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Still time to register for The Biggest Grower Monday, May 16, 2022

Registration for The Biggest Grower competition extended to June 1.

Nebraska Extension and the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture have extended the deadline to register for The Biggest Grower student gardening competition to June 1.

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Students present biochar research at Earth Day event Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Britt Fossum, an agronomy graduate student, speaks with the public about biochar application combined with no-till and cover crops at the Lincoln Earth Day event April 23.

Students working in Assistant Professor Michael Kaiser’s research group presented projects related to biochar, a biomass-derived material used as a soil additive, at the Lincoln Earth Day event April 23.

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Distance Education Program supports creation of online learning resources Monday, May 2, 2022

Accessing technology everywhere, even in the field.

The Agronomy and Horticulture Distance Education team expanded this spring as they welcomed Luqi Li and McKinzie Sutter as Distance Education lecturers. The team is focused on supporting and expanding online education in the department.

Li is an online teacher, focused on developing online resources for both academic students and extension audiences in the plant and landscape systems workforce. Li provides support for online extension efforts.

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Zaric places 2nd in weed science poster competition Friday, April 29, 2022

Milos Zaric, a doctoral student in agronomy, placed second in the Agronomic Crops Poster Presentations at the Western Society of Weed Science Annual Meeting March 7-10 in Newport Beach, California.

Zaric is specializing in weed science and is advised by Sam Wortman, associate professor of agronomy and horticulture.

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Horticulture Club to host spring bedding plant sale Thursday, April 28, 2022

Sarah Wulf, Horticulture Club president, and club members tag plants in the greenhouse in preparation for the club's sale May 4–6. Photo by Fran tenBensel Benne | Agronomy and Horticulture

The Horticulture Club will host a spring bedding plant sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 4 and 5, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 6 at the Teaching Greenhouse West on East Campus.

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Urrea selected to write summary for CSA News Thursday, April 21, 2022

Carlos Urrea, associate professor of agronomy and horticulture and dry bean breeding specialist at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center, was selected by CSA News magazine to write a summary about his recent Journal of Plant Registrations article on shuttle-breeding.

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4Rs Nutrient Stewardship Field Day set for July 19 Thursday, April 21, 2022

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is excited to offer the second annual 4Rs Nutrient Stewardship Field Day on July 19, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center, Ithaca.

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Kudera makes Husker history at NACTA Crops Judging contest Monday, April 11, 2022

Nebraska's winning team includes senior agronomy majors Nathan Donoghue, Katie Steffen, Sarina Janssen and Korbin Kudera. | Jared Stander

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Crops Judging Team competed in the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Judging Contest March 31 – April 2 in North Platte, Nebraska.

Korbin Kudera made Husker history and became the first Nebraska agronomy student to earn first-place individual overall in both the crops contest and the precision agriculture contest. He also earned high score and Individual Champion for the Agronomic Knowledge Exam and Lab Practical in the Crops Contest and for the Knowledge Exam and Lab practical in the Precision Agriculture Contest.

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Spring Affair back in person for the first time in three years Monday, April 11, 2022

Spring Affair, the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum’s annual plant sale and garden event, is fully back in-person on April 28-30 in Lincoln for the first time since April 2019.

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Nebraska Range Short Course begins June 21 Monday, April 11, 2022

The Nebraska Range Short Course will be held at Chadron State College June 21–24. Sponsored by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Chadron State College, and the Nebraska Section of the Society for Range Management, the four-day course is designed to provide individuals who have a background in ranch, natural resource or wildlife management an opportunity to increase their knowledge in topics related to range management.

Taught through a series of classroom and field sessions, the course focuses on the underlying principles of range management.

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