Events and updates on WSU research and Extension supporting Northwest agriculture.
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Underfoot, soil supports and sustains us. But there’s a fair chance that the average person doesn’t think about the critical role of this vital natural resource in our food supply, environment, and economy.
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When a teenaged Laura Kraft got her driver’s license, the first thing she did was drive to a store and buy fresh fruit. When she got there, the high price of blueberries shocked her.
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Reconnecting in person for the first time in three years, wheat scientists joined grain growers and crop consultants to examine changing challenges and opportunities in the return of WSU Wheat Academy.
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Tim Murray, professor and chair in the Department of Plant Pathology, is sharing expertise to stem the spread of infectious disease as the newest member of the National Academies’ Forum on Microbial Threats.
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The latest free publications share ways to establish a successful food hub, connecting farmers with consumers, as well as tips for safe handling of eggs, plus revised looks at pear economics and more.
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Bernardita Sallato was not expecting to receive the Latino Leadership Award from the Washington State Tree Fruit Association (WSTFA), but the recognition motivates her to continue her outreach work with the Hispanic community.
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Two of a professor’s highest priorities are making new scientific discoveries that benefit society and teaching the next generation of scientists. Lynne Carpenter-Boggs covers both incredibly well.
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Farmers Network – Soil Health Coffee Hour
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Hosted by the WSU Farmer's Network, Soil Health Coffee Hour is Wednesday, Jan. 25, typically held at 10 a.m. on the last Wednesday of each month. Katherine Naasko opens the chat with a talk on biological soil health of semi-arid dryland winter wheat cropping systems of the Palouse.
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Washington-Idaho Foresters Roundtable
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Join WSU Extension and partner agencies to learn about program updates, staff changes, and resources available to help family forest landowners at the annual Foresters Roundtable, Jan. 26 in Spokane.
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Qualified Tree Farm Inspector Training
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Family Foresters Workshop
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Technology for Next Generation Tree Fruit
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This session of the Next Gen Network, Feb. 1 in Wenatchee, helps growers identify technology options that will improve profits and production.
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On-Farm Experimentation Interactive Training
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Do you like to try things on your small-grains farm? Or work with growers who do? This interactive workshop shares design and evaluation principles and best practices to implement your own experiments; Feb. 2 at Pullman, $35.
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Okanogan Horticultural Society Meeting
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At Okanogan Horticultural Society Day, Feb. 7, learn about pest management and tree fruit horticulture topics including X-disease vector management, apple maggot and spotted wing drosophila, pear IPM, and more. This event is co-sponsored by WSU Extension and Okanogan County Horticultural Association.
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Forestry Lunch Breaks – Root Rots
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Root rots are the most common killers of trees in western Washington's productive forestland. In this interactive webinar series, Feb. 13-16, learn about the life cycles, hosts, identification, and management of the most common root rot fungi in Washington.
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Washington SoilCon 2023
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Held Feb. 14-15, SoilCon is a free, virtual conference bringing research, extension, and production together to move soil health principles into practice; sponsored by the Washington Soil Health Initiative, Western SARE, and WSU CSANR.
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2023 NW Pear Research Review
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Hosted by the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission, the Pear Research Review is Feb. 16 at Wenatchee. This hybrid event features continuing and final research project reports on insect and disease management, postharvest, and rootstocks.
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Fire Blight Fruit School: New National Research
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This hybrid, interactive workshop shares the latest fire blight research through lectures and discussion; held Feb. 23 at Wenatchee and March 1 at Traverse City, Mich., as well as online.
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WSU's On Solid Ground
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WSU's Voice of the Vine
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Viticulture and enology for Washington's world-class wine industry. Subscribe here »
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