PULLMAN – Researchers at Washington State University and in the United Kingdom have announced a discovery that may someday allow the world’s farmers to decrease their dependence on nitrogen fertilizers, resulting in billions in savings to farmers and a reduction in the amount of nitrogen pollution that has already turned some waterways into dead zones. […]
WSU soil scientist Lynne Carpenter-Boggs has been named coordinator for the university’s Biologically Intensive Agriculture and Organic Farming (BIOAg) program. Carpenter-Boggs currently serves as an instructor and researcher in WSU’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. She holds a doctorate in soil sciences from WSU, as well as a master’s degree from Iowa State […]
Drought conditions in Washington, especially irrigation rationing in the Yakima Valley, are leading to hard choices for area growers, according to two Washington State University Extension educators.“We’re already seeing some crop shifting,” said Bob Stevens, extension soil scientist and interim director of WSU’s Prosser Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center. “Some orchards already are being […]
The fast-paced city grind is being left behind by many Clark County residents for a life of small-acreage farming. Thanks to the award-winning “Living on the Land” program at Washington State University Clark County Extension, many ex-city slickers from the Portland, Ore.-Vancouver, Wash., area are learning to make the most of their new property. Douglas […]
Bob Scowcroft, executive director of the Organic Farming Research Foundation, will speak on “From Policy to Research: The Current State of Organic Farming in the U.S.” at 1:10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, in Room T-101 of the Food Science and Human Nutrition Building at Washington State University.The Organic Farming Research Foundation, a national organization based […]
The 2nd Direct Seed and Precision Farming Research Field Day will be Thursday, June 26, at Washington State University’s Cunningham Agronomy Farm located northeast of Pullman. The 140-acre farm is a new long-term research site, managed since 1999 under continuous direct seeding with field-scale equipment. Research is focused on developing direct-seed cropping systems and precision-agriculture […]