PULLMAN, Wash. – Field tours, presentations on advances in plant breeding, genetics and pathology, and a complimentary lunch will be offered at WSU’s Spillman Agronomy Farm field day beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, July 7.
Registration for the event will begin at 7:30 a.m. and is free to the public. The day will begin with field tours at 8 a.m. and will conclude with lunch and presentations on advances in wheat, dry pea, lentil and chickpea breeding, genetics and pathology.
The event will feature Dan Bernardo, dean of the WSU College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences. Updates on the Washington Grain Commission will be given and retired WSU barley breeder Steve Ullrich will be recognized.
The WSU Spillman Agronomy Farm is located two miles southeast of WSU at 1452 Johnson Rd.