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As the temps continue to drop into winter, many people will be looking to their fireplaces for warmth which can mean firewood.   Helmuth Rogg of the Oregon Department of Agriculture said it’s important to be vigilant about knowing where your firewood comes from to avoid unwanted spread of diseases or pests.   “...

Washington State University’s 2017 Fruit School will be focusing on organic methods of fighting pests and diseases.   WSU’s Tianna Dupont said, “We’re going to focusing on both our key natural enemies, their life histories, the pests that they control as well as how to conserve them as well as an effective organic IPM toolbox.”   Dupont noted that ...

A regional partnership between the U.S. and Canada allows the two countries to remaining trading partners even when disasters like the recent avian influenza outbreak.   Lisa Ferguson of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service says understanding the agreements is critical.  ...

As the conversation continues over safe pesticide use, local agronomists have weighed in on the conversation.  Bleyhl agronomist Don Waddle told the Washington Ag Network, many outside of the ag community claim all pesticide use is dangerous.  He...

Washington State University researchers have released an updated forecast for stripe rust in 2016 and it’s not good news for growers. Highly susceptible varieties could see yield loss of 53 percent, up from 35 percent from January forecast. S...

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

Researchers at Washington State University are looking at whether or not there are better options for grape growers who have historically planted roses at the end of a vine.   Gretchen Graber says the tradition comes from Europe where roses were used as indicator plants because, “If you planted a rose in your vineyard and you noticed that it had mildew on that rose, it was a sign that mildew will