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1 week ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Seth Truscott |Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College |Devin Rokyta
Experts will share the state of current research on potatoes at the Washington State University Potato Field Day, Thursday, June 26, at Othello, Washington. The field day brings together researchers from WSU and partner institutions who breed and test potato varieties and develop improved ways to grow the crop, fight disease, and increase productivity and health.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Seth Truscott |Josh Babcock |Shawn Vestal |Bryan Boyle
ROYAL CITY, Wash. —Scientists from Washington State University and Cornell University will share an in-person look at their experiments this spring field-testing new technologies that could help dairy producers curb their farms’ greenhouse gas emissions.
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Mar 7, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Seth Truscott |Tina Hilding |Voiland College |Devin Rokyta
Scientists at Washington State University will help Northwest high school students gain hands-on experience in weather monitoring as part of a modernization of the state’s automated weather network. Lav Khot, AgWeatherNet Director. Funded by $1.5 million from the Washington State Department of Agriculture, the project upgrades WSU’s AgWeatherNet, a system of more than 360 weather stations serving farmers and the public, and connects it with educators and students in 15 Washington school districts.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Seth Truscott |Devin Rokyta |Tina Hilding |Voiland College
Faculty and students in WSU’s School of Food Science recently welcomed visiting food industry leaders from India for a week-long deep dive into the properties and potential of pulses like peas, chickpeas, and lentils. Professor and Extension Food Processing Specialist Girish Ganjyal led training sessions from Jan. 27-31 at Pullman, Washington, taking participants on a journey from raw materials, through how foods are made, to the final products on consumers’ tables.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Seth Truscott |Jasmine Torres |WSU Spokane |Devin Rokyta
Washington State University students used paintings, digital videos, sculptures, and found materials to express how their high-tech field helps humanity and nature in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering’s (BSE) recent Visionary Roadmap Art Competition.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Seth Truscott |RJ Wolcott |Isaac Donovan |WSU College
An international team of scientists has discovered a way to store and release volatile hydrogen using lignin-based jet fuel that could open new pathways for sustainable energy production. In a new study in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Washington State University Professor Bin Yang and colleagues demonstrated that a type of lignin-based jet fuel they developed can chemically bind hydrogen in a stable liquid form.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Seth Truscott |Devin Rokyta |Christina Mancebo |Josh Babcock
Beekeepers whose first language is Spanish now have a knowledge resource for keeping pollinators healthy: the new Washington State University Abejas melíferas y polinizadoras website. Educators with the WSU Honey Bee and Pollinators Program recently completed a full translation of the group’s English-language website, which covers everything from pests and diseases to training opportunities and the WSU bee blog.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Seth Truscott |Josh Babcock |RJ Wolcott |Devin Rokyta
January 23, 2025 By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences Enhancing skills for foresters and woodland professionals of the Inland Northwest, Washington State University and University of Idaho Extension Forestry scientists cohost the 33rd Family Foresters Workshop, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at the Inland Northwest Wildlife Council Banquet Room in Spokane, Washington.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
basinbusinessjournal.com | Seth Truscott |WSU College
YAKIMA — Washington State University’s newest apple, WA 64, has an official brand name: Sunflare. Announced by WSU apple breeder Kate Evans on Dec. 10, 2024, at the Northwest Horticulture Expo at Yakima, Washington, the new name resulted from a public contest that drew more than 15,000 responses. “Our breeding program exists to give consumers better apples to eat, and Sunflare™ checks all our boxes,” Evans said.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
farmprogress.com | Seth Truscott
Washington State University’s newest apple, WA 64, has an official brand name: Sunflare. Announced by WSU apple breeder Kate Evans on Dec. 10, 2024, at the Northwest Horticulture Expo at Yakima, Washington, the new name resulted from a public contest that drew more than 15,000 responses. “Our breeding program exists to give consumers better apples to eat, and Sunflare checks all our boxes,” Evans said.
