Agriculture

Temperatures dipping to 16 degrees Thursday morning left the WSU Pullman campus covered in a beautiful crystalline frost. See photos Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services.

U.S. agriculture uses about a billion pounds of plastic annually, and much of that material ends up in landfills, rivers, oceans and even our food and beverages.

David Brown, associate professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, is the new director of AgWeatherNet, Washington’s agricultural weather network.

A “Ties to the Land” workshop will help landowners in Northeastern Washington to protect their forests, farms and ranches with a succession plan.

Holiday poinsettias will be for sale from the WSU Horticulture Club in the greenhouses near Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shoppe.

One‑fourth of the carbon held by soil is bound to minerals as far as six feet below the surface, a WSU researcher has found.

“People come here hungry for knowledge,” said Brisbane. “I help feed them.”

The research fellowships will promote agricultural productivity, food security and economic growth through international collaboration.

Compost helps organic farms grow food more economically and sustainably.

Elaine Ostrander, chief and distinguished investigator for the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of NIH, shares her discoveries.