WSU Mount Vernon’s Anniversary Highlights Connection to Ag

Last week, WSU’s Mount Vernon Extension celebrated their 10^th anniversary since their major remodeling in 2006.

Director Chad Kruger said the institution actually started in the 1940s at the behest of area farmers who wanted research on making their crops, and others around the state better.

“I think the importance of agricultural research in Mount Vernon and Northwest Washington really is a focus of a partnership between WSU and the industry.”

The Mount Vernon Research and Extension Center focuses on horticultural research, vegetables, grains and rotational crops along with pests and disease that benefits all growers in the state.

Kruger noted that they are currently at capacity and still have not fully implemented all of the programs they want to, but they doesn’t mean they don’t have a lot to be proud of.

“Really, we include all three of the mission areas of a land-grant university; research, teaching and extension at this facility.”

WSU Mount Vernon will soon begin an undergraduate ag and food systems degree program in partnership with WSU’s Everett campus.

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