July 3, 2017

Award

Cedric Habiyaremye, PhD student in Crop and Soil Sciences, was awarded a U.S. Borlaug Fellowship in Global Food Security and attended the 2-week long Borlaug Summer Institute at Purdue University, where his team was awarded Best Project Presentation and won a trip to attend the 2017 World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa. Link: https://www.facebook.com/pcgfs/

Evan Craine, PhD student in Crop and Soil Sciences, was awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science. Link: https://www.nsfgrfp.org/general_resources/about

Announcements

New video published: “Spring Canola Production in Eastern Washington”
The WOCS project collaborated with the CAHNRS Communications video team to produce a video about spring canola production that is now available on YouTube. The three cooperators who hosted the WOCS 2016 large-scale spring canola variety trials were interviewed for the video, and there is also drone footage of the plots at each location. The video can be found on the WSU CAHNRS YouTube channel. A companion video “Canola Production and Research in Washington State” was published in 2014 and features more detailed information about the WOCS Project.

Events

Spring Canola Variety Trials
Walla Walla – July 5
Pullman – July 10

PNW Crop Tour Schedule

St. John
July 6, 10:00 a.m.
For information, contact Steve Van Vleet, 509-397-6290

Lamont
July 6, 2:30 p.m.
For information, contact Steve Van Vleet, 509-397-6290

Farmington
July 7, 8:00 a.m.
For information, contact Steve Van Vleet, 509-397-6290

Palouse
July 7, 3:30 p.m.
For information, contact Steve Van Vleet, 509-397-6290

Bickleton
July 11, 1:00 p.m.
For information, contact Hannah Brause, 509-773-5817

*Cooperative trials/tours with Oregon State University and Northwest Grain Growers

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