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A small wildfire threatened research grapes on the WSU-Tri-Cities campus Friday evening.  Richland firefighters were called to campus shortly after 10 p.m., after the fire broke out between the Wine Science Center and the Albert Ravenholt Teaching Vineyard.  Th...

Naidu Rayapati has been named director of WSU's Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser.  In addition, Rayapati has also been named assistant dean for the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at WSU Tri-Cities.  ...

Late last week, the Auction of Washington Wines announced two donations to the wine community.  The organization gave $344,500 to Washington State University’s wine research program in Richland, and $10,000 to SOS Health Services of Walla Walla.  The fund...

This week, WSU's Tyler Williams discusses the ongoing research he conducting in the Tri-Cities       If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com

WSU-Tri Cities student Ioan Gitsov discusses his research effort and how they will benefit grape growers.       If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

Washington State University's Dr. Richard Larsen discusses the benefits of having a research winery on the WSU Tri-Cities campus.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

For today’s future of Farming, we highlight Washington State University Tri-Cities first national Newman Civic Fellow recipient Connor Eck.  The senior, originally from Del Mar California, says he’s currently working on improving water usage in the wine industry.   "So I’m...

The WSU Tri-Cities campus is hosting their next in the Ravenholt Lecture Series on Wednesday, November 9th with a presentation on using sensors and digital mapping to track vineyard health.   The speaker is Terry Bates from Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Lab and he is a leader in juice grape research and he will showcase the use of sensors in gathering measurements on soil, crop and cano

On Wednesday, officials from the Tri Cities and Pullman were in Richland as WSU broke ground on a new student housing complex.  The seven phase project will add 800 beds to the Tri-Cities campus. And the Viticulture and Enology program see this latest construction project as a huge asset.   ...

The WSU Tri-Cities Viticulture and Enology Program is looking for participants in sensory panels and helping wine researchers at the school.   The school will train the volunteers who are interested in participating in the panels, so extensive wine experience is not necessary.  ...