Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center

03/19/2026

We are surplussing one of our combines. Please share with anyone who may be interested. https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/auction/view?auc=3971789

03/12/2026

Do you know someone who will be in need of a summer job? Annually we hire additional workers to help us out with the summer workload. Most positions begin the end of May/beginning of June and last through Labor Day. Typically we're looking to fill multiple part-time Student Technical Assistant positions (a maximum of 20 hours per week during academic terms and a maximum of 40 hours per week along with some possible overtime during academic breaks). You must be actively enrolled in school (high school or college/university) to apply. Duties include: field or bench top research, laboratory set-up and maintenance, greenhouse operations, field plotting, data collection and analysis and other related tasks, field and plot weeding, planting & transplanting of plants in the field and/or greenhouse, general farm work including but not limited to harvest activities and farm equipment awareness and safety training's as needed. For more information and/or to apply for a summer position, please go to:

This recruitment will be used to fill up to 12 part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week during academic terms and a maximum of 40 hours per week during academic breaks) Student Technical Assistant positions for the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center at Oregon State University (OSU).This re...

03/04/2026

Webinar Recordings Available Online

In February, the League partnered with USDA-ARS (and OSU-CBARC) for the Pendleton Science Roundup, hosting educational webinars on soil health, soil carbon research, hydrology in dryland agriculture, and “Taking Control of Your Soil’s Health: Influences of Amendments, Biologicals, and Managements.” Recordings are now available online here:

Oregon Wheat Talks recordings from agency meetings and educational resources for producers.

02/24/2026

02/03/2026

Dear Growers and Stakeholders,
Significant stripe rust has been confirmed at a research trial in Milton-Freewater on LCS Dagger AX and LCS Artdeco, and warm weather in November–December 2025 indicates high stripe rust pressure and a strong potential for severe epidemics in the 2026 season if unmanaged. Growers are encouraged to scout susceptible varieties closely and apply fungicides promptly if rust is detected—especially on highly susceptible cultivars—where timely application is more critical than product choice.
More information is attached.
Best,
Christina and The Wheat Team

11/04/2025

Darcy Sexson has always been a strong supporter of the Station. We are very proud to see she received the well deserved Distinguished Luminary Award from the College of Agricultural Sciences - Oregon State University

10/14/2025

Registration for the 2025 WSU Wheat Academy is now open. Registration is limited to the first 75 registrants and the event sold out last year.
Topics for this year’s education program range from wheat production principles for those just getting started to in-depth research for those with years of experience in the field, including:
• Phosphorus in PNW Dryland Soils
• Diagnosing and Managing Diseases of Wheat
• Biology and Management of Pests in Wheat, Canola, and Pulses
• Palmer Amaranth and Waterhemp: You Don’t Want These Problems in Your Field
• Micronutrients
• Soil Health Strategies for the Inland PNW: Biosolids and Beyond
• Soil Acidity
• Canola in Rotation
• Marketing Strategy Development
• The New Falling Numbers Test
• Gene Edited vs. Transgenic Wheat
• Wheat Staging
The Wheat Academy will begin at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 9, and will be held in the Vogel Plant Biosciences Building Teaching Laboratories on the WSU Pullman campus. Registration is $100 for growers and $200 for industry representatives. The registration fee covers parking on campus, two lunches, a lightly catered social hour, and light refreshments throughout the two-day event.
To learn more about this year’s event and to register, please visit the Wheat Academy webpage.

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 […]

09/24/2025

We have a dog hanging out at the station. It has a collar on and therefore someone must be missing it. It's too skittish to get close enough to see if there is info on the collar. Please spread the word so this pup can find it's people!

06/12/2025

Pacific Northwest Ag Network attended the Pendleton Field Day on Tuesday, did you?

Wheat and dryland growers from the Columbia Basin, and across the state of Oregon were in Adams, OR Tuesday for the Oregon State University/ARS Field Day

06/06/2025

The Pendleton Field Day is only 2 weeks from today!! It's a perfect time to thank our Platinum sponsor, Zurn Harvesting! https://zuern-harvesting.de/en/

06/04/2025

1 week from today is the annual Sherman Station Field Day! Please be sure to thank our lunch sponsor, Graybeal Group, Inc "Educating People To Protect Their Livelihood"

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