IAREC hosts Wenatchee college’s viticulture education for Hispanic community
Program helps employees in Washington specialty crop industries build professional skills.
Prosser
Grant aims for better hops, better beer
WSU is leading a new four-year, $4.8 million grant to advance hops and help hop growers make better beer.
Confirmation of monarch butterfly breeding in winter shows hope for western population
WSU researcher finds western monarch butterflies can successfully breed and maintain populations on ornamental milkweeds during winter at urban sites in the South Bay of San Francisco.
WSU’s Cosmic Crisp® apple wins healthy snack nod from Good Housekeeping
WSU-bred apple earns nod from consumer testers for taste, crisp bite
Aug. 22: WSU’s Ag Tech Day explores automation in specialty crops
Students and faculty at WSU’s Center for Precision and Automated Agriculture will take part in Ag Tech Day. PROSSER, Wash. – Washington State University’s Center for Precision & Automated Agricultural Systems will host Agricultural Technology…
WSU scientists clone grape virus to help stop devastating disease
Prosser, Wash.—A new discovery by scientists at Washington State University could help grape growers roll back a devastating virus that withers their vines and shrivels harvests. Named for how it curls the leaves of infected plants, grapevine leafroll disease costs growers millions of dollars in lost vines and productivity. Until now, no one has […]
Sagebrush hospitality: a home for good bugs can save vineyards
New research from WSU scientists shows the humble sagebrush could help vineyards fight pests while reducing the use of pesticides.
CAHNRS Faculty Feature: Steve Fransen
We asked several CAHNRS Ambassadors, excellent students who love WSU and their college, to name their favorite or most influential professors. And now we’re featuring those nominated educators in this weekly series, which runs through the summer. Today we’re showcasing Steve Fransen, research agronomist and WSU Extension Specialist in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at the Irrigated […]
Sparking an interest in agriculture
The CAHNRS Spark program took high school students on a tour to show the wide variety of job opportunities in agriculture.
WSDA to dedicate new, state-of-the-art greenhouse at WSU center
The Washington State Department of Agriculture dedicated the agency’s new state-of-the-art greenhouse, built to support the state’s tree fruit industry, at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Prosser.
