PULLMAN, Wash. — Economic competitiveness is a driving force behind rapid transition to no-till or direct seeding diversified cropping systems in Argentina, says Roger Veseth, Washington State University/University of Idaho conservation tillage specialist. More than 14 million acres, or 28 percent, of Argentina’s cropland, was in no-till systems in 1997. Veseth says that’s why Roberto […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A Washington State University regional economic study has found that agricultural exports outside the region provide more than 35,000 jobs to workers in the 19-county Spokane trade area. The Spokane trade area includes Spokane, Pend Oreille, Ferry, Stevens, Lincoln, Adams, Whitman, Garfield, Adams and Asotin counties in Washington and Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — University educators should hear the “footsteps” of private industry, accept the World Wide Web as a fact of life and help design new educational delivery systems for the future. If they fail to do so, land grant universities will be like the Titantic, plowing towards disaster, according to Andrew S. Gibbons, associate […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Vicki McCracken has been appointed interim associate dean and director of academic programs in the Washington State University College of Agriculture and Home Economics. She succeeds Larry James, who has been appointed interim dean of WSU’s Tri-Cities campus. CAHE Dean James Zuiches said James will continue to lead CAHE’s Kellogg Partnership 2020 […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Cooperative Extension Energy Program has received a $75,000 gift from the AT&T Foundation. The funds will be used to help create a new telework exhibit and series of seminars, according to Dee Christensen, telecommuting program manager. “The WSU Energy Program is completely self-supporting through grants,” Christensen said. “This […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The 5th Annual Grass Seed Cropping Systems for a Sustainable Agriculture Review will be held Nov. 9-10 in Moscow, Idaho. University and government scientists will present information on residue utilization; disease, insect, weed and slug control; national and international marketing issues; research on non-thermal grass seed cropping systems; and grower, industry and […]
PULLMAN — Northwest alfalfa hay producers may find the answers to some of their problems in Reno, Nev. Not at the gaming tables, but at the 1998 California/Nevada Alfalfa Symposium on Dec. 3-4. Hay specialist Bill Ford, Washington State University Cooperative Extension, Pasco, says all western hay producers face similar challenges. The Asian economic crisis […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Farming with the Wind, a review of the Columbia Plateau Wind Erosion/PM-10 research project, is scheduled Nov. 19-20 at the Ridpath Hotel in Spokane. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, the University of Idaho, Washington State University, and officials from the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, the Washington […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A satellite teleconference on composting is scheduled at 8:45 a.m., Nov. 5, at the Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee. The two-hour broadcast: “Composting: A Tool for Western Agriculture,” will include film coverage of composting sites in the West and a live question and answer period with […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The 2nd Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference and Trade Show Jan. 5-7, 1999 in Spokane will give farmers an opportunity to learn how to reduce costs and improve profitability for a competitive edge in global markets. Seven in-depth focus sessions feature 37 speakers, including researchers and industry representatives and growers from […]