PULLMAN, Wash. – The state of Washington is well positioned to develop biofuel markets, but only if it begins now to take a long-term, targeted approach focused on advanced biofuels and potential biomass sources, according to a team of economists in the Washington State University School of Economic Sciences. “Our analysis suggests that Washington has […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Stephen Jones, a Washington State University wheat breeder, will partner in a multi-nation, $9-million grant from the European Commission Research Directorate-General on a research project designed to improve the production efficiency of food, feed and biofuel crops. “If we put 100 pounds of nitrogen on wheat, we are lucky if 50 pounds […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Palouse wheat growers should think twice before harvesting crop residue for cellulosic ethanol production, says Ann Kennedy, a USDA-Agricultural Research Service soil scientist.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Bioenergy research and development will be featured this June at Washington State University’s three major small grains and cropping research field days. Research on winter wheat and spring wheat breeding, camelina as a dryland oilseed crop, the WSU biofuels research project, winter peas, fusarium crown rot resistance in wheat, and downy brome […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Developing plants that include more of what it takes to replace petrochemicals in fuels, plastics and other applications is the focus of an $840,000 USDA grant awarded to Washington State University Regents Professor Norman G. Lewis.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be on the Pullman campus of Washington State University the morning of Thursday, April 10, to announce the award of a nearly $1 million grant for biofuels research being conducted by WSU Regents Professor Norman G. Lewis. The media availability will begin at 10:30 […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Energy and agriculture will be the focus of the first annual Washington State University Economic Issues and Outlook Conference scheduled Dec. 6-7 at the Red Lion Inn at Pasco. “The agriculture and energy sectors are operating in unprecedented economic conditions and experiencing record commodity prices,” said Tom Marsh, associate professor in WSU’s […]
Prosser, Wash. – The Washington State University Center for Precision Agricultural Systems has received a three-year $395,000 grant from the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study how biofuel crop production affects soil conditions. “Corn acreage is expected to increase 15 percent by 2008, largely due to […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Norman G. Lewis, director of Washington State University’s Institute of Biological Chemistry, will play a role in the multi-million-dollar bioenergy initiative recently announced by the U.S. Department of Energy. DOE last week announced it will invest up to $375 million in three new Bioenergy Research centers as part of President Bush’s initiative […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — John M. Baker, research leader with the U.S. Department of Agricultural Research Service, will deliver the fourth annual Campbell Lecture at 4:10 p.m., Monday, Oct. 23, in room 203 of the Smith Center for Undergraduate Education. Baker, whose research has focused on the impact of farm management practices on the cycling of […]