Washington State University is beginning the hiring process for two new endowed position supported by the special assessment that apple and pear growers will begin paying this year through the ­Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission. One position is an applied physiologist position, which will likely be based at WSU’s Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee, and the other is a tree fruit extension team leader. Last year, Washington apple and pear growers voted in favor of a special research assessment of $1 a ton in order to raise $27 million over the next eight years or so to enhance […]