Food & Agriculture

WSU researchers are refrigerating 100 honey bee colonies to induce a mid-season hibernation. The goal is to kill varroa mites and save bees from colony collapse.

Since mid-March, WSU researchers have been scrambling to keep up with a surge of inquiries from concerned property owners.

Industry professionals rank WSU precision agriculture programs among top 25 in the world.

Honey bee colonies could be safe in the future thanks to a microscopic particle that attracts pesticides, as created by WSU researchers.

WSU Tri-Cities partners with Second Harvest to expand its student food pantry, the Cougar Cupboard.

Three WSU researchers recently received a grant to determine out how phosphorylase, an enzyme that plants and animals both have, works with photosynthesis.

PULLMAN, Wash. – A team of WSU, OU and UI researchers have received a $3 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to help wheat and cereal farmers find sustainable farming practices in the face of climate change.

Thomas Lumpkin wants to feed the world. A simple but incredibly challenging goal. Determined, Lumpkin has created agricultural innovations and held international leadership positions.

The 2018 Crimson Food and Wine Classic, hosted by WSU Tri-Cities, is slated for April 14 at Hamilton Cellars.

Latest figures show WSU expended $42.8 million in USDA research and development funding, leading the list of 350 universities nationwide for fiscal year 2016, the latest year for which full figures are available.

A dinner event introducing new wines from the WSU Blended Learning student-made wine program is slated for March 28, at Budd’s Broiler in Richland, Wash.

Researchers from WSU and UI have received a $50,000 USDA grant to organize a national conference bovine and human milk composition.

Taylor Hermsen is examining the ecological impact as well as the complex social and cultural influence the wine industry has had on the state since the end of prohibition.

The new methods, designed by WSU plant pathologists, are not only portable and fast, but utilize testing materials easily available to the public.

WSU-bred winter wheat claimed the state yield title and placed fifth in the nation in the National Wheat Foundation’s 2017 dryland winter wheat yield contest.

A crippling fungal disease called Fusarium wilt is threatening Pacific Northwest spinach seed production but research is underway to identify effective strategies to combat it.