NEWPORT, Wash. – A Family Forest Owners Field Day is scheduled for 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16, near Newport, Wash. The event is sponsored by WSU Extension, the DNR Forest Stewardship Program, and the Family Forest Foundation. The location is approximately 10 miles southwest of Newport off Scotia Road, within driving distance from Ferry, […]
Flight of the Alkali Bee Can a bee learn to fly over, instead of across, a busy highway? WSU entomologist Douglas Walsh is working with the Washington State Department of Transportation to find out. Walsh will study alkali bees and their flight around a stretch of U.S. Highway 12 in central Washington to help WSDOT […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. – A series of nine online presentations available through Washington State University summarizes, in easy-to-understand words and images, the science of climate change and its implications for humans and ecosystems.
With Raspberry Fumigation, Less May Be More Less fumigant may actually improve raspberry crops, as an ongoing study by Washington State University small fruits horticulturalist Thomas Walters indicates. Raspberry growers typically use broadcast fumigation to deal with root lesion nematodes and root rot, but increasing Environmental Protection Agency restrictions inspired Walters to research alternative methods. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Stripe Rust Alert website has been launched to inform wheat growers of stripe rust levels, and to present tools to help manage the fungus. Dr. Xianming Chen, research plant pathologist of USDA-ARS and adjunct professor at Washington State University, compiles the information from regional reports and his own field surveys. The […]
Even if you don’t have kids in your household, you could be exposed to serious diseases that often affect children. And at the moment there’s a sharp spike upward in one contagious disease that you could help protect yourself and youngsters against by getting a simple shot at the doctor’s office.
Pest News Listserve The Extension Gardening Web Team has developed a pest news listserve. The listserve will alert you to new pest information and other major pest news. While focusing on home and garden insects, diseases, weeds and vermin, the list may be of interest to Agriculture/Horticulture/Natural Resource researchers, educators and Master Gardeners. To join, […]
The next time you eat a baked spud you might want to think of the agricultural scientists who are hard at work trying to help the humble potato deal successfully with some significant diseases.
PULLMAN, Wash. – When five Washington State University students travel to a small village in central Rwanda this week, they’ll be documenting every step in their journey on a special web site. Pictures, stories and videos will be posted at http://storify.com/cahnrsglobal/rwanda-agriculture-internship as part of the students’ experience.
LIND, Wash. — The 96th annual Washington State University Lind Field Day will be held Thursday, June 14, at the university’s Dryland Research Station north of Lind.