WSU’s Whitman County Extension will co-host the national American Youth Horse Council Symposium in March.

4-H volunteers impacted, offer helping hands after Oso mudslide

EVERETT, Wash. – The Washington State University Snohomish County Extension farmer-to-farmer tour series goes to farrier school with a visit to Mission Farrier School near Snohomish. Participants will learn to view horses from the farrier’s point of view, and how the school’s students learn to evaluate each horse’s needs. Each horse is then shod taking […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — Two Pierce County 4-H workers are among eight Washington state residents recently inducted into the state 4-H Hall of Fame. Inducted were Pat Hague, Graham, and the late Mary Richen of Puyallup. Hague has been a leader in the 4-H horse project for 26 years. She also has been an active on […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — Ellen Hayden, Snohomish, has been inducted into the Washington state 4-H Hall of Fame. Hayden helped establish the 4-H horse program in Snohomish County and has been a staunch supporter of 4-H since 1957. She and her husband, Fred, formed a second 4-H horse club in Snohomish County in 1958. The Haydens […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Agriculture and Home Economics will host the Fourth Annual Horseman’s Conference on Saturday, Oct. 16. The conference will be held in the Compton Union Building, CUB Ballroom located on the Pullman campus. The daylong event features several brief lectures by veterinarians […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — 1999’s first hay crop is growing, but economic prospects for Washington hay producers aren’t. Agricultural economists see another year of gloom for hay growers. Neil Rimbey, University of Idaho range economist, Caldwell, said Northwest hay supplies are at record high levels following a mild winter, which reduced hay consumption. Rimbey said a […]

PULLMAN, Wash. –George B. Hatley, director of the Appaloosa Museum and Heritage Center, Moscow, Idaho, will be honored April 16 at the 14th annual recognition banquet of Washington State University’s animal sciences department at the Quality Inn, Pullman. Hatley will receive the department’s Distinguished Service Award for his contribution to the horse industry. Hatley played […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s Spring Horse Expo, Fat and Fuzzy Open Schooling Show and Training Horse Auction will be held April 24-25, at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds west of Colfax. Every summer, supporters of WSU’s equine program donate “green” horses to the school for use in its training program. “These horses have little […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — Horse enthusiasts will hear presentations on a variety of horse health topics at the second annual Washington State University Horseman’s Conference Saturday, Nov. 1 at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Faculty from the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Agriculture and Home Economics will make presentations on the following topics. […]