Grain Millers, Inc., in Eugene, Ore., can’t get enough organic grain and is currently offering about $9 per bushel for what it can find, including barley. That’s about double the prices paid for conventionally grown grain. Cargill’s Ferndale Growers, which formulates organic feed for the state’s organic and dairy meat industries, is paying $100 to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced today that the USDA is awarding more than $4.5 million in research grants to address organic agricultural issues and priorities, including global competitiveness. The largest single grant nationally went to a partnership between Washington State University and Idaho State University. “To succeed in organic agriculture, producers must […]
PULLMAN — Student presentations and a tour of the Washington State University organic farm will be featured at the Organic Farm Project Field Day, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Thursday, July 27.Tukey Horticultural Orchard is located on Airport Road on the east side of the Pullman campus. The event is free and open to the public.WSU’s College […]
PULLMAN — It’s been a long time coming, but Washington State University has received approval from the state Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Agriculture and Food Systems starting this fall.Five majors will be offered, including the nation’s first major in organic agriculture systems.The new interdisciplinary degree will integrate […]
Field studies on dryland organic grain production will be featured at the 4th-annual Organic Dryland Grain Crop Field Day, scheduled June 20 at the Les and Pat Boyd farm.Field day topics include:*Production systems that facilitate the transition from conventional to organic grain production*The economics of making the transition*Earthworms as indicators of soil health during the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]