Freshness: November 18, 2019 Selling: Dark Northern Spring Wheat Green Pea’s Golden Flax Crimson Clover Contact: Ted Lacy at Lacy Farms. Phone: (208) 231-5860 Email: ted@lacyfarm.com

Freshness: October 2, 2019 I have made the difficult but necessary decision to close the doors of Lentz Spelt Farms in Ephrata, WA. I need to sell off about 260,000 pounds of organically grown, field run einkorn. This was originally started by Gil Stahlknecht. The price is negotiable. I need it gone by Oct 31!…

Freshness: January 8, 2019 Seeking: DNS or HRW Wheat, peas, corn, or oats Details: Poultry grower currently feeding 5-6 tons a year and looking to grow. Contact: Christopher Galasso; ctgalasso@gmail.com; (509) 301-0610 Location: Walla Walla, Washington

Freshness: January 3, 2019 Seeking: Winter Rye, Field Peas, Oats, Buckwheat, Triticale Quantity: 150-200 lbs of each — interested in small quantities as well Contact: Rebecca Woollett; thompsoncreekfarm2016@gmail.com; (509) 701-7600 Location: Newman Lake, WA

In this episode, Scott and Tim discuss how Tim even got into the plant pathology world and cautions farmers that new diseases and pathogens are emerging as the climate changes as there is much more to learn.

Meet The Speakers Rachel Bomberger, WSU Plant Diagnostician and Diagnostics Coordinator Rachel Bomberger received a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from University of California, Santa Cruz. While at UCSC Rachel worked on the speciation…

Join Scott and Aaron as they go through a tour of the 340 acres Wilke Research and Extension Farm on episode 144 of the Wheat All About It! podcast.

Tuesday, December 10 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration — Vogel Atrium 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Welcome & Expectations – Vogel 43 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Diversifying the Wheat Portfolio of the PNW (Morris & Others) – Western Wheat Quality Lab Managing Soil Acidification & the Feasibility of Liming (Schroeder & Finkelnburg) – Vogel 31 Oilseeds…

WSU Soil Fertility and Residue Management Lab develops and hosts the WSU Farmers network. The WSU Farmers Network is a platform for farmers to work with researchers for collaborative research and extension, advancement of input…

As climate change is occupying more space in public discourse, it is easy to focus on the attention-grabbing headlines about loss of sea ice, warming oceans, and more intense and frequent wildfires. Often overlooked are the seemingly subtle effects a changing climate presents and the ramifications these subtle changes can have.

Episode 135 of Wheat All About It! features plant pathologist ARS and WSU interim dean of College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Sciences retiree Jim Cook. Join Scott Yates, director of Communications and producer…

Herbicide-resistant weeds are becoming increasingly common in the Pacific Northwest, threatening the economics and sustainability of farming systems. The new Herbicide Resistance Resources page has been added to the Wheat and Small Grains website to…

2019 Washington State University Variety Testing Program PNW Crop Tour Schedule.

Stripe Rust Found in Walla Walla Area. Yesterday, we were checking wheat fields in Whitman, Lincoln, Douglas, Grant, Adams, Franklin, Benton, and Walla Walla counties of Washington. Winter wheat crops ranged from Feekes 3 to 6. No rust was found in any commercial fields in these counties.

Xianming Chen Stripe rust will be likely low this year in the eastern Pacific Northwest This unusual winter appears over, and spring comes late but suddenly. Based on the forecast models, we predict that stripe rust will potentially cause yield loss of 16% on highly susceptible varieties. This level is much lower than the 38%…

January 8, 2019 Xianming Chen A. Field survey in November 2018 On November 16, 2018, our crew was checking winter wheat fields in Whitman, Lincoln, Adams, Grant, and Douglas counties in eastern Washington and found two leaves with stripe rust (Figure 1) in only one field in Grant County near the border with Lincoln County.…

Episode 117 of Wheat All About It! features Randy Fortenbery, Professor and Small Grains Endowed Chair as well as the holder of the Thomas B. Mick chair in agricultural economics at Washington State University, who finds rays…

Join Drew Lyon as he interviews Haiying Tao about soil acidification and soil acidity. TRANSCRIPTION: Soil pH & Soil Acidity with Haiying Tao RESOURCES MENTIONED: Soil and Water Resources Soil […]

WAC 16-230 Desiccants and Defoliants WAC 16-230-160  Desiccants and defoliants—Ground equipment—Nozzle and pressure requirements for the entire area under order. Nozzle orifice 0.52 and pressure of 30 psi changed to Medium or larger droplet spectrum for ground applications year around. WAC 16-230-170  Desiccants and defoliants—Aerial equipment— Aircraft nozzle/pressure/equipment changed to require a Coarse or larger…

June 16, 2018 stripe rust update in wheat and barley from USDA-ARS employee Dr. Xianming Chen.

Stripe Rust Is Generally Low in Eastern Washington, but Starts Appearing in the Palouse Region Yesterday, we were checking wheat fields in Adams, Lincoln, Douglas, Grant, and Whitman counties of Washington. Winter wheat crops ranged from early jointing (Feekes 5) to boot stage (Feekes 10). Stripe rust was found in few fields and generally low.…

Stripe rust update in Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon. Stripe rust situation unchanged from March.

January 3, 2018 Xianming Chen A. Yield Losses Caused by Stripe Rust & Increases by Fungicide Application on Wheat Varieties Tested in 2017 Stripe rust and yield differences in non-sprayed and fungicide-sprayed plots of winter wheat varieties are shown in Table 1 and of spring wheat varieties in Table 2. Of the 24 winter wheat…

Rust Update, July 11, 2017 Xianming Chen Rusts in the Palouse Region We were checking fields of wheat and barley in the Palouse region (including Whitman County of Washington and […]

Stripe Rust Update June 16, 2017 Xianming Chen Wheat Stripe Rust In the Pacific Northwest, winter wheat in most areas has passed the flowering stage.  Thanks to planting of resistant […]