Lind Field Day

The 106th Annual Lind Field Day was held on June 13. Check back next Spring for information on the 107th Annual Lind Field Day. Lind Field Day is free and open to the public.

Schedule of Events

  • 8:30 a.m. Registration
  • 9:00 a.m. Field Tours
  • 12:00 p.m. Hosted Lunch
  • 12:30 p.m. Noon Program
  • 1:15 p.m. Ice Cream Social
    With Ice Cream Grabbers by Ferdinand’s!

Tour crop research for the drylands at WSU’s 106th Lind Field Day, June 13

LIND, Wash. – Washington State University invites grain producers and partners to meet scientists at the Lind Dryland Research Station and learn about current research at one of the nation’s driest growing regions at the 106th annual Lind Field Day, Thursday, June 13, 2024.
“It’s an honor to showcase our ongoing research to growers,” said Lind Station Director Surendra Singh. “Lind Field Day is an excellent opportunity to hear feedback from stakeholders and better target our research to better serve local, emerging needs.”

2024 Field Tours

Noon Program

Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, Crop & Soils Chair, MC

Lunch

Catering by Juke Joint BBQ To Go

  • BBQ Chicken
  • Pulled Pork Sandwiches
  • Coleslaw
  • Mac and Cheese

2024 Field Day Donors

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Would you like to become a Lind Field Day donor? Click the button below to donate now!

Become a Field Day Donor!

The Lind Dryland Research Station has hosted a Lind Field Day annually since 1916, with the exception of 1980 because of Mt. St. Helens and 2020 and 2021 because of COVID-19.

Gold

Silver

Bronze

2023

  • Meet the New Researchers- Rich Koenig, WSU, Surendra Singh, WSU, and Shikha Singh, WSU
  • ESA Buletins Live! Two and it’s Impact on You- Rachel Bomberger, WSU
  • Winter Wheat Breeding- Arron Carter, WSU
  • Spring Wheat Breeding- Mike Pumphrey, WSU
  • Russian Thistle Management- Drew Lyon, WSU
  • Winter Pea Research Updates- Lyndon Porter, USDA-ARS

2022

  • WEEDit Sprayer Technology- Aaron Esser, WSU Extension and Ian Burke, WSU
  • Evaluating Alternative Oilseeds for Dryland Wheat Rotation- Wilson Craine, WSU
  • Winter Wheat Breeding- Kim Garland-Campbell, USDA-ARS and Gary Shelton, WSU
  • Spring Wheat Breeding- Mike Pumphrey, WSU and Clark Neely, WSU
  • Wheat Disease Update and the Plant Diagnostic Clinic- Tim Murray, WSU and Cassandra Bates, WSU

There was no Field Day held during 2020 or 2021 due to COVID-19.

2019

  • Making Soil Health Assessments Useful for Farmers- Shannon Cappellazzi, Soil Health Institute
  • Winter Pea- Howard Nelson, Highline Grain and Rebecca McGee, USDA-ARS
  • Winter Wheat Breeding- Kim Garland-Campbell, USDA-ARS and Gary Shelton, WSU
  • Spring Wheat Breeding- Mike Pumphrey, WSU
  • Biosolids: Wheat Agronomy and Soil Microbes- Bill Schillinger, WSU and Tim Paulitz, USDA-ARS

2018

  • Fake News vs. Facts: Glyphosate and Soil Microbes- Tim Paulitz, USDA-ARs
  • Winter Pea
    • Varieties- Rebecca McGee, USDA-ARS
    • Agronomy and Markets- Howard Nelson, Highline Grain
    • Weed Control- Drew Lyon, WSU
  • Winter Wheat Breeding- Arron Carter, WSU
  • Spring Wheat Breeding- Mike Pumphrey, WSU
  • Winter Triticale vs. Winter Wheat- Bill Schillinger, WSU

2017

  • Perennial Wheat- Kevin Murphy, WSU and Ian Clark, WSU
  • Falling Numbers in Wheat- Camille Steber, USDA-ARS
  • Winter Pea- Rebecca McGee, USDA-ARS
  • Winter Wheat Breeding- Arron Carter, WSU
  • Spring Wheat Breeding- Mike Pumphrey, WSU
  • Application of Biosolids- Bill Schillinger, WSU

2016

  • Winter Pea- Stephen Guy, WSU and Rebecca McGee, USDA-ARS
  • Russian Thistle Research- Drew Lyon, WSU
  • Winter Wheat Breeding- Arron Carter, WSU
  • Spring Wheat Breeding- Mike Pumphrey, WSU
  • Winter Triticale Agronomy and Varieties- Bill Schillinger, WSU
  • REACCHing Towards Adaptive Crop Manangement- Erin Brooks, UI

2015

  • CAHNRS Highlights, and the First 100 Years at the Lind Dryland Research Station- Dean Ron Mittelhammer
  • Historic Dryland Wheat Farming Milestones- Bob Papendick, USDA-ARS (retired)
  • Winter Wheat Breeding- Arron Carter, WSU
  • Spring Wheat Breeding- Mike Pumphrey, WSU
  • Club Wheat Breeding- Kim Campbell, USDS-ARS
  • Winter Pea- Stephen Guy, WSU and Rebecca McGee, USDA-ARS
  • Winter Triticale Agronomy- Bill Schillinger, WSU

2014

  • A Bioherbicide for Downy Brome Managment- Ann Kennedy, USDA-ARS
  • Winter Wheat Breeding- Arron Carter, WSU
  • Spring Wheat Breeding- Mike Pumphrey, WSU
  • Club Wheat Breeding- Kim Campbell, USDS-ARS
  • Russian Thistle Control in No-Till Fallow- Drew Lyon, WSU
  • Drought Stress Tolerance in Wheat- Scot Hulbert, WSU
  • Alternative Crops- Bill Schillinger, WSU

2022 Low Rainfall Wheat Variety Testing Virtual Field Day

PDF Accessibility

If you require an alternative format for any of the content provided on this website, please contact us:

Samantha Crow
Program Specialist 2
509-677-3671
samantha.crow@wsu.edu