PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University Professor John Fellman is a member of an international team recently funded by an $8.3 million grant from the Gates Foundation to improve the nutrition and shelf-life of a staple that feeds more than 500 million people around the globe – cassava. Specifically, Fellman, a post-harvest plant physiologist in […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Wildfire notwithstanding, livestock have to eat, and Dave Bragg, director of the Washington State University Extension office in Garfield County, is helping coordinate efforts to get hay for cattle displaced by the School Fire about 15 miles south of Pomeroy. Some 2000 head have been moved to the east side of the […]
Pullman, Wash. — Washington State University’s Master Gardener Program is now accepting registrations from the general public for its annual conference this fall on the Pullman campus. This year’s conference, which is entitled “Citizen Scientists,” is being held Sept. 8 and 9. It offers more than 75 classes for intermediate to advanced gardeners on a […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Thomas W. Walters has joined the staff of Washington State University’s Mount Vernon Northwest Washington Research and Extension Center in the new position of small fruit horticulturist. He began August 1. Walters is no stranger to the challenges of small fruit horticulture in Northwest Washington. For the past seven years he […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Grassroots watershed planning, writing grants to fund watershed projects and improving community involvement in watershed issues are featured in a three-video anthology now available through Washington State University Extension. “Anthology of Watershed Issues 2002 – 2004” is a compilation of stakeholder responsive workshops produced over the past three years. The Pacific Northwest […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The economic impact of re-opening the border to Canadian beef imports into the United States hinges on two factors – how much beef is imported and how American consumers respond to it. “The first thing most of us should see is a drop in the price of beef at the grocery store,” […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — “The Changing Beef Market” will be the focus of Washington State University’s Beef Information Day scheduled Sept. 24 at Moses Lake. “The dynamics of marketing in the beef industry are changing rapidly,” said Art Linton, WSU Extension beef scientist, “creating opportunities for cow-calf producers to add value to their market. “We have […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s Organic Farm Project will be featured at a field day Wednesday, Aug. 3. The half-day farm tour begins at 9 a.m. at the organic farm inside Tukey Horticultural Orchard located on Airport Road on the east side of the Pullman campus. The event is free and open to the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Diana Roberts, Washington State University Extension area agronomist, was named the 15th recipient of the Kenneth J. Morrison Award in Agronomy and Soils at the Spillman Agronomy Farm Field Day on Thursday. The award recognizes WSU Extension faculty for significant contributions made to agronomic crop production and soil management. “Largely through her […]
Map to Spillman Agronomy Farm in PDF format. Daniel J. Bernardo, who will begin duties as the new dean of Washington State University’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, later this summer, will be available for interviews after the noon luncheon of the Spillman Agronomy Farm Field Day on Thursday, July 7. Two […]