PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University entomologist Bill Snyder has received a $2.05 million USDA grant to help potato farmers reduce their use of insecticides in the Pacific Northwest. “Currently, potato farmers are between a rock and a hard place,” Snyder said. “They are going to have to learn to produce a blemish-free crop while […]
ROCHESTER, Wash. – A free, five evening pre-license pesticide applicator training taught in Spanish will be offered in the community of Rochester by Washington State University Extension in cooperation with the Washington State Department of Agriculture. Those who successfully pass an examination at the end of training will qualify for a private pesticide applicator license. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The 6th PNW Pesticide Issues Conference will be Feb. 26 at the Doubletree Hotel in Yakima. Carol Ramsay, Washington State University pesticide education specialist, said the conference will focus on cholinesterase monitoring for exposure to organophosphate and carbamate insecticides; issues related to pesticide drift and agricultural exposures, and pesticide exposure that occurs […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — For the second year in a row, a broadleaf herbicide has contaminated compost processed in Pullman and Spokane. Commercial composters fear it may become a growing problem across the nation. Last year Washington State University’s compost was contaminated by picloram, a broadleaf herbicide that killed fruit and vegetables in many gardens in […]
TACOMA, Wash. A one-day conference on home and garden pesticide issues is scheduled Oct. 19 at Pacific Lutheran University. “We need to mitigate the risk of pesticide used by homeowners to themselves, their families, their neighbors, their pets and the environment,” said Carol Ramsay, WSU Cooperative Extension pesticide educator. “The best way is through education.” […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University officials are formulating recommendations on how gardeners should handle herbicide-contaminated soils and will make them available on a Web page as soon as possible. WSU announced these plans today after new laboratory tests found traces of the herbicide picloram in Washington State University compost suspected of damaging garden plants […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — “The legislature has done a great thing for farm and ranch families. This is the best state budget in the history of the Washington State University College of Agriculture and Home Economics.” This was the reaction of James Zuiches, dean of the college, to word that the Washington State Legislature fully funded […]
RICHLAND, Wash. — The Washington State Commission on Pesticide Registration has scheduled a phone conference at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16. The agenda includes a review of and vote on a personal services contract between the commission and Alan Schreiber, commission administrator. Schreiber resigned from Washington State University on Dec. 22. Interested people are invited […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State Commission on Pesticide Registration will meet Tuesday, Nov. 25, at the Hal Holmes Community Center in Ellensburg. The agenda includes a review of proposals requesting funding from the commission. The meeting is scheduled from 10 a.m. to about 4 p.m. The public is invited. Contact Catherine Daniels at (509) […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State Commission on Pesticide Registration will meet Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the Summit Inn at Snoqualmie Pass. The agenda includes a review of proposals requesting funding from the commission. The meeting is scheduled from 10 a.m. to about 4 p.m. The public is invited. Contact Catherine Daniels at (509) 372-7492 […]