A key resource for southwest Washington’s shellfish and cranberry industries, the WSU Long Beach Research and Extension Unit’s research and instructional initiatives are aimed at growers, farmers, and the community – including efforts to provide year-round educational tours available to the public.Among the challenges facing shellfish harvesters and producers are pests. WSU Long Beach is […]
Farmers, conservationists, hobbyist growers, and agricultural professionals visited the WSU research and extension center in Mount Vernon last week where WSU researchers shared their latest research regarding soil health in Washington, as part of a Soil Health Field Day. Soil health is foundational to healthy crops and ecosystems, at the ‘SoilCon’ Field Day, stakeholders toured […]
Researchers from Washington State University showcased their studies taking place on industrial hemp to a group of growers, producers and stakeholders as part of a joint field day with Oregon State University on July 26th. Industrial hemp is a commodity crop that has many end use applications. Among many of these include using the seed […]
State tax collections up $101.1 million, or 4.3 percent higher than forecasted during the June 11th and July 10th reporting period according to a new report issued this week by the state’s Economic and Revenue Forecast Council. The full report can be found on the council’s website here. Growth in retail sales tax collections, an increase in […]
WSU President Kirk Schulz and State Agriculture Director Derek Sandison led a delegation of more than a dozen agriculture leaders in Washington D.C. to meet with Congress, the Administration and national stakeholders and to celebrate Washington’s agriculture economy at the 4th annual Taste of Washington reception this week. Leaders from WSU, WSDA, CAHNRS and CVM were […]
WSU Professor Margaret Wild presented before the Cowlitz County commissioners yesterday evening in the final installment of a three day series of community presentations throughout western Washington, where she shared her research team’s investigation into a wildlife disease that can render elk lame and often lead to death. Treponeme-associated hoof disease (TAHD) or elk hoof […]
Gov. Jay Inslee and First Spouse Trudi Inslee stopped in for a tour of the WSU Bee Program in Othello on Tuesday afternoon, meeting with WSU researchers to discuss challenges facing pollinators which in some cases has led to colony collapse disorder and the strategies being organized to aid them. Honey bees are relied on […]
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Bill Nelson held a Washington State Space Summit at Blue Origin in Kent on Wednesday. Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture Dean Mary Rezac told almost 200 representatives of the business, research and education communities that WSU is doing its level best […]
The state’s Economic and Revenue Forecast Council adopted an updated revenue outlook last Tuesday, which projects an increase of $341 million to the state’s 2021-23 biennial budget and an increase of $327 million to the 2023-25 biennial budget. The underlying budget for the 2023-25 biennium is now projected to be $66 billion. The increase is […]
On Saturday, June 10th Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, visited WSU’s Wenatchee Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, where the Cosmic Crisp apple and WA-64 apple were created. Their visit to the to R&E Center was to see first-hand the needs of the nearly 70-year-old […]