat professor said here today. USDA Secretary Ann Veneman announced Tuesday afternoon that a single case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as BSE or “mad cow disease” has been presumptively diagnosed in a Washington State dairy […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Preliminary concepts and options for the renovation of the Washington State University Mount Vernon Research and Extension Unit here will be presented and discussed at a public meeting. The meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Mount Vernon research facility, 16650 State Route 536 in Mount Vernon. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Feb. 1 is the deadline for students to apply for about $100,000 in scholarships for students who want to major in growing wine grapes or making wine at Washington State University. Viticulture and enology program is an option under the bachelor of science degree in horticulture. It is available to students on […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. — What makes an ideal Christmas tree? Most of us look for things like shape, fullness and good color, but Washington State University plant pathologist Gary Chastagner has some additional criteria. “For me, the ideal Christmas tree is one that’s relatively easy to grow in this region, has natural resistance to disease and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University Cooperative Extension now has a new name to go with its expanded mission. It now is Washington State University Extension. Extension work has been part of the university’s mission since 1913. It operates non-credit educational programs for adults and youth in all 39 Washington counties. Mike Tate, extension dean, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Board of Regents Friday changed the name of the university’s College of Agriculture and Home Economics to the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences.
PULLMAN, Wash. — Weed control and making a profit are the topics of two back-to-back meetings scheduled by Washington State University for livestock producers. Don Nelson, WSU extension beef specialist, will conduct a Planning for Profit Workshop, Thursday, Nov. 20, and a Weed Management Using Multi-Species Grazing Conference, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21-22. Both meetings […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. — Helping farmers ease global climate change by reducing farm-produced greenhouse gas emissions is the goal of a $3.75 million research grant from the Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundation to Washington State University’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources.
PULLMAN, Wash. — Michael Hecht, a physicist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will deliver the inaugural Gaylon Campbell Lecture in Environmental Soil and Water Science at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 18, in the CUB Auditorium at Washington State University. Hecht will speak on “The Phoenix Mission to the Mars Polar Regions: Getting Down on Dirty.” Hecht […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The lack of quality control and uniformity is a growing problem for the rapidly expanding herbal medicine and food supplement industry. Research to help the industry overcome these problems will be the subject of a panel at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Seattle, Feb. 12-17. Dr. […]