agronomy

Nutrien Ag Solutions has expanded the capabilities of its on-line portal, designed to bring retail services, agronomic recommendations, environmental insights and financing together on one platform.

Another crop of new college graduates are out looking for jobs to start careers, and the ag industry is a good place to begin.  Tammy Jensen, president of AgriCareers Recruiting Service, talks about where graduates should start looking.  ...

In today's Agronomic Minute, Joe Vassios talks about UPL's Open Ag program, and how that help producers here in the Northwest. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

The changing of the guard gets underway in Pullman Monday. Rich Koenig has been named interim dean of the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, effective July 1, following an open, internal search ...

The U.S. economy continues to outperform expectations as stimulus funds are fueling robust consumer spending. Forecasts point to 7% GDP growth for 2021, the fastest rate of expansion since 1984, according to CoBank. But for the economy and rural industries, CoBank said there will be no going back to pre-COVID conditions ...

Earlier this week, the USDA and EPA launched the Nex Gen Fertilizer Challenge. The initiative is a joint partnership and competition to advance agricultural sustainability in the United States. The competition includes two challenges that seek proposals for new and existing fertilizer technologies to maintain or improve crop yields while reducing the impacts of fertilizers on the environment ...

Iowa State University recently released its annual entry-level salary summary for jobs in agriculture.   The report includes data from 19 universities collected by career services offices at participating universities from December 2018 and May 2019 undergraduates.   ...

This week, Jamie Slocum talks about lessons learned from last year's planting conditions.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

This week, Jamie Slocum talks about lessons learned from last year's planting conditions.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com