The 100-year anniversary of the Washington State University Dryland Research Station will be celebrated at the Lind Field Day June 11.

The WSU research station, 781 E. Experiment Station Road in Lind, a small town 50 miles west of Spokane, will open the ceremony of research reports and social events at 8:30 a.m. A complimentary lunch and program will follow a field tour, and a traditional ice cream & cake social will be held after the events at 1:30 p.m.

Researchers at the Lind Dryland Research Station have provided wheat and grain production assistance to the industry for 100 years.

Research presentations will include WSU's wide variety of trials underway at the station fields or through its connection with cooperating local producers. The talks will include a history of wheat development in dry country; winter wheat, club and spring wheat breeding updates; winter pea variety trials; winter triticale agronomy.

WSU administrators, state legislators, and wheat industry leaders will provide updates during a noon program.

The program follows:

•WSU's Commitment to Agricultural Research: WSU College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resources Dean Ron Mittelhammer

•Historic Dryland Wheat Farming Milestones: Bob Papendick, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, retired.

•Winter Wheat Breeding: Arron Carter, WSU researcher.

•Club Wheat Breeding: Kim Campbell, USDA-ARS researcher.

•Spring Wheat Breeding:  Mike Pumphrey, WSU researcher.

•Winter Pea Research: Stephen Guy, WSU researcher, and Rebecca McGee, USDA-ARS researcher.

•Winter Triticale Agronomy Report: Bill Schillinger, station superintendent.

•Rich Koenig, WSU director of extension, will speak during the luncheon.

•Also during the luncheon, Mittelhammer will provide a CAHNRS update; WSU Crop and Soil Sciences Chairman Jim Harsh will provide a crop and soils update; Washington Sen. Mark Schoesler will review agricultural legislative bills; Washington Grain Commission will send a representative to discuss the program; Larry Cochran, Washington State Wheat Growers president, will provide a program update.

To learn more, contact Schillinger, at (509) 235-1933, or email him at [email protected].