In dryland systems, water is everything. 💧 Compost helps retain soil moisture and support consistent yields. 📊 See the long-term study on dryland wheat 🌾 from Wilke Farm → csanr.wsu.edu/high-rate-of-c… WSU Lind Dryland Research Station #DigIntoCompost #drylandfarming #soilmoisture #compost

#SoilOrganicMatter can increase #waterinfiltration due to its porosity. What else can it affect? WSU Extension's Dr. Gabe LaHue is on the #wheatbeat podcast: smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp208/ WSU CAHNRS #NWREC #mountvernonwa #soilhealth #soilscience #compaction #wasoil #skagitcounty

#StripeRust has been observed in #whitmancounty, with increases expected due to this week's weather. Read a summary of the Agricultural Research Service update: smallgrains.wsu.edu/mayrust/ #fungaldisease #wheat #wheatdisease #smallgrains #pnwsmallgrains #WAwheat #wawheatgrowers

The 2025 Dryland Field Day Abstracts is now available online! We also have historical versions starting with 1948 available online! css.wsu.edu/extension/fiel…

Episode 2 of season 2 of the On Farm Trials podcast is now live! Garry Esser of Moscow, ID shares his trials starting with the transition to direct seed, growing with Shepherd’s Grain, and now integrated grazing and intercropping! Don't miss the link 👇 rss.com/podcasts/pnwfa…

The #pnwcroptour starts next week! Updated schedule: smallgrains.wsu.edu/25tour/ #pnwsmallgrains #smallgrains #WAwheat #wagrowers #pnwwheat #SpringCereals #wintercereals #wheattrials #cerealvarieties #varietytrials #WheatVarieties WSU CAHNRS WSU Crop and Soil Sciences WA Grain Commission WSU Extension

The annual WSU Crop and Soil Sciences graduate student tour group stopped by WSU Prosser IAREC this week! Thanks to our USDA adjunct faculty, Drs. Alterndorf, Heineck, and Rippner, for presenting their current research to the students, including a demo of the Giddings machine👏

What influences how well #Canola establishes behind a #wheatvariety? Find out what WSU Extension Clark Neely Dr. Clark Neely's research shows on the #wheatbeat podcast: smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp209/ #wheatandcanola #springcanola #oilseeds #canolaresearch #rotationalcrops

Field Day season is fast approaching. The 107th annual Lind Field Day will be June 12 WSU Lind Dryland Research Station, but there are many more. Here are the details for Lind, but we'll thread more. #GoCougs news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/107th-…

The 2025 WSU Variety Testing Program Crop Tour includes many specialists, including WSU Small Grains scientists, @ several events around Washington. The first event is May 29 @ #WSU's Spillman Agronomy Farm. Full schedule: smallgrains.wsu.edu/25tour/ #GoCougs

Thursday's field day includes hands on demonstrations, updates from industry experts, lunch & ice cream from WSU's Ferdinands! 🍦 #WAAgriculture #wheat #Barley #dryland #GoCougs! WSU CAHNRS pnwag.net/lind-field-day…

Ian Burke has dedicated his career to fighting weeds that cause growers all sorts of pain. The WSU Crop and Soil Sciences prof. was named Outstanding Weed Scientist by the Western Society of Weed Science earlier this year & is president-elect of WSSA. #GoCougs news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/a-care…

#WSU crop & soil sciences researchers joined growers and ag professionals for an in-depth field tour exploring the latest trials and pioneering ideas to halt crop weeds & defend against herbicide resistance. #GoCougs See more photos: flickr.com/photos/cahnrs-…

Yesterday was the 107th annual Lind Field Day, hosted WSU Lind Dryland Research Station. #WSU researchers talked about the impactful work they are doing to help growers & our state. Here are a few photos, but click the link to see many more: flickr.com/photos/cahnrs-… #GoCougs WA Grain Commission

Catch the remaining WSU Extension #pnwcroptour stops @ #eureka, #wallawalla, #waitsburg, #reardan, #almirawa, #daytonwa, #stjohnwa, and the #wilkefarm, some that include presentations about new #fallingnumbers technology. smallgrains.wsu.edu/secondhalftour… WSU Crop and Soil Sciences WSU CAHNRS #canola

At the #daytonwa field day on Friday: -tours of #winterwheat plots (NWGG), #springwheat and #barley plots (#WSU), and #springlegumes (#UI) -presentations from WSU Extension's Dr. Rachel Wieme, WSUweeds #weedscientist Dr. Drew Lyon, + more -and lunch! smallgrains.wsu.edu/secondhalftour…

Dry conditions this spring allowed #fieldbindweed, aka #morningglory, to thrive in spring-seeded #pulsecrops. While little can be done at this time to control it, now is a good time to create #weedmangement plan. smallgrains.wsu.edu/bindweed/ WSUweeds WSU Crop and Soil Sciences #pnwweeds #pulses

This week Lauren Stubbs, Ava Heathman, Solomon Amissah, and Quinn Yates went to the 2025 Western Society of Crop Science Annual Conference in Walla Walla. Lauren Stubbs won 1st place in the Student Poster Competition! Congrats Lauren! #GoCougs

8 years, 214 episodes, 1 fantastic host. The final episode of the #wheatbeat podcast brings back the very first guest who asks host Dr. Drew Lyon the questions! smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp214/ #smallgrains WSU CAHNRS WSU Crop and Soil Sciences WSU Extension WSUweeds Aaron Esser WA Grain Commission #wawheat

Check out this new article, "Improving Sustainability of Inland Pacific Northwest Dryland Agriculture Systems with Pea-Canola Intercropping: a Review" by Lauren Stubbs for her master's thesis! frontiersin.org/journals/susta… #GoCougs Shikha Singh Surendra Singh