Join us for an Open House on Mechanized Vineyard Planting! This is the first public event to kick off the establishment of a new vineyard planted to study the influence of vineyard management practices on soil health. This vineyard will be planted using a mechanized planting service offered by Vinomatos (https://www.vinomatos.com/en/), and we are inviting you to come and see this process. This is a collaborative project between USDA and WSU scientists, and we invite you to informally watch the…

This event has been cancelled.   Join us for this all-day, hands-on workshop on vineyard pest management and sprayer calibration! Location: Langley, WA WSDA Pesticide Recertification Credits Offered: 6 Credits   Agenda: 8:30 AM             Check-In 8:45 AM            Introduction of the Day 9:00 AM            Principles of Pest Management In order to effectively manage a pest, we have to know their biology. This talk will cover key environmental factors that influence how the powdery mildew and Botrytis bunch rot fungi…

WSU CAHNRS’s Center for Precision & Automated Agricultural Systems (CPAAS) and AgWeatherNet (AWN) are hosting an Open House. This event will provide growers, agricultural industry professionals, crop consultants, government representatives and researchers an update from both units on weather and crop sensing as well as cutting-edge agricultural technologies being researched at WSU. Highlights of this year's event include technology exhibition related to 1) robotic pruning, thinning, pollination, nutrient application and harvesting, 2) site-specific frost/heat stress monitoring and management, 3) precision/smart…