Washington
AgWest donates to WSU’s plant growth facility
AgWest Farm Credit has pledged a $500,000 donation to the new plant growth facility at Washington State University’s…
Latest Research
Orchard, Nuts & Vines
Washington State University field day to cover latest tree fruit research
The Sunrise Research Farm Field Day, hosted by Washington State University and the USDA Agricultural Research Service, is…
Research
Field day set at OSU Malheur Experiment Station
The annual Oregon State University Malheur Experiment Station crop-research field day is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 1…
Research
New director hopes to boost awareness of OSU’s North Willamette center
Steve Young, the new director of Oregon State University’s North Willamette Research and Extension Center in Aurora, Ore.,…
Research
Weed warriors gain some ground on Palmer amaranth
Field researchers, farmers and input providers are making some progress in the battle against Palmer amaranth, an invasive…
Orchard, Nuts & Vines
Oregon State plants research plot for kiwiberry, emerging small fruit
AURORA, Ore. — Oregon State University recently planted one acre of kiwiberry vines under an imported Italian trellis…
Orchard, Nuts & Vines
Garlic oil treatment used to deter insect pest SWD
DALLESPORT, Wash. — Folklore suggests that garlic keeps vampires away. It also works against the invasive insect spotted…
Grains & Row Crops
Chinese scientists suspected of smuggling plant pathogen into U.S.
Two Chinese citizens are accused of smuggling into the U.S. a fungus that causes Fusarium head blight in…
Oregon
Study on ‘forever chemicals’ in fertilizer gains traction
The third time may prove the charm for an Oregon-specific study on so-called “forever chemicals” in treated sewage,…
News
WSU researchers hope to kill orchard pests with ‘zombie’ fungi
Researchers want to use bug-hunting fungi to protect orchards from pests such as codling moth, a major problem…
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