Research

The Pacific Northwest Canola Association will host a series for meeting and workshops to help growers, or those interested in growing the commodity.   The first workshop will take place Tuesday in Wilbur, WA, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  ...

The 2020 Washington/Oregon Potato Conference gets underway at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick Tuesday.  Chris Voigt, Executive Director for the Washington state Potato Commission said, as in years past production will be the main focus.  ...

The Washington Wine Commission's Melissa Hansen talks about the exciting research taking place across the state and across the industry.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

Farmers may not be familiar with the Agriculture Department's National Institute of Food and Agriculture by its name.  But as director Scott Angle points out,  that most relate to this industry on a local or regional level.   “It's the primary extramural funding agency for agricultural research teaching extension,” Angle said.  “So they're land grant u...

Farmers may not be familiar with the Agriculture Department's National Institute of Food and Agriculture by its name.  But as director Scott Angle points out,  that most relate to this industry on a local or regional level.   “It's the primary extramural funding agency for agricultural research teaching extension,” Angle said.  “So they're land grant u...

Are bees omnivores, eating both plants and proteins?  A USDA researcher says a bee's diet is more than pollen and nectar, also containing fungi, bacteria and other microbes with amino acids; the building blocks of proteins.   "What we've done is establish that bees eat lots of microbe-derived proteins in their fermenting pollen provision. Most of ...

Are bees omnivores, eating both plants and proteins?  A USDA researcher says a bee's diet is more than pollen and nectar, also containing fungi, bacteria and other microbes with amino acids; the building blocks of proteins.   "What we've done is establish that bees eat lots of microbe-derived proteins in their fermenting pollen provision. Most of ...

Washington State University's Carolyn Ross talks about the latest research when it comes to wine sensory.         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 Carolyn Ross talks about the latest research when it comes to wine sensory.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

On Wednesday, the National Onion Association announced it had been awarded $4 million from the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative to combat bacterial disease.  NOA’s Rene Hardwick said the funds will  be used to help 24 researchers in 12 different states, in an effort to stop rot, which she pointed out can hit onions in any stage of the game.   “So, t...