Soil Health

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Grant program gets green light

By Trista Crossley
Editor

After three years of stop-and-go progress, the Sustainable Farms and Fields (SFF) grant program finally has the green light to start funding climate-smart farming practices across Washington state. “Sustainable Farms and Fields is a brand new program we are rolling out. It is intended to support growers who are interested…

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Plotting a route

By Trista Crossley
Editor

Leaders at the Washington Soil Health Initiative (WaSHI) now have a better understanding of the route ahead thanks to a recently released road map that outlines issues and concerns and sets milestones on the journey to improving the state’s soils. The road map, available at soilhealth.wsu.edu/washington-state-soil-health-roadmap/, divides the state into…

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Finding the right recipe

By Trista Crossley
Editor

In Eastern Washington, cover crops hold promise, but growers are still weeding out some issues. Ryan Poe, a grower from Grant County and president of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers, ran into one of those issues in 2019 and 2020 when he planted a cover crop at the same…

Glyphosate in the crosshairs
By Jeff Malone
President, Washington Association of Wheat Growers
Reviewing the Enhanced Coverage Option
By Curtis Evanenko
McGregor Risk Management Services
From selling the future to farming with it
By Jeff Malone
President, Washington Association of Wheat Growers