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Friday, Nov. 7, 2025

National/International

Novel discovery leads to new grant studying oil production in canola and related crops
11/07/25 WSU Insider
Last year, the team revealed that certain plants can remodel the chemical makeup of their seed oils after the oil has already been produced. Former WSU postdoctoral researcher Prasad Parchuri, a co-author on the original paper, is now a faculty member at Kansas State University and is collaborating with WSU associate professor Phil Bates on the new grant.

State/Regional

Drones help shape the future of rural hospital services
11/05/25 Ag Daily
The UAV was Pyka’s Pelican 2, a 20-foot long, all-electric aircraft with a 38-foot wingspan, 650-pound payload capacity, and a maximum range of 200 miles that looks like a small airplane minus the cockpit and pilot. It carried an automated external defibrillator (AED) more than 30 miles, following a flight plan developed by Kelly Hills and Kansas State University’s Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus.