PULLMAN, Wash. — A Washington State University scientist is trying to turn cull potatoes into a profitable byproduct for Washington potato growers. The state’s potato growers harvest about 5 million tons of potatoes every year. Nearly 15 percent of the potatoes, usually known as culls, end up as some form of feed or residual use […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Manure. It’s ugly, it smells, and getting rid of it can be a messy problem for agricultural producers throughout the country. Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, however, researchers at Washington State University will be working to find a new way for producers to make money from it. […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. — Helping farmers ease global climate change by reducing farm-produced greenhouse gas emissions is the goal of a $3.75 million research grant from the Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundation to Washington State University’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources.
PULLMAN, Wash. — Two Washington State University scientists have received a grant for a three-year research and educational effort to bridge the historic gap between environmentalists and farmers. Their projects are part of a $700,000 grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to Farming and The Environment, a community-based coalition. Peter Goldmark, Farming and The […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Three faculty at Washington State University have received an $800,000 grant from the Department of Energy to do basic research on the use of animal manure to produce low-cost energy and other value-added products. Shulin Chen, associate professor of biological systems engineering; Ron Kincaid, professor of animal sciences; and Joe Harrison, Cooperative […]