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2019 Wheat Academy Speaker Biographies

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…

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2019 WSU Wheat Academy Agenda

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…

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Soil pH & Soil Acidity with Haiying Tao

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 […]

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Explanation of Changes WAC

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…

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Stripe Rust Update May 8, 2018

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.…

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2017 Fungicide and Variety Yield Loss Tests & 2018 First Stripe Rust Forecast

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…

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Dark Northern Spring

‘DNS’ is a common term when referring to the production of hard red spring wheat. Around the coffee shop you may hear your neighbor say, “I’m growing DNS.” What is DNS? DNS is short for…

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Resources for Understanding Low Falling Numbers

2016 Washington Wheat Industry Resources for Understanding the Low Falling Number Issue The following resources were assembled to help growers and wheat industry members understand issues surrounding low falling number […]

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Wheat Academy Resources

Biology and Management of Wireworms in Cereals David Crowder, WSU Entomologist, and Aaron Esser, WSU Extension Agronomist   Herbicide Injury and Symptomology Ian Burke, WSU Weed Scientist   Managing Nematodes to […]

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Marketing Publications

Contribution Of Grain Production Washington Economy The following slide shows have been developed to aid in the understanding of basic market dynamics. Introduction to Understanding Markets Understanding Basis Formation and […]

Washington Wheat Production

Wheat & Barley Production in Washington For decades Washington has been known throughout the world as the home of high quality soft white and club wheat production. Washington farmers also […]

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