Corn

WSU scientist joins national research team turning corn waste to sustainable fuel.

I’m trained in geology, but I don’t work in the energy industry. That means I’m an interested bystander on the sidelines of the energy game, more eager than most to see the execution of the next play on the turf –but I’m not on one of the teams actually touching the ball. The people who […]

Davenport, Wash. – Dan Loy, professor of animal sciences at Iowa State University, will discuss corn co-products and how they compare in nutrient content to more typical feeds and how co-products of the corn milling and ethanol industries can be fed on the ranch during a telephone conference with ranchers from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 […]

EVERETT, Wash. — The next workshop in Washington State University Snohomish County Extension’s Farmer-to- Farmer series will explore what’s involved in developing a corn maze on the farm, including planning the design, development and maintenance. The workshop will be held on Monday, Aug. 11, starting at 10 a.m. at Bob’s Corn, 10917 Elliot Road, Snohomish. […]

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. — Corn silage and grain hybrid field trials will be featured at Washington State University Columbia Basin Field Trials scheduled August 14-16. The events, which start at 8 a.m., are scheduled at the Callahan Farms near Royal City on Aug. 14, at the Halvorson Farms near Toppenish on August 15 and at the […]