New grant will allow WSU to help underserved farmers apply for loans
A new program led by WSU will help farmers in underserved communities navigate the USDA Farm Service Agency’s online loan application process.
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Partner-funded WSU Plant Growth Facility is paid off, paying forward
Now paid off, WSU’s expanded Plant Growth facility enables faster, more efficient breeding and more competitive new wheat varieties.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture helps break ground for new USDA-ARS Plant Sciences Building
Officials, legislators, and university leaders broke ground for the new USDA-ARS Plant Sciences Building on the Pullman campus
Self-Teaching Web App Improves Speed, Accuracy of Classifying DNA Variations Among Cereal Varieties
New app can quickly and accurately analyze and organize genomic data available for cereal crops.
Improving and increasing urban agriculture goal of two new grants
WSU’s Metropolitan Center for Applied Research and Extension will bolster urban agriculture with help from two new grants funded by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
New grant aims to reduce plastic taken from fields to landfills
WSU leads a new $8 million USDA-funded project aiming to advance soil-biodegradable plastic mulches and develop innovative methods for recycling the regular plastic mulch.
Discovery reveals how fungi bypasses plant defenses, kills plants
Learning how a white mold fungus avoids plant defenses could lead to a new tool to combat a pathogen that causes billions of dollars of crop loss worldwide.
Grad student wins fellowship to study buckwheat’s potential
WSU Ph.D. candidate Rachel Breslauer received a $120,000 USDA pre-doctoral fellowship to study buckwheat as a cash crop as well as a cover crop.
Freeing organic farmers from plastic pollution
WSU scientists join national effort to build a better, more sustainable mulch
Scientists follow bees to study colony survival
WSU researchers and partners join the journey of pollination to get a clearer picture of colony health.
