Managing Dairy Waste for Profit Researchers from a cross section of disciplines at Washington State University, along with USDA researchers, have teamed up to work on addressing a challenging issue within the dairy industry in the state of Washington: nutrient management. Coming from the departments of animal sciences, economics, biological systems engineering and crop and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – A Hispanic Food Network program featuring the science of Washington State University wheat breeder Kim Kidwell, her partnership with Fred Fleming of Shepherd’s Grain Flour and his partnership with a Spokane tortilla factory and WSU dining services will air multiple times on television stations throughout eastern Washington in December and January. The […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – At the request of students and faculty both, the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences is expanding its undergraduate research grant program for the 2009-10 academic year. Forty different undergraduate research projects will be awarded $1,000 grants. “Hands-on learning is a hallmark of our college,” said Professor […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Two new spring wheat varieties will soon be available to state growers, thanks to scientists at Washington State University. “JD” is a new soft white, spring club variety. “Babe” is a soft white, common spring wheat. Both varieties were bred by professor Kim Kidwell, wheat breeder and associate dean for academic programs […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Spring and winter wheat varieties developed by Washington State University scientists continue to dominate Washington’s growing wheat acreage, according to 2008 statistics recently released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Overall, total acreage planted in wheat in the state has increased by 250,000 acres in the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University is seeking international patent protection on Scarlet Rz1, a new spring wheat genotype believed to be the first to have resistance to Rhizoctonia root rot, a yield-limiting root disease found world-wide. “This is the first wheat genotype that we know of that has tolerance to this disease,” said Kim […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Spring and winter wheat varieties developed by Washington State University scientists top the list of those grown in the state, according to statistics recently released by the Washington Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Spring wheat is estimated at 450,000 acres, and winter wheat is estimated at 1.8 million […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Kim Kidwell, spring wheat breeder and an award-winning teacher and advisor in the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, has been appointed the new associate dean for academic programs in the college. CAHNRS Dean Dan Bernardo announced her appointment today. She will assume her new responsibilities Aug. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Faculty and staff of Washington State University’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences were honored for their achievements at the 46th annual college awards banquet on Saturday, (April 9). John P. McNamara, professor and animal scientist, received the CAHNRS Excellence in Advising Award. McNamara, who has been on the faculty […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Wheat stripe rust is developing very rapidly on Zak and several other spring wheat varieties in Eastern Washington, according to Kim Kidwell, a spring wheat breeder at Washington State University and Xianming Chen, a plant pathologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service. Kidwell said the fungal disease has been reported in the […]