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Alien-looking contraptions with metal arms protrude out of farm fields throughout the state of Washington. Look closer and you’ll see gauges on the arms measuring all kinds of weather data, from temperature and precipitation to wind, dew point, solar radiation and humidity. The stations—part of Washington’s AgWeatherNet—relay data to a Continue reading Which Way the Wind Blows: AgWeatherNet Gives Washington Farmers the Data They Need to Grow Greener Washington’s Yakima Valley, a terrain of rugged hillsides and golden desert, is one of the top wine regions in the country. With an ideal climate for grapes and well-drained soils deposited by prehistoric floods, the valley is home to a third of the state’s vineyards. But the region’s many growers of Continue reading IPM Research Helps Washington’s Renowned Wine Industry Get Greener On the outskirts of Wenatchee, a city in the heart of central Washington where golden hills surround endless miles of irrigated fruit orchards, a large apple-shaped sign reads, “Apple Capital of the World.” In a region that ships over 100 million boxes of apples a year around the nation and the world, education has been Continue reading Education Helps Limon and Sons Orchard in Washington Go Natural The U.S. population is projected to double over the next 50 years. Much of that increase will be concentrated in a few dynamic regions of the country that will also have to contend with the environmental consequences of growth: air and water pollution, flooding, depletion of surface and ground water, loss or damage to wetlands, Continue reading Conservation Markets for Farms: Economically Sound Environmental Protection |
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