Decision Aid System (DAS)

New leader to expand WSU’s decision system for fruit, potato growers

February 15, 2021

David Crowder expands his role as interim director, helping growers plan for success.

A bee lands on a pink and white apple blossom in an orchard.

Orchard tours share WA 38 knowledge with growers

September 21, 2018

Nearly 200 apple growers and industry professionals gathered recently at Washington State University’s Roza and Sunrise research orchards in Prosser and Wenatchee, Wash., to encounter the latest discoveries in growth and management of WSU’s new WA 38 apple variety, better known as Cosmic Crisp®. WSU Tree Fruit team members Karen Lewis, Stefano Musacchi and Bernardita […]

Two WSU researchers visiting a row of apple trees, holding apples.

About the Author

Today, it's an encounter with WSU forestry students learning to fight wildfire. Tomorrow, it might be a photo session with cheesemakers at the WSU Creamery or a field-day trip through experimental meadows at the university’s new Perennial Grass Breeding and Ecology Farm. For communicator and WSU alumnus Seth Truscott, the many facets of CAHNRS ensure that no two days are alike. A newspaper journalist and editor in a prior incarnation, he has brought the community and identity of the college to light through reports, blog posts, press releases, images, and other media since 2015.