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With a buildup of fire blight in orchards across the region, Washington State University said there are several options from which orchardists can select. WSU Extension Specialist, Tianna DuPont, said growers need to manage based on risk. She not ...

Dr. Tim Waters with Washington State University-Extension is warning row crop growers to be on the lookout for Yellow Nutsedge this season. He noted they’ve already seen a lot of this difficult weed across the Columbia Basin. “One of the places in the rotation where you can do a better job of controlling it is in corn.  So as gro ...

With temperatures warming and more and more producers getting out into the field, its important potato growers are mindful of disease pressures that could come down the road. Washington State University Extension’s Dr. Tim Waters said one of the main concerns this season will be the Colorado Potato Beetle, thanks mainly to the mild weather across much of the area. Wat ...

The recent blast of cold air and snow the Northwest has seen over the past week is good news for the snowpack, but it may be too little, too late when it comes to disease pressures this growing season. Washington State University Extension’s Dr. Tim ...

BASF's new insecticide Teraxxa, has been identified to manage wireworm populations and could be available as soon as this spring. WSU Extension educator, Dale Whaley, said wireworms are the amateur stage, the larva form, of click beetles that live in the soil. "They can live i ...

The global pandemic has already brought with it a long list challenges for the Washington Ag community, and as the year begins to close another challenge has started to develop. Obtaining pesticide recertification credits has become a challenging issue for many growers across the Evergreen State ...

If you’ve ever been concerned that a quick trip to the local grocery store could be an invitation into your home for the coronavirus, you’re not alone. According to WSU Extension, they continue to field questions about the risks associated bringing groceries home and if the virus could be found on products we purchase. Margaret ...

In conjunction with Northwest Farm Credit Services, WSU Extension will host a webinar Tuesday to help local Cattle Producers navigate the current market. This seminar will cover recent market impacts, economic evaluation tools, and ways to manage economic risk ...

On January 1st, new leadership took over at Washington State University Extension.  Vicki McCracken was named WSU Associate dean and Director of WSU’s Extension.  She noted that Extension is in a good place right now, but one of the biggest challenges is educating students, alumni and Cougar nation who Extension is and what it does. “We are out a...

On Wednesday, Washington State University confirmed Late Blight in a potato field north of Pasco.  Officials said the incident is light in the infected field.  Growers are asked to monitor fields thoroughly and daily for late blight and continue until harvest.  WSU is ...