Spillman Agronomy Farm

AgWeatherNet Hits the Palouse

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University AgWeatherNet team recently installed a weather station at WSU’s Spillman Agronomy Farm located two miles southeast of Pullman.  The station is equipped with sensors for monitoring and recording air temperature, wind speed and direction, relative humidity, solar radiation, leaf wetness, soil temperature and moisture at a depth of […]

Carrots, Biofuels, Apple Sunburn and Spillman

It’s a Fact Washington’s growers are the top processing-carrot producers in the nation. They grew 157,700 tons in 2004, 37 percent of U.S. production. The sale of processing carrots accounted for $11 million of Washington’s agricultural economy that year. On Solid Ground is a weekly, electronic newsletter for the friends and stakeholders of the Washington […]

Loveland to Speak at WSU Field Day

PULLMAN, Wash. – Valoria Loveland, Washington State Department of Agriculture director, will speak at the luncheon during Washington State University’s annual Spillman Agronomy Farm Field Day, Thursday, July 10, 2003. Loveland will speak on the importance of agriculture. The half-day program will feature field tours of WSU and USDA Agricultural Research Service cereal and legume […]

Cradle to Cracker Synergies Viewed

PULLMAN, Wash. — Potential synergies between Washington State University and General Mills, Inc., to enhance production and utilization of Pacific Northwest wheat will be the subject of the luncheon speaker at the WSU Spillman Agronomy Farm Field Day, Thursday, July 11. Tom Willis, General Mills merchandising manager for specialty products, Great Falls, Mont., will discuss […]

Investment Executive to Speak at Spillman Field Day July 12

PULLMAN, Wash. — Katharina Zimmer, senior vice president of investments for Salomon Smith Barney in Portland, will discuss the edge that Pacific Northwest breeding programs provide in international wheat markets at the annual field day of Washington State University Spillman Agronomy Farm on July 12. The field day provides area growers an opportunity to observe […]