Dry beans are nutritious and easy to grow in Washington gardens, but understanding how they grow is key to success. This publication provides information on choosing dry bean varieties, and how to grow them.
Water quality is an important aspect of irrigation, but it can be difficult to achieve. On rill-irrigated row crops, vegetative filter strips can be effective as a best management practice for improvi ...
Vegetative filter strips (VFSs) are areas of land that have been planted with vegetation in order to intercept and slow down runoff water, capture eroded soil, and increase surface water infiltration. ...
Ventenata is a relatively new weed to the Pacific Northwest that is rapidly infesting newly seeded and poorly managed grass areas. This publication describes how to identify Ventenata, and gives su ...
The goal of this video series is to educate potential and new growers and winemakers in the essentials of economically viable, environmentally sustainable, high-quality grape and wine production practices.
This guide provides an overview of the various yield estimation methods used in commercial grape production for both juice and wine. Factors discussed include timing, crop load, vine balance, and cro ...
Having trouble choosing which alfalfa variety to plant? New alfalfa varieties are released each year and little information is available to producers in the irrigated region of the Columbia Basin of W ...
Having trouble choosing which alfalfa variety to plant? New alfalfa varieties are released each year and little information is available to producers in Washington State.
Presents a balanced weed management philosophy that considers prevention as well as biological, mechanical, and chemical controls to produce high quality, marketable Christmas trees and protect soil a ...