WSU Small Grains

10/06/2026

Got 💲 on your mind? This year's features several sessions addressing costs, economics, price risk, and profitability. Register today for the two-day educational program on Dec. 15-16: https://smallgrains.wsu.edu/2026-wheat-academy/

Two days of comprehensive, hands-on learning await participants of the WSU Wheat Academy. Growers and industry professionals from all over the Pacific Northwest are invited to the WSU Pullman campus…

10/05/2026

09/28/2026

University of Idaho researchers have started evaluating as a potential herbicide for PNW systems. The results of their first trials are shared on
https://smallgrains.wsu.edu/weeders-of-the-west/2026/09/23/fluridone/

Kimberly, Idaho

Downy brome and Italian ryegrass are the two grass weeds most likely to cost you yield, dock your grains, and force you to change your rotation. University of Idaho researchers have started evaluating fluridone as a potential herbicide for downy brome and Italian ryegrass control in PNW small grain....

09/28/2026

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09/21/2026

Throughout the 2025-26 crop year, the program observed a wide range of environmental conditions, disease pressures, and outcomes across the statewide testing network. Read about it:
https://smallgrains.wsu.edu/26wrap/

The 2025-2026 crop year provided an opportunity to observe a wide range of environmental conditions, disease pressures, and grain quality outcomes across the statewide testing network.

09/18/2026

Many of the most troublesome weeds in belong to the same grass family as the crop, leaving growers with relatively few selective options. Repeated reliance on the same can increase selection pressure for resistance.

See what were submitted to the WSU Herbicide Resistance Screening Program in 2024 and 2025, and how to submit your future samples with suspected .
https://smallgrains.wsu.edu/2425resist/

Grass weeds continue to dominate the resistance problem in eastern Washington wheat production systems.

09/03/2026

Dr. James Cook's pioneering work uncovered how beneficial soil bacteria suppress wheat disease, advancing soil health science and leaving a lasting legacy for growers and researchers.