With the global population expected to rise by nearly two billion over the next 30 years, Washington-grown crops will play an increasingly crucial role in sustaining our food supply.
The new USDA-Agricultural Research Service Plant Sciences Building, to be constructed over the next three years on the Pullman campus, will help scientists address critical challenges facing national and global agriculture.
Replacing facilities that are more than 60 years old, this building will provide cutting-edge research space for four ARS units as well as members of the WSU Departments of Plant Pathology, Crop and Soil Sciences, and Horticulture. WSU scientists will work closely alongside federal researchers on projects that improve crops and sustainable practices and reduce the impacts of weeds, pests, and diseases on agriculture in the Pacific Northwest.