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Great discussion between #WSU Extension range & livestock specialist Tip Hudson & guests, like @uidaho.bsky.social's Extension beef specialist Jim Sprinkle, on what attributes makes the perfect range cow.
Huge implications for reducing land use conflicts & production.
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Huge implications for reducing land use conflicts & production.
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AoR 170: Dr. Jim Sprinkle on The Perfect Range Cow
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November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Great discussion between #WSU Extension range & livestock specialist Tip Hudson & guests, like @uidaho.bsky.social's Extension beef specialist Jim Sprinkle, on what attributes makes the perfect range cow.
Huge implications for reducing land use conflicts & production.
artofrange.com/episodes/aor...
Huge implications for reducing land use conflicts & production.
artofrange.com/episodes/aor...
Interesting article on the successful cultivation of a tuber more affiliated with southern US ag production.
Carol Miles and the researchers at Mount Vernon REC are figuring out ways to make growing sweet potato not only viable but productive! #GoCougs
Carol Miles and the researchers at Mount Vernon REC are figuring out ways to make growing sweet potato not only viable but productive! #GoCougs
Hedlin’s Family Farm owner Kai Ottesen "attributes the success to the #WSU Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research & Extension Center’s Vegetable Research & Extension program’s project dedicated to sweet potatoes." Woo-hoo! #GoCougs www.goskagit.com/growskagit/l...
Locally-grown sweet potatoes proving popular
Locally-grown sweet potatoes quickly became a hit at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Interesting article on the successful cultivation of a tuber more affiliated with southern US ag production.
Carol Miles and the researchers at Mount Vernon REC are figuring out ways to make growing sweet potato not only viable but productive! #GoCougs
Carol Miles and the researchers at Mount Vernon REC are figuring out ways to make growing sweet potato not only viable but productive! #GoCougs
#WSU Whatcom County Extension researchers are showing that neighborliness boosts individual & community health. In Blaine, WA, that work helped inspire the Sept. 28 Good Neighbor Day proclamation.
Great background & further info ⬇️.
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Great background & further info ⬇️.
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Good Neighbors, Good Health: What Blaine, Washington Is Teaching the Rest of Us
#engagedneighbor #neighboring 101
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November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#WSU Whatcom County Extension researchers are showing that neighborliness boosts individual & community health. In Blaine, WA, that work helped inspire the Sept. 28 Good Neighbor Day proclamation.
Great background & further info ⬇️.
we-are-neighbors.blogspot.com/2025/11/good...
Great background & further info ⬇️.
we-are-neighbors.blogspot.com/2025/11/good...
Youth in #WSU Clark County 4-H are cultivating gardening skills while giving back to their community.
“Kids learn belonging, mastery, independence & life skills that carry them into adulthood,” said Program Coordinator Chantal Krystiniak.
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“Kids learn belonging, mastery, independence & life skills that carry them into adulthood,” said Program Coordinator Chantal Krystiniak.
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Family Gardening and Cooking in Clark County: Growing Confidence and Skills as a Family from Garden to Kitchen | Vancouver Family Magazine
Learn about family gardening and cooking in Clark County. Discover how families can grow, harvest and cook together this season - building confidence, skills and fun from garden to kitchen.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Youth in #WSU Clark County 4-H are cultivating gardening skills while giving back to their community.
“Kids learn belonging, mastery, independence & life skills that carry them into adulthood,” said Program Coordinator Chantal Krystiniak.
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“Kids learn belonging, mastery, independence & life skills that carry them into adulthood,” said Program Coordinator Chantal Krystiniak.
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With support from the @wsuextension.bsky.social Energy Program, the Harrington School District is the state's first to benefit from The Giving Grid. This program offers solar panel installation for qualifying school districts at no upfront cost. #GoCougs news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/wsu-...
WSU Extension helping school districts tap into solar energy savings
Bringing renewable energy and reinvestment opportunities to rural communities, The Giving Grid celebrated its first school solar installation with a ribbon-cutting event.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
With support from the @wsuextension.bsky.social Energy Program, the Harrington School District is the state's first to benefit from The Giving Grid. This program offers solar panel installation for qualifying school districts at no upfront cost. #GoCougs news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/wsu-...
A farm-oriented Nature Fest & Nature Camp was a great way to bring kids & experts together for 2 days of fun & discovery.
They saw how certain ag practices affect wildlife diversity through activities like river dipping & moth trapping. Stunning moth photos!
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They saw how certain ag practices affect wildlife diversity through activities like river dipping & moth trapping. Stunning moth photos!
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Grassland Moths at Low Way Farm Nature Camp | Conservation Grazing | Washington State University
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November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A farm-oriented Nature Fest & Nature Camp was a great way to bring kids & experts together for 2 days of fun & discovery.
They saw how certain ag practices affect wildlife diversity through activities like river dipping & moth trapping. Stunning moth photos!
extension.wsu.edu/conservation...
They saw how certain ag practices affect wildlife diversity through activities like river dipping & moth trapping. Stunning moth photos!
extension.wsu.edu/conservation...
Great throwback vid: We’ve always been about nourishing communities. From 4-H youth development to large- and small-scale ag, natural resources, Master Gardeners, & local economic growth, we’re in every county, helping people better help themselves. #GoCougs
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJlf...
#GoCougsMeans Community
YouTube video by WSU COE
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November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Great throwback vid: We’ve always been about nourishing communities. From 4-H youth development to large- and small-scale ag, natural resources, Master Gardeners, & local economic growth, we’re in every county, helping people better help themselves. #GoCougs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJlf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJlf...
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CSANR’s Georgine Yorgey and Allie Higginbotham visited the Qualco Digester and Werkhoven Dairy with the Washington State Dairy Federation.
🐄⚡ The digester turns manure into methane to power a generator that produces electricity for Snohomish PUD.
#WasteToFuels #RenewableEnergy #WSU
🐄⚡ The digester turns manure into methane to power a generator that produces electricity for Snohomish PUD.
#WasteToFuels #RenewableEnergy #WSU
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
CSANR’s Georgine Yorgey and Allie Higginbotham visited the Qualco Digester and Werkhoven Dairy with the Washington State Dairy Federation.
🐄⚡ The digester turns manure into methane to power a generator that produces electricity for Snohomish PUD.
#WasteToFuels #RenewableEnergy #WSU
🐄⚡ The digester turns manure into methane to power a generator that produces electricity for Snohomish PUD.
#WasteToFuels #RenewableEnergy #WSU
Field horsetail & smooth scouringrush weeds pose significant issues for Washington's dryland farmers. In our latest publication, learn some of the most practical management practices that will help get them under control. #GoCougs
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New from Extension: Manage ancient weeds in dryland cropping systems
Newly published this fall, the latest guide from WSU Extension looks at two ancient weed plants that cause trouble for dryland farmers and livestock producers.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Field horsetail & smooth scouringrush weeds pose significant issues for Washington's dryland farmers. In our latest publication, learn some of the most practical management practices that will help get them under control. #GoCougs
news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/new-...
news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/new-...
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Wash. potato growers have a powerful tool to help make decisions about crops that’s saving the industry nearly $10M annually.
#WSU leads the Potato Decision Aid System, which uses data from AgWeatherNet & field monitoring to create computer models & risk maps. news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/powe...
#WSU leads the Potato Decision Aid System, which uses data from AgWeatherNet & field monitoring to create computer models & risk maps. news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/powe...
Powering predictions for potato farmers
Potato growers in Washington have a powerful new tool to help them make decisions about their crops, one that’s saving the industry in the state nearly $10 million each year.
news.cahnrs.wsu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Wash. potato growers have a powerful tool to help make decisions about crops that’s saving the industry nearly $10M annually.
#WSU leads the Potato Decision Aid System, which uses data from AgWeatherNet & field monitoring to create computer models & risk maps. news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/powe...
#WSU leads the Potato Decision Aid System, which uses data from AgWeatherNet & field monitoring to create computer models & risk maps. news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/powe...
Youth are often curious about many things, including food safety. #WSU Extension Professor Susie Craig recommends having them reach out to curious cat @askdruniverse.bsky.social, who works alongside WSU faculty to provide child-friendly, research-based expertise.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Youth are often curious about many things, including food safety. #WSU Extension Professor Susie Craig recommends having them reach out to curious cat @askdruniverse.bsky.social, who works alongside WSU faculty to provide child-friendly, research-based expertise.
news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/podcasts/fsm...
news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/podcasts/fsm...
The Farm Gleaning Program of #WSU Clallam County Extension is bolstering regional food security & helping feed those in need: ~1 in 4 kids there experience hunger.
Discover how we’re making a difference in this fall’s edition of @wastatemagazine.bsky.social. #GoCougs
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Discover how we’re making a difference in this fall’s edition of @wastatemagazine.bsky.social. #GoCougs
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November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Farm Gleaning Program of #WSU Clallam County Extension is bolstering regional food security & helping feed those in need: ~1 in 4 kids there experience hunger.
Discover how we’re making a difference in this fall’s edition of @wastatemagazine.bsky.social. #GoCougs
magazine.wsu.edu/2025/08/07/w...
Discover how we’re making a difference in this fall’s edition of @wastatemagazine.bsky.social. #GoCougs
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Like trick-or-treating, but with veggies! Kids in the Olympia School District “shopped” for local produce and tried a new #WSU buckwheat pancake mix at this year’s Youth Farmers Market.
Event made possible through WSU's New Grains Northwest, SNAP-Ed & @wsucsanr.bsky.social. #GoCougs
Event made possible through WSU's New Grains Northwest, SNAP-Ed & @wsucsanr.bsky.social. #GoCougs
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Like trick-or-treating, but with veggies! Kids in the Olympia School District “shopped” for local produce and tried a new #WSU buckwheat pancake mix at this year’s Youth Farmers Market.
Event made possible through WSU's New Grains Northwest, SNAP-Ed & @wsucsanr.bsky.social. #GoCougs
Event made possible through WSU's New Grains Northwest, SNAP-Ed & @wsucsanr.bsky.social. #GoCougs
On Saturday, volunteers with #WSU Extension Snohomish County's "Promotores del medio Ambiente" (environmental ambassadors) presented their final leadership projects at @wsueverett.bsky.social. Congratulations & well done! #GoCougs
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
On Saturday, volunteers with #WSU Extension Snohomish County's "Promotores del medio Ambiente" (environmental ambassadors) presented their final leadership projects at @wsueverett.bsky.social. Congratulations & well done! #GoCougs
Dealing with an overabundance of apples? Then tune in to this podcast episode of Food Safety in a Minute. Food safety expert Susie Craig will offer a couple suggestions for research-based, tested recipes.
All in an easily digestible, 60-second sound bite: news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/podcasts/fsm....
All in an easily digestible, 60-second sound bite: news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/podcasts/fsm....
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Dealing with an overabundance of apples? Then tune in to this podcast episode of Food Safety in a Minute. Food safety expert Susie Craig will offer a couple suggestions for research-based, tested recipes.
All in an easily digestible, 60-second sound bite: news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/podcasts/fsm....
All in an easily digestible, 60-second sound bite: news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/podcasts/fsm....
What a great video on the ways that #WSU bee researchers are making a huge difference in agriculture.
Our bee expert, Priya Basu, also helps with Extension & outreach. If you're a beekeeper in Washington state, we are here for you!
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Our bee expert, Priya Basu, also helps with Extension & outreach. If you're a beekeeper in Washington state, we are here for you!
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The #WSU bee & pollinator program is working to help agriculture & our food supply now & into the future. WSU takes a holistic approach to addressing colony collapse, as shown in this story & video about the program. #GoCougs #SaveTheBees go.wsu.edu/bees-on-the-...
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
What a great video on the ways that #WSU bee researchers are making a huge difference in agriculture.
Our bee expert, Priya Basu, also helps with Extension & outreach. If you're a beekeeper in Washington state, we are here for you!
extension.wsu.edu/agriculture-...
Our bee expert, Priya Basu, also helps with Extension & outreach. If you're a beekeeper in Washington state, we are here for you!
extension.wsu.edu/agriculture-...
The Yakima County Master Gardeners are boosting food security for families through the “Plant a Row” program, where extra garden produce is donated to local food banks, making a big difference in the Yakima Valley. #GoCougs
For donation sites & times: extension.wsu.edu/yakima/food-....
For donation sites & times: extension.wsu.edu/yakima/food-....
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Yakima County Master Gardeners are boosting food security for families through the “Plant a Row” program, where extra garden produce is donated to local food banks, making a big difference in the Yakima Valley. #GoCougs
For donation sites & times: extension.wsu.edu/yakima/food-....
For donation sites & times: extension.wsu.edu/yakima/food-....
Wow: From our expert in commercial vegetable production Tim Waters: “You can actually grow more nutrition per acre with carrots than you can with any other vegetable crop,” Waters said. “They’re so nutritious, and the yields are between 35 and 55 tons to the acre.”
What a veggie! #GoCougs
What a veggie! #GoCougs
Carrots stash sugar so they can plant seeds next year. :🥕🌱 Thanks to veggie expert Tim Waters of @wsuextension.bsky.social for sharing the sweet secret #GoCougs #STEMeducation @pullman.wsu.edu askdruniverse.wsu.edu/2025/10/23/w...
Why do carrots have sugar?
Dear George and Samuel, Roasted and soft. Raw and crunchy. Baked into a cake. I love eating all kinds of carrots. I asked my friend Tim Waters why those orange veggies are so tasty. He studies vegetab...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Wow: From our expert in commercial vegetable production Tim Waters: “You can actually grow more nutrition per acre with carrots than you can with any other vegetable crop,” Waters said. “They’re so nutritious, and the yields are between 35 and 55 tons to the acre.”
What a veggie! #GoCougs
What a veggie! #GoCougs
#WSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers know the gardening checklist doesn’t end with summer’s harvest! Fall’s a great time to start new projects (garlic bulbs, anyone?).
Connect with your local Extension Master Gardeners for ideas & tips: mastergardener.wsu.edu.
Connect with your local Extension Master Gardeners for ideas & tips: mastergardener.wsu.edu.
October 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#WSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers know the gardening checklist doesn’t end with summer’s harvest! Fall’s a great time to start new projects (garlic bulbs, anyone?).
Connect with your local Extension Master Gardeners for ideas & tips: mastergardener.wsu.edu.
Connect with your local Extension Master Gardeners for ideas & tips: mastergardener.wsu.edu.
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Thank you @mariners.com for an amazing season & fantastic memories. We'll see you in ~111 days. 🔱🔱🔱
a baseball player with the number 29 on his back is running on the field
Alt: A baseball player with the number 29 on his back runs onto the field with his arms extended up, while 2 coaches hug each other.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thank you @mariners.com for an amazing season & fantastic memories. We'll see you in ~111 days. 🔱🔱🔱
#WSU Colville Reservation Extension recently celebrated National 4-H Week & @wsdagov.bsky.social's Taste Washington Day with cider pressing, taste-testing activities & a “Story Walk,” where youth learned about nutrition & the benefits of an active lifestyle. #GoCougs
October 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#WSU Colville Reservation Extension recently celebrated National 4-H Week & @wsdagov.bsky.social's Taste Washington Day with cider pressing, taste-testing activities & a “Story Walk,” where youth learned about nutrition & the benefits of an active lifestyle. #GoCougs
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Participants from across WA and beyond are building piles, learning from CSANR’s Doug Collins and other experts, and touring sites like Silver Springs Organics at the Compost Facility Operator Training with WSU and WORC.
#HotCompost #WSU
#HotCompost #WSU
October 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Participants from across WA and beyond are building piles, learning from CSANR’s Doug Collins and other experts, and touring sites like Silver Springs Organics at the Compost Facility Operator Training with WSU and WORC.
#HotCompost #WSU
#HotCompost #WSU
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New research has found cover crops that are viable in Washington’s normal “off season” don’t hurt the soil & can be sold as a biofuel source. 2 crops had promising results in field trials & could work well as biofuel sources. #GoCougs news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/help...
Helping farmers, boosting biofuels: New WSU-led paper shows promising cover crop benefits
New research says cover crops that are viable in Washington’s normal “off season” don’t hurt the soil and can be sold as a biofuel source.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New research has found cover crops that are viable in Washington’s normal “off season” don’t hurt the soil & can be sold as a biofuel source. 2 crops had promising results in field trials & could work well as biofuel sources. #GoCougs news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/help...
On the latest Evergreen Thumb podcast, Master Gardener host Erin Hoover chats w/ Todd Murray, director of #WSU Puyallup REC, about how changing rainfall patterns & warmer temps are stressing plants, making them more vulnerable to pests.
evergreenthumb.mastergardenerfoundation.org/episode058/
evergreenthumb.mastergardenerfoundation.org/episode058/
How Climate Shifts Are Changing Our Pest Problems
Guest Todd Murray joins Erin Hoover to talk about the effects of climate change on pests and how gardeners can observe and adapt to these changes.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
On the latest Evergreen Thumb podcast, Master Gardener host Erin Hoover chats w/ Todd Murray, director of #WSU Puyallup REC, about how changing rainfall patterns & warmer temps are stressing plants, making them more vulnerable to pests.
evergreenthumb.mastergardenerfoundation.org/episode058/
evergreenthumb.mastergardenerfoundation.org/episode058/
New from #WSU Extension: guides on pesticide training, managing E. coli in apples and X-disease in pear trees, conserving water in eastern Washington, and exploring wild bees through community science.
Most are free, so check them out today: news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/new-...
Most are free, so check them out today: news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/new-...
New from Extension: Guides to wild bees, lawn sprinklers, X-disease, and more
Experts help Washingtonians protect cherry crops and wild pollinators, conserve water, use pesticides safely, and more, with latest publications.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
New from #WSU Extension: guides on pesticide training, managing E. coli in apples and X-disease in pear trees, conserving water in eastern Washington, and exploring wild bees through community science.
Most are free, so check them out today: news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/new-...
Most are free, so check them out today: news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/new-...