PULLMAN, Wash. – An entertaining, informative presentation about mushrooms and mushroom hunters from a three-month 2011 trip to India, Thailand and China will be presented by Taylor Lockwood at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in Ensminger Pavilion at Washington State University Pullman. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and refreshments will be served.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Topics centering on the health benefits of probiotics and prebiotics are the focus of a free, public symposium to be offered at Washington State University Nov. 1-2.
PULLMAN, Wash. – A series of workshops for livestock producers on direct marketing meat will be offered this fall and winter by Washington State University Extension. Workshop series organizer Tom Platt, a Washington State University Extension educator based in Davenport, said the series will help livestock producers identify and manage the risks they take on […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University Department of Animal Science is offering a cattle artificial insemination short course in Pullman, Aug. 9 – 11. The course will be taught by David DeAvila, a WSU instructor who has extensive experience in AI and in teaching AI to WSU undergraduates. The course will be limited to 12 […]
PROSSER, Wash. — The 2012 Washington State University Cherry Field Day is slated for June 4. The field day will kick off with a BBQ lunch starting at noon in the picnic area at the WSU Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser.
PULLMAN, Wash. — “I’m a plant freak!” said Tim Paulitz when asked why he gardens. Paulitz, a USDA scientist and WSU Department of Plant Pathology faculty member, is a member of the board that runs the Pullman Community Garden. The three-acre community garden, founded on the old Koppel Farm estate just off campus, is home […]
PULLMAN, Wash.—When Washington State University senior Casey Burnette graduated from Corvallis (Mont.) High School four years ago, her mother, Elizabeth Weis, wrote in a letter to her daughter, “Baby horse, I can’t wait to see your first clothing line.” Burnette, now preparing to graduate again, created her first fashion line for the WSU Mom’s Weekend […]
SNOHOMISH, Wash. — We’ve all heard the story; someone bought a few beef, hogs, goats, or poultry only to have a series of mishaps. Just getting them home was worthy of a Tonight Show monologue. Breakouts and good neighbor roundups, late night emergency vet calls, nutritional problems, unruly and dangerous behavior, the list can be […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Two 2-day Washington State University Extension workshops in May will teach livestock producers how to connect clean water and ranch profitability. The workshops will teach producers how to accurately identify their risk of causing water quality problems and then link risks to specific strategies that are proven to protect riparian function, […]
WENATCHEE, Wash. – Comprehensive forest management plans are necessary for landowners to satisfy environmental requirements and participate in beneficial state and federal programs. But writing acceptable plans is a challenge. A workshop will be offered six times this spring by Washington State University Extension to provide participants with the information necessary to write a complete […]