Stephen Jones

Kevin Murphy will lead the WSU Breadlab as the new Clif Bar and King Arthur Baking Company Endowed Chair in Organic Grain Breeding and Innovation.

PULLMAN, Wash. –Earth-friendly perennial grain crops, which grow with less fertilizer, herbicide, fuel, and erosion than grains planted annually, could be available in two decades, according to researchers writing in the current issue of the journal Science.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Where in the World Book do you find Washington State University? First under “W” for “wheat,” and soon under “S” for “sustainability.”

PULLMAN, Wash. – Stephen S. Jones, whose wheat breeding program at Washington State University has been recognized nationally and internationally, is the new director of WSU’s Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center at Mount Vernon. Dan Bernardo, dean of the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, made the announcement today. “Steve is a […]

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 […]

This year Washington’s wheat growers brought in a record crop, a crop that will contribute more than $1 billion to the state’s economy. Year after year, the wheat crop has been as dependable as the inevitable ringing phone at dinnertime. But it hasn’t always been that way. When Washington’s first wheat breeder, William Jasper Spillman, […]