Contact Information E-mail:      wolson@wsu.edu Phone:      509-335-2431 Fax:      509-335-6654 Address:      59 Johnson Hall, WSU      Pullman, WA 99164-6402

Education

1976 - 1980	Graduated from the University of Idaho with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Mechanization which includes background in crop production and protection methods, agriculture equipment operation and fabrication, and agribusiness.
1974 - 1975	Automotive Technician Certification Wyoming Technical Institute, Laramie, WY

Professional Experience

1999 - Present	Farm & Facilities Manager USDA-ARS Western Regional Plant Introduction Station Pullman, WA
1995 - 1999	Dryland Research Agronomist Wilbur-Ellis Company Moscow, ID
1992 - 1994	Regional Research Agronomist InterMountain Canola Company Moscow, ID
1988 - 1992	Dryland Research Agronomist Wilbur-Ellis Company Moscow, ID
1986 - 1988	Facilities & Sales Manager Wilbur-Ellis Company Genesee, ID
1983 - 1986	Facilities & Sales Manager Palouse Producers Co-op Genesee, ID
1981 - 1983	Area Agronomist Palouse Producers Co-op Moscow, ID

Research and Interests

Working in agriculture in the Palouse Wayne’s specialties has developed in crop and soil fertility, as well as general agriculture production within the region known as the Palouse. While working for the Wilbur-Ellis Company as their Dryland Research Agronomist, he covered an area that reached from Grangeville, Idaho to Connell, Washington and from the Canadian Border to Pendleton, Oregon.

His research directives at that time ranged from research of new herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides to new methods for, and formulations of fertility for top agricultural production for cereal grains, legumes, and Brassica crops.