PULLMAN, Wash. — Twenty-seven high school and middle school teachers are attending a three-day workshop here on science and our food supply — from farm to dinner table. A mix of science, family sciences and agri-science teachers are attending the course, which began today (Monday). “The program is designed to help teachers meet national and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — David Granatstein, statewide coordinator for the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources and sustainable agricultural specialist, was honored Thursday as the 15th recipient of the Kenneth J. Morrison Award in Agronomy and Soils. The award recognizes Washington State University Cooperative Extension faculty for significant contributions to agronomic crop production and soil […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A Washington State University administrator was honored Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for work on a nationwide team. Linda Kirk Fox, associate dean and associate director of WSU Cooperative Extension, and members of the “Money2000” and “Investing for Your Future” teams received the USDA Secretary’s Honor Award in ceremonies in […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — About 125 scientists are expected to attend the 17th Annual North American Forest Biology Workshop here, July 1518. John Bassman, Washington State University natural resource scientist, said the program includes presentations on forest biology and physiology, including watershed, fire, insect, disease, salmon habitat and other issues. “This is the first time that […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Wheat stripe rust is developing very rapidly on Zak and several other spring wheat varieties in Eastern Washington, according to Kim Kidwell, a spring wheat breeder at Washington State University and Xianming Chen, a plant pathologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service. Kidwell said the fungal disease has been reported in the […]
PULLMAN — Summer is no respite from school days for WSU’s agricultural faculty. The classroom just moves outofdoors to research facilities and plots in commercial farmers’ fields. Their students are farmers and other workers in agricultural industries. WSU has been holding field days under one name or another for more than a hundred years. Faculty […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Potential synergies between Washington State University and General Mills, Inc., to enhance production and utilization of Pacific Northwest wheat will be the subject of the luncheon speaker at the WSU Spillman Agronomy Farm Field Day, Thursday, July 11. Tom Willis, General Mills merchandising manager for specialty products, Great Falls, Mont., will discuss […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The permanent budget for the Washington State University College of Agriculture and Home Economics will be reduced by $1.27 million, effective July 1. Dean James Zuiches said that the college’s budget reduction of about 3.5 percent is part of WSU’s $6.8 million budget reduction to cope with a cut in state appropriations. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The latest research on direct seed cropping systems will be featured in the June 27 Field Day at the Palouse Conservation Field Station. Research on continuous direct seeding cropping systems was initiated on this 200-acre research farm in 1996 and continues to expand as a major research focus. USDA-Agricultural Research Service and […]
MOSCOW, Idaho — First there were Yuppies, now there are YOPIs: Young, Old, Pregnant or Immune-system compromised. YOPIs is food safety educator jargon to describe people at highest risk from food borne illnesses. The term echoed the halls and hallways of the 10th annual Food Safety Farm-to-Table Conference underway here at the University of Idaho. […]