Failing for Success: Transitioning to Organic Grain on the Palouse What choices do Palouse farmers have when they want to convert conventional agricultural land into organic grain production in order to earn the premium price on organic grain? Many, as it turns out, and the choices will have a significant effect on a farmer’s success, […]
EVERETT, Wash. – This spring, Washington State University Extension and the Washington Department of Natural Resources will take their flagship Forest Stewardship Coached Planning course online as a series of live, interactive webinars. Woodland owners in western Washington are invited to participate in this seven-week online course, which will run 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays, April 24-June […]
PULLMAN, Wash.—When Washington State University senior Casey Burnette graduated from Corvallis (Mont.) High School four years ago, her mother, Elizabeth Weis, wrote in a letter to her daughter, “Baby horse, I can’t wait to see your first clothing line.” Burnette, now preparing to graduate again, created her first fashion line for the WSU Mom’s Weekend […]
Can Washington Growers Use Rootstocks and Maintain Fruit and Wine Quality? Almost all wine grapes grown in Washington are grown on their own roots. That’s unusual. In most of the world’s other major wine regions, grapes are grown on grafted rootstock. That is, varietal scions (the part of the plant that produces the leaves, buds, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Surviving in a global marketplace “while doing good work from the heart” will be the topic of a public lecture at Washington State University Tuesday, April 3, by Walter Robb, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, one of the largest organic food store chains in the country.
On Solid Ground Publishes 200th Issue You are reading the 200th issue of Washington State University’s agricultural science e-newsletter On Solid Ground. The biweekly, electronic newsletter has been published continuously since August 2006 and in that time has run more than 600 news stories. “We started out with a select group of subscribers we wanted […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Legislation to create a special 4-H license plate for the state’s largest youth development program is now in effect. Governor Christine Gregoire signed the bill March 23 which will allow the design of a license plate with the 4-H clover. House Bill 2299, sponsored by Rep. Judy Warnick (R- Moses Lake), a […]
PROSSER, Wash. – While Washington winemakers grow most of their grapes on their natural rootstock, the coveted quality of their crop–and wines–is unlikely to change if they join the rest of the world and start grafting their varieties to more disease- and pest-resistant roots. That day will probably come, say WSU experts, but growers have […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Tree fruit growers in Washington, Michigan and New York will be receiving a survey from Haley Consulting Services asking growers about their horticultural practices and orchard characteristics. Responding to the survey is critical, as growers’ responses will help guide the Solid Set Canopy Delivery System for Apples and Cherries, a two-year, USDA-funded […]
Release time for Showcase Chance to explore variety of WSU, CAHNRS, Extension scholarship and creativity Dr. Joe Poovaiah, Regents Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, has been selected to deliver this year’s Showcase Distinguished Faculty Address. His presentation, entitled “Calcium/calmodulin: The Grand Conductor of Signal Orchestration in Plants – Agricultural and Ecological Implications” is set […]