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Singh To Lead WSU's Lind Dryland Research Station
Singh To Lead WSU's Lind Dryland Research Station
Singh To Lead WSU's Lind Dryland Research Station
Washington State University has announced the new director of the Dryland Research Station in Lind.  Last week, the school announced that crop and soil scientist Surendra Singh will serve as the new dryland cropping systems agronomist and next leader of the central Washington station.  He repl...
Major Portion Of Lind Field Day To Focus On Soil Health Study
Major Portion Of Lind Field Day To Focus On Soil Health Study
Major Portion Of Lind Field Day To Focus On Soil Health Study
The 103rd Lind Field Day will take place June 13th at Washington State University’s Dryland Research Station.  As in year’s past, WSU researchers will discuss the latest in winter, club and spring wheat breeding, legislative leaders from across the state will be on hand to discuss the past session and look ahead to next year.   But new...
Deterrent Efforts To Keep Horned Larks from Canola Seedlings
Deterrent Efforts To Keep Horned Larks from Canola Seedlings
Deterrent Efforts To Keep Horned Larks from Canola Seedlings
Canola fields around Lind have been struggling with a unique pest of the past couple of years.  Bill Schillinger, with Washington State University’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at the Lind research station, says horned larks continue to turn up in droves to eat newly planted winter and spring canola fields.  Schillin...
2016 Wheat Pests and Disease Outlook
Much of the wheat growing regions in Central and Eastern Washington got above average precipitation over the winter and are off to a good start according to Bill Schillinger, Agronomist with WSU’s Dryland Research Station.   That could make up for some down years recently due to heat, but Schillinger is wary, “The biggest concern, in my opinion, that farmers need to watch out for this spring is st