{"id":1221,"date":"2014-05-19T12:51:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T19:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ext100.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/?page_id=1221"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:15:46","slug":"agriculture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2086\/2014\/05\/April25Reds2009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-337\" src=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2086\/2014\/05\/April25Reds2009.jpg\" alt=\"April25Reds2009\" width=\"140\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>Agricultural production in Chelan and Douglas Counties is at the heart of who we are and the driver of our economies.\u00a0 Diversification and expansion of other business and industrial enterprises have complemented the area&#8217;s ability to grow and sustain an increasing population.<\/p>\n<p>Within our counties, tree fruit, cereal grains and livestock production have been the steady backbone of the agricultural industry for over a century.\u00a0 WSU Extension has been and continues to be\u00a0an integral part of helping these industries thrive as viable, sustainable partners in the continued growth of our area<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tianna DuPont<\/strong>\u00a0is a tree fruit Extension educator located\u00a0at the WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center\u00a0and supported by Douglas County, Grant and Chelan County.\u00a0 Her programs for tree fruit growers are an important tool that helps them continue to thrive in a constantly changing environment. You can find\u00a0the WSU Tree Fruit Team\u00a0information by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/treefruit.wsu.edu\/\">here<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-323 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2086\/2014\/05\/ag1-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"ag1\" width=\"146\" height=\"177\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dale Whaley<\/strong> is an Extension educator working primarily in Douglas County on cereal crops and managing weed control issues.\u00a0 Dale is a specialist in bio-control of noxious weeds and can assist in the development of a plan for using bio-controls in a variety of agricultural applications.\u00a0 You can find his information on our site at two locations; click here for cereal grain information; click here for help with\u00a0weed control issues.<\/p>\n<p>You can use the search box at the top of this page to find specific topics of interest to you.\u00a0 If you need assistance, please call us at 509-667-6540 or 509-745-8531, and we will do our best to meet your needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2086\/2014\/05\/April25Reds2009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-337\" src=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2086\/2014\/05\/April25Reds2009.jpg\" alt=\"April25Reds2009\" width=\"140\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>Agricultural production in Chelan and Douglas Counties is at the heart of who we are and the driver of our &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/agriculture\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-default\">&raquo; More &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1332,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/program.php","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1221"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13878,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1221\/revisions\/13878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1221"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=1221"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=1221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}