Guide to the Agricultural Research Center Washington State Commodity Commission Reports 1976-2011
Archives 361

Table of Contents

Summary Information
Biography/History
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Administrative Information
Names and Subjects
Detailed Description of Collection
Apples. Includes some Cherries. For the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission. For the WTFRC and/or the Columbia River Orchards Foundation. For the CROF.
Aquaculture.
Asparagus. For the Washington Asparagus Industry Irrevocable Research Trust, later the Washington Asparagus Commission.
Barley. For the Washington Barley Commission.
Beef. For the Washington Cattlemen's Association and the Washington State Beef Commission.
Blueberries. For the Washington State Blueberry Commission.
Cherries. For the Washington State Tree Fruit Research Commission, later the WSTFRC and the Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission.
Cranberries. For the Washington State Cranberry Commission.
Dairy. For the Washington State Dairy Products Committee.
Grapes, Concord. For the Washington State Concord Grape Research Council.
Grapes, Wine. For the Washington Wine Grape Advisory Committee.
Grass Seed. For the Grass Seed Cropping Systems for a Sustainable Agriculture (GSCSSA).
Hops. For the Hop Research Council.
Mint. For the Washington Mint Commission.
Onions
Peas and Lentils. For the Washington Dry Pea and Lentil Commission.
Pears. For the Washington State Tree Fruit Research Commission and the Winter Pear Control Committee.
Potatoes. For the Washington Potato Commission.
Raspberries. For the Washington State Red Raspberry Commission and Washington Red Raspberry Growers Association.
Strawberries. For the Washington State Strawberry Commission.
Wheat. For the Washington Wheat Commission, Washington Association of Wheat Growers, and the Hay and Grain Fund Advisory Committee.
Wheat, threats to: Jointed Goatgrass. For the National Jointed Goatgrass Research Program.
Northwest Columbia Plateau Wind Erosion / Air Quality Project.
Northwest Agriculture Research Foundation and Affiliated Organizations.
Washington Tree Fruit Commission and the Hood River Shipper Grower Association.
Western Washington Tree Fruit Research Foundation.
CSRS Report of Research Activities to Livestock Industries.

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Washington State University. Agricultural Research Center
Title
Agricultural Research Center Washington State Commodity Commission Reports
ID
Archives 361
Date [inclusive]
1976-2011
Extent
8 Linear feet of shelf space, 20 Boxes
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Washington State University agricultural project proposals hoping for research funding from state commodity commissions, as well as research progress reports for the funded projects.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]

WSU Agricultural Research Center’s Commodity Commission Reports, 1976-2011 (Archives 361)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

The Washington State University Agriculture Research Center (ARC) is a part of WSU’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS). The ARC began in 1892 as the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, then an element of the Washington Agricultural College, Experiment Station, and School of Science, now Washington State University. Located near Pullman on a farm donated to the state, the station became the site of agricultural instruction and experimental work conducted by the staff of the station and the faculty of the College of Agriculture. It soon extended to branch stations across the state. In 1946 it became part of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, and in 1965 it was integrated into the newly-organized Agricultural Research Center (ARC) of the College of Agriculture.

Washington State’s commodity commissions are “industry-funded state agencies that promote and fund crop research and/or the marketing of crops.” The commissions are considered governmental agencies as they are state-mandated, but they are governed and funded by growers under the supervision of the state Director of Agriculture. The oldest Washington commodity commission, the Washington Apple Commission, dates to 1937.

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Scope and Content

The collection consists primarily of research proposals for agricultural projects seeking funding, and then of research progress reports for funded projects. Usually both the proposals and progress reports for a given year are combined in one document. Documents date from 1976 to 2011. Each report is addressed to one of the Washington State commodity commissions; a very few series may be addressed to other commissions.

The research covered in these documents generally comes from subsidiary departments to Washington State University’s College of Agriculture (later CAHE, still later CAHNRS).

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically in series by the agricultural commodity covered in each report. A few series contain other types of reports besides the proposal and progress reports; those other report types will be in a subseries after the proposal and progress documents. Within all these subseries, materials are ordered chronologically. At the end of the larger series are a few small series which are not limited to one specific commodity; these are arranged by the committee they report to.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2016

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply. Some materials were originally noted as privileged documents not for republication, but all such restrictions in this collection have expired.

Acquisition Information

The majority of the documents in this collection were donated by the Washington State University Agricultural Research Center (ARC) to the WSU Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) on July 28, 2011, and accessioned as UA2011-09. An ongoing file reorganization project in the ARC meant a slow steady stream of these continued coming in to MASC through April of 2015, when the project finished. All these materials were treated as part of the one initial accession (UA2011-09). Some materials from this accession were filed in the WSU Publications collections, and one small set of loose papers related to Horse Heaven Irrigation will be processed separately.

Processing Information

The collection was processed in April and May of 2016 by University Archivist Mark O’English.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University. Agricultural Research Center

Subject(s)

  • Proposal writing for grants
  • Agriculture
  • Colleges and Universities

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Detailed Description of Collection

Apples. Includes some Cherries. For the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission. For the WTFRC and/or the Columbia River Orchards Foundation. For the CROF. 

New Tree Fruit Research Proposals (WTFRC and CROF) 

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1982 

1 1

1983 

1 2

1984 

1 3

New Tree Fruit Research Proposals (WTFRC and CROF) 

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1982 

1 4

1983 

1 5

New Tree Fruit Research Proposals (WTFRC and CROF) 

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1982 

1 6

1983 

1 7

1984 

1 8

1986 

1 9

1987 

1 10

New Tree Fruit Research Proposals (WTFRC and CROF) 

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1988 

1 11

1989 

1 12

1990 

1 13

New Tree Fruit Research Proposals (WTFRC and CROF) 

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1991 

1 14

1992 

1 15

1993 

1 16

1994 

1 17

1996 

2 1

1997 

2 2

New Tree Fruit Research Proposals (WTFRC and CROF) 

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1996 

2 3

1997 

2 4

1999 

2 5

2000 

2 6

2001 

2 7

2002 

2 8

2003 

2 9

2004 

2 10

2005 

2 11

New Tree Fruit Research Proposals (WTFRC and CROF) 

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2001 

3 1

2002 

3 2

2003 

3 3

2004 

3 4

New Tree Fruit Research Proposals (WTFRC and CROF) 

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1997 

3 5

2002 

3 6

2003 

3 7

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Aquaculture. 

Progress Reports 

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2003 

3 8

2005 

3 9

2006 

3 10

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Asparagus. For the Washington Asparagus Industry Irrevocable Research Trust, later the Washington Asparagus Commission. 

Reports and Proposals (WAIIRT) 

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1982 

3 11

1984 

3 12

1985 

3 13

1986 

3 14

1987 

3 15

1989 

3 16

1991 

3 17

1992 

3 18

1994 

3 19

1995 

3 20

1996 

3 21

1997 

3 22

1998 

3 23

1999 

3 24

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Barley. For the Washington Barley Commission. 

Barley Research Review 

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1986 

4 1

1987 

4 2

1988 

4 3

1989 

4 4

1990 

4 5

1991 

4 6

1992 

4 7

1993 

4 8

1994 

4 9

1995 

4 10

1996 

4 11

1997 

4 12

1998 

4 13

1999 

4 14

2000 

4 15

2001 

4 16

2002 

4 17

2003 

4 18

2004 

4 19

2005 

4 20

2006 

4 21

2008 

4 22

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Beef. For the Washington Cattlemen's Association and the Washington State Beef Commission. 

Research Program Summary 

box item

1984 

5 1

1985 

5 2

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Blueberries. For the Washington State Blueberry Commission. 

Blueberry Research Proposals and Project Reports 

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1984 

5 3

1985 

5 4

1986 

5 5

1987 

5 6

1988 

5 7

1989 

5 8

1990 

5 9

1991 

5 10

1993 

5 11

1994 

5 12

1997 

5 13

1998 

5 14

2005 

5 15

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Cherries. For the Washington State Tree Fruit Research Commission, later the WSTFRC and the Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission. 

Cherry Research Review [and Plans] 

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1991 

5 16

1992 

5 17

Progress Reports to Agricultural Research Foundation for the Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission 

box item

1993-1994 

5 18

1994-1995 

5 19

Cherry Research Review [and Plans] 

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1994 

5 20

1995 

5 21

1996 

5 22

1997 

5 23

1998 

5 24

1999 

5 25

2000 

5 26

Northwest Cherry Research Review [and Plans] 

item

2001 

27
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2002 

6 1

2003 

6 2
box item

Cherry and Soft Fruit Research Review [and Plans] 2004 

6 3

Cherry Research Review [and Plans] 2005 

6 4

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Cranberries. For the Washington State Cranberry Commission. 

Cranberry Research Proposals and Project Reports 

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1984 

6 5

1985 

6 6

1986 

6 7

1987 

6 8

1988 

6 9

1989 

6 10

1990 

6 11

1991 

6 12

1992 

6 13

1993 

6 14

1994 

6 15

1995 

6 16

1996 

6 17

1997 

6 18

1998 

6 19

2000 

6 20

2001 

6 21

2002 

6 22

2004 

6 23

2005 

6 24

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Dairy. For the Washington State Dairy Products Committee. 

Research Proposals and Progress Reports 

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1982 

7 1

1983 

7 2

1984 

7 3

1986 

7 4

1987 

7 5

1988 

7 6

1989 

7 7

1990 

7 8

1991 

7 9

1992 

7 10

1994 

7 11

1995 

7 12

1996 

7 13

1998 

7 14

1999 

7 15

2005 

7 16
box item

Progress Reports 2006 

7 17

Proposals 2006 

7 18

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Grapes, Concord. For the Washington State Concord Grape Research Council. 

Reports and Proposals 

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1985 

7 19

1986 

7 20

1990 

7 21

1991 

7 22

1992 

7 23

1995 

7 24

1996 

7 25

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Grapes, Wine. For the Washington Wine Grape Advisory Committee. 

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Wine Grape Research Program (Proposal) 1980 

8 1

Reports and Proposals 

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1985 

8 2

1987 

8 3

1988 

8 4

1989 

8 5

1990 

8 6

1991 

8 7

1992 

8 8

1993 

8 9

1999 

8 10

2000 

8 11

2006 

8 12

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Grass Seed. For the Grass Seed Cropping Systems for a Sustainable Agriculture (GSCSSA). 

Progress Reports 

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1993 

8 13

1994 

8 14

1995 

8 15

1996 

8 16

1997 

8 17

1998 

8 18

1999 

8 19

2000 

8 20

2001 

8 21

2002 

8 22

2003 

8 23

2004 

9 1

2005 

9 2

2006 

9 3

2009 

9 4

2010 

9 5

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Hops. For the Hop Research Council. 

Reports and Proposals 

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1982 

9 6

1983 

9 7

1984 

9 8

1985 

9 9

1986 

9 10

1987 

9 11

1988 

9 12

1989 

9 13

1990 

9 14

1991 

9 15

1992 

9 16
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Reports (IAREC only) 1994 

9 17

Reports 1995 

9 18

Reports (IAREC only) 1996 

9 19

Reports 1999 

9 20

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Mint. For the Washington Mint Commission. 

Report and Proposals 

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1982 

10 1

1983 

10 2

1984 

10 3

1987 

10 4

1988 

10 5

1989 

10 6

1990 

10 7

1991 

10 8

1992 

10 9

1994 

10 10

1995 

10 11

1996 

10 12

1997 

10 13

1998 

10 14

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Onions 

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Report to the Walla Wall Sweet Onion Growers Association 1991 

10 15

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Peas and Lentils. For the Washington Dry Pea and Lentil Commission. 

Research Progress and Plans 

box item

1981 

10 16

1983 

10 17

1985 

10 18

1986 

10 19

1987 

10 20

1988 

10 21

1989 

10 22

1990 

10 23

1992 

10 24

1996 

10 25

1997 

10 26

1998 

10 27

1999 

10 28

2000 

10 29

Field Experiments on Dry Pea, Lentil, Chickpea, and Austrian Winter Pea 

box item

1995 

10 30

1999 

10 31

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Pears. For the Washington State Tree Fruit Research Commission and the Winter Pear Control Committee. 

Research Review [and Plans for Projects] 

box item

1987 

11 1

1988 

11 2

1989 

11 3

1990 

11 4

1991 

11 5

1992 

11 6

1993 

11 7

1994 

11 8

1996 

11 9

1997 

11 10

1998 

11 11

2000 

11 12

2002 

11 13

2004 

11 14

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Potatoes. For the Washington Potato Commission. 

Research Review: Proposals 

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1993 

11 15

1997 

11 16

1998 

11 17

1999 

11 18

2000 

12 1

2001 

12 2

2002 

12 3

2003 

12 4

2004 

12 5

2006 

12 6

2007 

12 7

Research Review: Progress Reports 

box item

1994 

12 8

1998 

12 9

1999 

12 10

2000 

12 11

2001 

12 12

2002 

13 1

2003 

13 2

2004 

13 3

2005 

13 4

2006 

13 5

Potato Cultivar Evaluation 

box item

1987 

13 6

1992 

13 7

1993 

13 8

1995 

13 9

1997 

13 10

1999 

13 11

2001 

13 12

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Raspberries. For the Washington State Red Raspberry Commission and Washington Red Raspberry Growers Association. 

Research Proposals and Progress Reports 

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1985 

14 1

1986 

14 2

1987 

14 3

1988 

14 4

1989 

14 5

1990 

14 6

1991 

14 7

1992 

14 8

1993 

14 9

1994 

14 10

1995 

14 11

1988 

14 12

1999 

14 13

2002 

14 14

2005 

14 15

2007 

14 16

2009 

14 17

2010 

14 18

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Strawberries. For the Washington State Strawberry Commission. 

Research Proposals and Progress Reports 

box item

1985 

15 1

1987 

15 2

1990 

15 3

1991 

15 4

1992 

15 5

1993 

15 6

1994 

15 7

1995 

15 8

1998 

15 9

1999 

15 10

2000 

15 11

2001 

15 12

2002 

15 13

2003 

15 14

2005 

15 15

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Wheat. For the Washington Wheat Commission, Washington Association of Wheat Growers, and the Hay and Grain Fund Advisory Committee. 

Research Review 

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1976 

15 16

1979 

15 17

1981 

15 18
box item

New Proposals 1982 

15 19

Research Progress and Plans 

box item

1982 

15 20

1983 

15 21

1984 

15 22

1986 

15 23

1987 

15 24

1988 

15 25

1989 

16 1

1990 

16 2

1991 

16 3

1992 

16 4

1993 

16 5

1994 

16 6

1996 

16 7

1999 

16 8

2001 

16 9

2002 

16 10

2003 

16 11
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Research Progress and Plans: Progress Reports 2005 

17 1

Research Progress and Plans: Proposals 2005 

17 2

Research Progress and Plans 2006 

17 3

Research Progress and Plans: Progress Reports 2007 

17 4

Research Progress and Plans: Proposals 2007 

17 5

Research Progress and Plans 2008 

17 6

Research Review (Wheat and Barley) 

box item

2010 

17 7

2011 

17 8

Results from Cooperative Wheat Varietal Experiements in the Western Regions 

box item

1995 

18 1

1996 

18 2

1997 

18 3

1998 

18 4

1999 

18 5

2000 

18 6

2001 

18 7

2002 

18 8

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Wheat, threats to: Jointed Goatgrass. For the National Jointed Goatgrass Research Program. 

Progress Reports, Final Reports, and Funded Proposals 

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1996 

18 9

1997 

18 10

1998 

18 11

1999 

18 12

2000 

18 13

2001 

19 1

2002 

19 2

2003 

19 3

2004 

19 4

2005 

19 5

2006 

19 6

2007 

19 7

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Northwest Columbia Plateau Wind Erosion / Air Quality Project. 

Annual Reports 

box item

1998 

19 8

1999 

19 9

2000 

19 10

2001 

19 11

2002 

19 12

2003 

19 13

2004 

20 1

2006 

20 2

2008 

20 3

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Northwest Agriculture Research Foundation and Affiliated Organizations. 

Progress Reports and Research Proposals 

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1997 

20 4

2001 

20 5

2002 

20 6

2004 

20 7

2005 

20 8

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Washington Tree Fruit Commission and the Hood River Shipper Grower Association. 

box item

Research and Education Reports and Proposals 1992 

20 9

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Western Washington Tree Fruit Research Foundation. 

box item

Proposals and Reports 1992 

20 10

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CSRS Report of Research Activities to Livestock Industries. 

box item

Beef and Dairy Cattle 1982-1988 

20 11

Horses 1982-1988 

20 12

Poultry 1982-1988 

20 13

Sheep and Goats 1982-1988 

20 14

Swine 1982-1988 

20 15

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