Gluten-free wheat in sight, researchers say. AgMinute June 8, 2015

Washington State University researcher Diter Von Wettstein has received further funding for his efforts to create a gluten-free wheat. Click here for full story.

WSU researcher considers prickly lettuce as rubber source - AgMinute April 10, 2015

A Washington State University researcher wants to explore possible production of the weed prickly lettuce to make rubber. Click here for the full story

Researcher: Killing wolves can increase livestock conflicts - AgMinute for December 5, 2014

Washington State University wolf researcher Robert Wielgus has released a report that killing wolves leads to increased depredations. Click here for the full story

Center for Applied Food Safety & Processing established - AgMinute for August 13, 2014

The joint School of Food Science at Washington State University and University of Idaho is teaming up with Seoul National University in Korea to create a Center for Applied Food Safety and Processing. Interim director Barbara Rasco says the center will provide technical support for trade in food science. Click here for the full story

The vegetable whisperer — AgMinute for Aug. 12, 2013

Vegetable growers mystified by something going wrong with their crops can take the first step toward solving the problem by consulting a website managed by scientists at the Northwest's three land-grant universities.

Read about how farmers are confronting controversy over biotechnology in "Surviving a Biotech Backlash," available at http://bit.ly/BiotechBacklash

Trading biotech barbs — Podcast for Nov. 16, 2012

Purdue University professor emeritus Don Huber and Washington State University molecular plant science professor Michael Neff disagree on whether genetic engineering represents a peril or an opportunity for agriculture.

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The high cost of low milk prices - Podcast for Aug. 31, 2012

In this podcast, editors and reporters talk about how the suicide of a California dairyman has galvanized the dairy industry, look back on the gains from 150 years of the land-grant university system, and discuss the particulars of a Willamette Valley farm that has managed to emerge from bankruptcy.

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