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    • Entomology
    • The Entomology Program strengthens production and export potential of conventional and organic small fruit and seed crops, through residue decline studies, insect surveys and efficacy trials while minimizing residues in nectar and pollen.

    • Small Fruit Horticulture
    • The Small Fruit Horticulture program conducts physiological and production-oriented research that helps ensure the productivity and quality of red raspberry, blueberry, and strawberry crops, while ensuring the health of adjacent natural resources in the PNW.

    • Vegetable Horticulture
    • The Vegetable Horticulture Program develops, tests and promotes high value, organic and sustainable vegetable production systems with a focus on new alternative crops suitable for the region.

    • Soil Health
    • The Soil Health program works across cropping systems to study soil management strategies that improve biological, chemical, and physical soil properties related to crop productivity and system resilience.

    • Soils & Water
    • The Soils & Water Program studies soil-plant-water relationships, soil fertility, and water-nutrient interactions with the goals of managing soils to improve water relations and managing water & nutrients to optimize soil processes and plant productivity.

    • The Bread Lab
    • The Bread Lab and the Plant Breeding Program study the diversity of locally grown grains to identify performance for farmers, and suitability for craft baking, malting, brewing, distilling, and other culinary creations.

    • Berry and Potato Pathology
    • The Berry and Potato Pathology program focuses on the biology and management of fungal diseases of potatoes and small fruits with emphasis on blueberries.

    • Vegetable Seed Pathology
    • The Vegetable Seed Pathology program focuses on etiology, biology, epidemiology, and management of diseases caused by fungal, viral, and bacterial pathogens diseases that affect small-seeded vegetable seed crops grown in the Pacific Northwest.

    • Weed Science
    • The Weed Science Program provides management solutions for problem weeds in western Washington crop land, rangeland and forests using an integrated weed management strategies, including chemical, cultural, mechanical, and biological methods.

    • Organic & Sustainable Agriculture
    • Get a 4-year WSU agriculture degree in western Washington, and experience hands-on learning and individual mentorship with a higher instructor-to-student ratio.

NWREC is hiring.

Agricultural Research Technician 2

The Berry and Potato Pathology program at the WSU Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center (NWREC) is hiring a temporary (with opportunity to…

Agricultural Research Technician 2
Administrative Assistant 2

WSU Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center (NWREC) is hiring a temporary or permanent, full- or part-time Administrative Assistant.

Administrative Assistant 2
Maintenance Mechanic 2

This position performs specialist or lead worker level work in a variety of disciplines to maintain building, equipment and grounds at the WSU NWREC facility….

Maintenance Mechanic 2
Horticultural Weed Scientist

The Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (CSS) within the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resources Sciences (CAHNRS) at Washington State University (WSU) is…

Horticultural Weed Scientist

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Organic and Sustainable Agriculture MajorA 2+2 Bachelor of Science Degree at WSU Everett

WSU Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research & Extension Center is one of four WSU Research Centers operated by the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS) housing several research programs, including entomology, soil science, small fruit horticulture, vegetable horticulture, vegetable pathology, vegetable seed pathology, weed science, and plant breeding. The research center works to solve plant-related problems, and develop cost-effective and environmentally-sound plant production practices based directly on results from experimental field, greenhouse and laboratory research trials.

WSU Mount Vernon NWREC remains open by appointment only, however research and extension activities are continuing through a mix of in-person and virtual technologies. Contact us to schedule an event or for an appointment.

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16650 State Route 536
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
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Mission

The mission of Washington State University Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research & Extension Center is to serve the agricultural, horticultural, and natural resource science interests of the state through research and extension activities that are enhanced by the unique conditions of northwestern Washington: its mild, marine climate, rich alluvial soils, diverse small and mid-sized farming enterprises, and unique rural-urban interface.

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The Center houses research programs for entomology, small fruit horticulture, vegetable horticulture, vegetable seed pathology, weed science, and plant breeding.