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No-Till, Cross Slot Champion Keith Saxton Passes Away

August 11, 2023

Keith Saxton, a champion for no-till and the Cross Slot no-till opener design, passed away July 30 after suffering from health issues over the last few years. He was 85 years old.

Fertilizing Crops and Reducing Nutrient Loss with Microbes

February 25, 2022 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Science Daily

Bacteria engineered to excrete high concentrations of ammonia could help reduce the reliance on synthetic fertilizers and the nutrient loss associated with them, according to new research from Washington State University.

Scientists Experimenting with Paper Mill Waste to Fight Acid Soils

October 25, 2018 | Posted in Crop Protection, Soil Health

Source: Spokane Spokesman-Review

Washington State University experts are working with a paper company on trials using fly ash to treat acidic soils, and they’re also looking at biochar and gene editing, reports a Washington newspaper.

[Video] Analyzing Buffer Strip Test Plots

November 17, 2017 | Posted in Water Management

Source: WSU Small Farms Program

Presented and filmed August 3, 2009, at the Washington State University-Puyallup Farm Walk, Jeff Kallestad of the WSU Small Farms Program discusses riparian buffers using alternating plots of grass, Alder and Poplar as buffer zones.

Researchers Develop Cold-Tolerant Faba Bean

April 7, 2016 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: Crop Science Society of America

After 6 years of planting selected generations of seed, USDA research leader Jinguo Hu and a team of reachers from Washington State University have identified a winter-hardy faba bean germplasm.

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