Food & Agriculture

WSU salutes alumnus Gordon Davis on his induction to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for his contribution to the industry and field of meat science.

A massively destructive hurricane in Florida, a very stormy winter in California, and higher than average colony losses mean 2023 could be a bad year for honey bees, according to one WSU expert.

To kick off their golden anniversary, WSU Extension Master Gardeners are going back to where it started with a public celebration, 1 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at the WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center.

Founding Department Chair Jean Dodson Peterson detailed an exciting future, explaining how V&E will support WSU’s larger goals of creating a diverse set of global leaders and applying research to real-world situations.

Tomorrow’s Honoring Undergraduate and Graduate Scholars Symposium in Toppenish, Washington represents an ongoing alliance between the two universities while helping graduate students improve their mentoring skills.

Nearly a dozen WSU students are traveling more than 1,000 miles this week to spend several hours in a 34‑degree cooler and outside in stockyards examining livestock for their carcass merit.

Visiting the sea floor as a scuba diving instructor in Australia ultimately led Kirsten Ball to a plant science career in Washington.

A WSU-led study found that high winds increased the prevalence of Campylobacter in outdoor chicken flocks, a bacterial pathogen in poultry that is the largest single cause of food-borne illness in the U.S.

Cosmic Crisp® ranked 10th by volume and 8th in total sales value of all the apples sold in the United States, according to the most recent market data.

A new WSU study shows that queen bees stored at cooler temperatures have a higher survival rate and require less maintenance than those stored outdoors.