Apple commission increases export promotions - AgMinute for August 11, 2014

The Washington Apple Commission has increased apple export promotions 15 percent to help sell this fall's crop, which is expected to be large. Click here for the full story

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WA 38 of my eye — AgMinute for May 22, 2013

The Northwest Nursery Improvement Institute and two other entities have applied to the Washington State University Research Foundation to manage the university's new WA 38 apple variety.

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Man of the soil - Washington AgMinute for Nov. 5, 2012

Jim Harsh is the new chairman of Washington State University's Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. Harsh, 61, previously worked on soil contamination projects, but has shifted to the way soils, plants, minerals and microbes interact, collaborating with other researchers about how nutrients move from soils into plants.

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AgMinute for Sept. 5, 2012

Each month, the Washivore.org website will feature a different crop grown in Washington state. It will start with apples and pears, then go to pumpkins in October. With more than 300 crops grown across the state, they are not worried about repetition.

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