People sitting at picnic benches.
A field with a variety testing sign.
People standing around the yard.
People dishing up food.
People sitting in chairs listening to a presenter.
People in standings being pulled by a tractor.

Lind Field Day

The 108th Annual Lind Field Day will be held on June 11, 2026. Lind Field Day is free and open to the public. Two Washington Pesticide Credits will be available.

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!

2026 Field Tours

  • Arron Carter
    Winter Wheat Breeding
  • David Crowder
    Understanding Insects in Dryland Winter Crops
  • Aaron Esser & Derek Schafer
    No-till Drill and Weedit
  • Morgan Menaker
    Fungicide Efficacy on Winter Pea
  • Mike Pumphrey
    Spring Wheat Breeding
  • Surendra Singh
    Commercial Products and Amendments

Noon Program

Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, CSS Chair, MC

  • Dean Raj Khosla
    CAHNRS Update
  • Senator Mark Schoesler
    Washington State Legislature
  • Washington Association of Wheat Growers Update
  • Washington Grain Commission Update
    Chairman Kevin Klein

Lunch

Smoke Signals BBQ & Catering will be catering this year! Our menu will be:

  • Barbecue chicken
  • Pasta Salad
  • Potato Salad

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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.

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2025

  • Winter Wheat Breeding- Arron Carter, WSU
  • Sustainable Intensification with Camelina & PeaLina – Wilson Craine, WSU
  • Managing Winter Annual Grass Weeds in Winter Wheat – Drew Lyon, WSU
  • Does Glyphosate Impact Soil and Wheat Microbiomes? – Tim Paulitz, USDA-ARS
  • Spring Wheat Breeding – Mike Pumphrey, WSU
  • Soil & Crop Quality in Rotations – Surendra Singh, Shikha Singh, and Solomon Amissah, WSU

2024

  • Winter Wheat Breeding- Arron Carter, WSU
  • Let’s Talk about Falling Numbers – Amber Hauvermale, WSU & Alison Thompson, USDA-ARS
  • Residual Herbicides for Fallow Weed Management- Drew Lyon, WSU
  • Spring Wheat Breeding – Mike Pumphrey & Clark Neely, WSU
  • Biosolids Research – Surendra Singh, WSU
  • Demonstration of a CO2 Analyzer – Shikha Singh

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