LIND, Wash. — Wheat growers presented a $25,000 check to Washington State University officials Wednesday to start an endowment fund for WSU’s Lind Dryland Research Station. Accepting the check at a reception at the station, Jim Zuiches, dean of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics, said “This is a very positive commitment on your […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Some of the latest technologies and grower innovations on conservation farming systems will be featured at the Pacific Northwest STEEP III Conservation Farming Conference, Jan. 7-8 in Kennewick. STEEP is an acronym for Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems. The program involves more than 45 scientists from the University of Idaho, Oregon […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — How do you make an award-winning stew? Moscow, Idaho resident Peg Hamlett does it with lean beef, Cabernet sauvignon and chocolate. Hamlett’s Beef Burgundy Stew, created from all Washington-produced ingredients (except the spices and chocolate), won first place in this year’s Wazzu Stew Cookoff Sept. 28, as part of Washington State University’s […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Dean A. Glawe, a plant pathologist, is the new superintendent of Washington State University — Puyallup Research and Extension Center. Today is Glawe’s first day on the job. He comes to WSU from Panlabs Inc., Bothell. Glawe worked for PanLabs for three years and was its director when he resigned to accept […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Syndicated personal health columnist Jane Brody will deliver the annual Holland Lecture at 7:15 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, in T-101 in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Building at Washington State University. Brody, whose column appears Wednesdays in the New York Times and in more than 100 other papers around the country, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A group of dryland wheat growers will turn a $25,000 check over to Washington State University at a reception scheduled for 10 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the WSU Lind Dryland Research Station to start an endowment for the research facility. The group, called the “Growers for Dryland Research,” was formed a […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — When should you pick apples from your backyard tree? What should you do if you spot black lesions on your tomatoes? Answers to these and hundreds of other garden and landscape questions may be as close as your computer at a new Internet website launched by Washington State University Cooperative Extension for […]
This year Washington’s wheat growers brought in a record crop, a crop that will contribute more than $1 billion to the state’s economy. Year after year, the wheat crop has been as dependable as the inevitable ringing phone at dinnertime. But it hasn’t always been that way. When Washington’s first wheat breeder, William Jasper Spillman, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A Spokane 4-H volunteer will receive the organization’s highest national award Saturday, Sept. 28, during Washington State University’s annual Land Grant Day celebration. Jean Gulden, who will be presented the National Partner- In-4-H Award later in the day, will be introduced during the WSU-San Jose State football game at Martin Stadium. Gulden […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Promoting peace in families is the subject of the 2nd Annual Northwest Regional Parenting Conference, Oct. 30-31 in Yakima. About 500 parent educators are expected to attend, says Margaret Ray, Washington State University Cooperative Extension human development specialist. “A wide diversity of professionals, including community educators; public health nurses; drug, alcohol and […]