B. Rodney Bertramson, 91, long-time chairman of the agronomy department at Washington State University and director of resident instruction of the College of Agriculture, died Wednesday, March 23, at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane following a fall in Pullman the previous afternoon.“He was an icon in the community and at the university,” said R. James […]
Washington State University will produce a national satellite broadcast examining the basics of organic livestock production and the opportunities it presents at 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, from FSHN T-101. Those who would like to be part of the studio audience should be in their seats by 9:45 a.m. The program is intended to […]
Four major Northwest research organizations are bringing together industry, processors, growers, universities and federal laboratories to develop new methods for converting agricultural and food processing residue and wastes into commercially valuable “bio-based” energy and industrial products. Members of the new Northwest Bioproducts Research Institute include the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, […]
Rod Sayler, WSU wildlife ecologist (right, with hat), and David Huggins, USDA Agricultural Research Service, talk with farmers Thursday, June 27, about understanding and managing rodent populations in direct-seed systems during a field day at the Palouse Conservation Station. (Photo by Dennis Brown, College of Agriculture and Home Economics.) Direct seeding — planting the next […]
Washington State University could become the first institution in the U.S. to offer a bachelor of science degree in organic gardening. Tom Lumpkin, department chairman of the crop and soil sciences division of the WSU College of Agriculture, says the school is in the preliminary stages of determining whether such a program would be practical. […]