USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Washington State University have opened a 100,000-square-foot research building to help Pacific Northwest farmers improve crop health, resilience and profitability.
The Plant Bioscience Research Building brings federal and university scientists together to study challenges facing dryland and irrigated agriculture. Its laboratories and shared workspaces will support research on wheat, pulse crops, sustainable farming systems and plant genetic resources.
ARS Administrator Joon Park said the building builds on nearly a century of cooperation with the university and will help researchers turn advances in plant and soil science into agricultural improvements.
