WSU researchers to study feasibility of organic Inland Northwest wheat
Scientists will study the best way to shift to organic wheat farming through a new USDA grant.
Soil Health
Acidic Soils Solutions: a soil acidity management workshop series
WSU Extension hosts a series of soil acidity management workshops for growers.
Mentor program bridges Indigenous knowledge, Western science to build tribal capacity, protect ecosystems
Graduates can connect with Native knowledge holders and western science mentors to support Tribes and understand keystone ecosystems.
New from Extension: Crop soils as carbon sinks; blueberry economics
New free guides available online from WSU Extension include a look at the benefits of storing carbon in inland northwest crop soils, as well as the economics of growing the Draper blueberry west of the Cascades. Every month, experts with WSU share new information through the WSU Extension Publications bookstore. 2022 Cost Estimates of Producing […]
Lamb Weston donation helps WSU Master Gardeners enhance sustainability education
Through a gift from Lamb Weston, WSU Master Gardener Program volunteers in central Washington will help their communities become more sustainable and food secure.
Crop-defending scientist Lindsey du Toit leads WSU Plant Pathology Dept.
Lindsey du Toit is the first woman to lead WSU Plant Pathology as full, regular chair.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture helps break ground for new USDA-ARS Plant Sciences Building
Officials, legislators, and university leaders broke ground for the new USDA-ARS Plant Sciences Building on the Pullman campus
Field tour looks at hard-working grasses for the future, June 8
See experimental grasses and meet the scientists testing how they stand up to heavy wear, pollution, and extreme conditions.
Engineers, plant scientists decoding electrochemical signals of soil health
Seeking new tools to improve soil health, scientists at Washington State University are studying electric signals that bounce between plants and the underworld community of microbes that sustains them. This spring, a cross-disciplinary team of WSU engineers and crop scientists will sink electrodes into Washington wheat fields, as well as in soil-filled containers in the […]
WSU scientist contributes to important soil carbon sequestration research
Kirsten Ball, a post-doctoral researcher with WSU’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (CSANR), is working to understand the short- and long-term potential for organic amendments to improve carbon storage in soils of agricultural systems.
