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Extension Workshops Keep Loggers Up-to-Date 2009
SUMMARY
- A voluntary education program offered by WSU Extension and the Washington Contract Loggers Association in Northeast Washington is keeping logging business owners, foremen and supervisors up-to-date on issues facing their industry and providing them with the latest information on technology, safety and regulatory changes.
STEEP: Helping Northwest Farmers with Profitable Conservation Technologies 2009
SUMMARY
- STEEP (Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems), a multi-state research program, has developed and facilitated the adoption of new technologies and management systems that have helped reduce soil erosion in the Palouse region of eastern Washington, northern Idaho and northwest Washington from an average of 20 tons per acre in 1975 to an average of five tons per acre in 2005.
Extension Intervention Program Saves Families and Money 2009
SUMMARY
- Washington State University Extension's Strengthening Families Program, a family-based intervention program, reduces substance abuse by improving parenting skills and family communication. The program has served more than 1,800 youth statewide. In dollars alone, according to an independent analysis, the effort is expected to save the state $10.6 million in such areas as arrests, adjudication and victims' costs.
Cattle Could Provide Options for Palouse Grain Growers 2009
SUMMARY
- A two-year on-farm pilot project in Adams County is testing the feasibility and reliability of converting land coming out of the Conservation Reserve Program into a vertically integrated grass-fed beef production system. The pilot -- if successful -- could provide farmers with an alternative to CRP that could not only protect the environment, but also provide them with a source of income.
Genetic Link to Infertility Found in Dairy Cattle 2009
SUMMARY
- Scientists at Washington State University have identified a gene and four regions of the dairy cattle genome that are associated with fertility. The finding could help solve a multi-billion dollar problem for the U.S. dairy industry: declining fertility of dairy cows. The research could help improve human fertility as well.
Food $ense Has Positive Impact on Learning 2009
SUMMARY
- Food $ense nutrition education programs conducted in public schools in Spokane, Wash., are paying off in better classroom performance.
Battling Obesity with Education 2009
SUMMARY
- A nutrition education program offered by WSU Spokane County Extension is helping elementary school children and younger understand on what constitutes a healthy diet. That might help them live healthier lives and avoid obesity, one of the challenges of today's youth.
Farm Succession Planning Workshops 2009
SUMMARY
- Extension farm succession planning workshops helped the state's aging farm population determine the future of their farms.