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  • Couple leads wheat research

    Rick Haverinen, The Whitman County Gazette|Dec 12, 2024

    LIND — The Lind Dryland Research station has been around since 1915, and has gone through a succession of leaders. But the last two years it has been headed by a couple from India. Surendra and Shikha Singh are employees of Washington State University, respectively, as assistant professor and director, and research assistant professor. The research station exists to help area farmers get the most out of crops that survive or even thrive, on little annual rainfall. “We have wheat, peas and canola,” Surendra Singh said. “So, we work on all thr...