Steve Fransen

This WSU fact sheet is one of a three-part series on cover crops for home gardeners. It focuses on choosing the best cover crops for gardens in Washington and Oregon, east of the Cascades. Other topic ...

Describes nutrient management practices for pastures to produce forage as a main feed source for western Oregon and Washington livestock. ...

This full-color illustrated guide for optimizing alfalfa production according to the growing conditions common throughout Idaho and east of the Cascades in Oregon and Washington provides specific reco ...

Growers are often surprised to learn that you can grow switchgrass both as a long-term, sustainable forage and as feedstock for cellulosic biofuel. This pub draws on more than two decades of research from Washington State University’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser, WA, to teach best practices for establishing a vibrant stand.

The Inland PNW Pasture Calendar is designed to be a comprehensive guide for improved grassland management in support of forage-livestock systems. Applying the principles described will lead to improved regional economic, ecological, and social sustainability. This publication describes the opportunities and challenges of sustainably raising harvested and grazed forages and developing forage-livestock systems in a diverse environment.