field day

Family forest owners and managers across central and eastern Washington are encouraged to learn how to manage and protect their woodlands during a June 21st field day.  Washington State University Extension’s Forest and Range Owners Field Day will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m....

Washington State University’s irrigated winter and spring wheat tour is June 16th in Moses Lake.  In addition to tours of wheat fields, participants will also tour spring canola fields.  Click Here to learn more about the 2025 PNW Cereal Variety Trail Plot Tour.   If you have...

The latest technologies for the dairy industry will be on display Friday at Royal Dairy in central Washington.  Washington State University and Cornell University will share their latest research when it comes to helping producers curb greenhouse emissions on their farms.  The Cli...

University of Idaho Extension will kick of the 2021 Cereal Field Days for southern and Eastern Idaho Tuesday, June 29th with a stop in Rockland. The first field day of the season starts at 9:30 a.m. at Rock Creek Road and Deeg Road. Additional stops include Rupert on July 15th, Idaho Falls on July 20th, Aberdeen July 21st, Soda Spring July 22nd and Ashton July 29th ...

Washington State university tree fruit experts will update growers on the latest variety during a field day Tuesday.  The tour will be held in two locations this week, highlighting the WA 38 apple variety, or better known as the Cosmic Crisp.  Th...

It’s that time of year again, for The Washington State University Potato Field Day outside of Othello.  This year’s event ticks off 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning at WSU’s Othello Research Unit on West Cox Road.  WSU’s Mark Pavek said this year field day will be unlike any before, including a Potato Virus Y demonstration.   "And we have 20 varietie...

The Next Generation Tree Fruit Network will hold a field visit Wednesday focused on irrigation.  McDougall and Sons will host the event and showcase their new irrigation system, which includes automated valves as well as a phone/computer friendly platform to view information from multiple soil moisture monitoring stations.  ...

The University of Idaho is teaming up with several industry giants for a first ever collaborative field day.  The June 19th event will take place at Lindsay Creek Vineyards in Lewiston.  The U of I’s Doug Finkelnburg said by working with CHS Primeland and Limagrain Cereal Seeds, a larger group of growers can attend, which means more eyes on the good research taking place.   “We’re...

Producers can learn more about biodegradable plastic mulch at a free field day focusing on till-down Friday, Oct. 13th from 1-3 p.m. at Cloudview Farms in Ephrata.   WSU’s Katie Dentzman will help lead the event and she noted that like other mulches, it’s applied at the end of a season.   “But th...

After cancelling the event at the Prosser orchard due to slow fruit development, WSU is hosting a field day for the WA-38 variety, better known as the Cosmic Crisp Wednesday September 27th at the Sunrise Orchard near Wenatchee. More than 635,000 trees have already been planted of the WA-38, so WSU and the Washington State Tree Fruit Research Commission are hoping field days such as these provide g