ALT Crop tour participants standing in a field of green wheat while listening to Dr. Mike Pumphrey. Photo courtesy of the Washington Grain Commission.

ALT 108th Annual Lind Field Day. June 11, 2026. Schedule of events: 8:30 am Registration, 9:00 a.m. Field Tours. Arron Carter, WSU Winter Wheat Breeding, David Crowder, WSU Understanding Insects in Dryland Winter Crops, Aaron Esser, WSU and Derek Schafer, No-till Drill and Weedit, Morgan Menaker, WSU Fungicide Efficacy on Winter Pea, Mike Pumphrey, WSU Spring Wheat Breeding, Surendra Singh, WSU Commercial Products and Amendments. 12:00 pm Hosted Lunch. 12:30 pm Noon Program Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, Crop and Soils Chair, MC. Crop and Soils Update, Dean Raj Khosla CAHNRS Update, Washington Association of Wheat Growers, Chairman Kevin Klein, Washington Grain Commission, Senator Mark Schoesler Washington State Legislature. 1:15 pm Ice Cream Social. 2 Washington pesticide credits are available. For More Information www.lindstation.wsu.edu. Facebook - @LindStation. X- @WSULindStation. Directions: From Highway 395, take the Lind exit and proceed two miles into Lind. Take a right turn at the Lind C

ALT Stripe rust on a winter wheat leaf.

ALT Winter Grain Mite crawling on a winter wheat leaf blade. Key identifying characteristics include eight redish-orange legs, dark bodies, and a yellow to red pore on the back.

ALT Crop rotation shows striking differences in levels of wheat grain mite infestation and crop injury. The field on the left is in a winter wheat-fallow-winter wheat rotation showing significant damage from wheat grain mite. The field on the right follows a winter canola-fallow-winter wheat rotation and shows no damage.