PULLMAN, Wash. — Resignation of Washington State University’s extension agronomist won’t disrupt this year’s variety trials and grower tours program. Edward Adams, state leader of agriculture and natural resource programs for WSU Cooperative Extension, said Stephen Dofing’s colleagues will carry through with this year’s variety testing trials and field tours, which were already planned. Dofing […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Ed Donaldson, a Washington State University research agronomist, died Tuesday, April 13, in Spokane. Donaldson’s career included 28 years on the WSU faculty. Most of his WSU career was spent at Lind, where he worked in WSU’s hard-red-winter wheat-breeding program. Donaldson was on a medical leave and had recently moved to Spokane. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — John Burns, Washington State University Whitman County Cooperative Extension agent, has been named the 12th recipient of the Kenneth J. Morrision Extension Award in Agronomy and Soils. The award recognizes WSU extension faculty for significant contributions to agronomic crop production and soil management. “John Burns is an exemplary faculty member, serving Washington […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — With 55-gallon drums full of gasoline strappedto their vehicles, Washington State University’s James D. Maguire and a group of other expatriots dashed over the roadless desert for four days, from Kadugli to Khartoum, Sudan. A coup resulted in grounding all airplanes, stranding them in Kadugli. The only way back to their homes […]