{"id":744,"date":"2026-01-23T15:18:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/?page_id=744"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:18:04","slug":"cook-agronomy-farm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/cook-agronomy-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook Agronomy Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cook Agronomy Farm\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1131458380?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Text Transcript with Description of Visuals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-56\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-56\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\" style=\"width:50%;\">Audio<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Video<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">[ Music ]<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Map animation of Washington State.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA red pin flies in and lands at the location of the Cook Agronomy Farm.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nText on screen reads, R. James Cook Agronomy Farm<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDonated by Earmel Cunningham Trust<br \/>\n<br \/>\n400 acres<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">The R. James Cook Agronomy Farm is a hub of research in direct seed and precision agriculture, made possible by the Ermol Cunningham Trust, which donated the land in 2000.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Video montage of the Cook agronomy farm showing various crops being grown like wheat and canola.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Located near Pullman, this 400 acre farm honors Dr. R James Cook, a pioneering plant pathologist who revolutionized soil-borne disease research.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Photographs of Doctor Cook and his students.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Today, it supports precision agriculture and direct seed research, focusing on sustainable practices that preserve soil health while improving crop performance.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Video montage showing more scenes from the Cook agronomy farm.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA tractor with a long boom-arm sprays a crop.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">As part of WSU's and legacy program, this farm advances the science and technology that Washington farmers need to stay productive and profitable in a changing world.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A sign reads, <br \/>\n<br \/>\nPurchased in 2004 with funds from the Earmel Cunningham Trust<br \/>\n<br \/>\nCook Agronomy Farm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">[ Music ]<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">W S U logo<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWashington State University Foundation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-56 from cache -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Text Transcript with Description of Visuals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8295,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":745,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/744\/revisions\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}