SoilCon24: Finding Diverse Solutions for Diverse Soils
Washington SoilCon returns to advance soil health practices and knowledge.
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Acidic Soils Solutions: a soil acidity management workshop series
WSU Extension hosts a series of soil acidity management workshops for growers.
Lawns for a hot, dry future tested at WSU turfgrass research farm
Researchers test, breed grasses that stay soft and green under hotter climates, minimal water
WSU releases roadmap for Soil Health Initiative
Statewide Soil Health Initiative releases outline for current challenges and pathways to help maintain healthy soils as an agricultural and environmental resource throughout Washington.
Sparking an interest in agriculture
The CAHNRS Spark program took high school students on a tour to show the wide variety of job opportunities in agriculture.
Soils Versus Sea Beds
There’s a new debate in paleontology, one that took me by surprise but that shows nicely how some science works.
WSU Extension publishes and releases ‘Soil Testing Guide for Vegetable Farmers,’ available online
PUYALLUP, Wash. – WSU Extension Publications has just released “Soil Testing: A Guide for Farms with Diverse Vegetable Crops.” The new fact sheet presents a comprehensive, yet affordable, procedure for implementing an annual soil-testing program for farms with diverse vegetable crops. The reader will learn when to sample, where to sample, how to take a […]
Fish-Chucking Science Helps Washington State University Researcher Track Nutrients through the Food Chain
PULLMAN, Wash. – A slender, dark-haired woman in her forties shoulders a backpack loaded with dead fish and she hikes a long, rocky trail to a mountain stream in southern Idaho. Arriving on the bank, she drops the pack and starts winging fish carcasses into the water.