Francis honored with NACTA Educator Award Thursday, July 6, 2017
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Study shows wildfires are increasing on the Great Plains Friday, June 30, 2017
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team, using remote sensing data collected by the USDA Forest Service and the U.S. Geological Survey, has documented that the number of wildfires occurring each year has tripled in the Great Plains during the past three decades. Victoria Donovan, a doctoral student in agronomy and horticulture is lead author of the study.Forty-six Agronomy and Horticulture students make CASNR Dean's List Friday, June 23, 2017
More than 4,300 students have been named to the Deans’ List/Explore Center List of Distinguished Students for the spring semester of the 2016-17 academic year at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Forty-six Department of Agronomy and Horticulture students made the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Dean’s List.Read Forty-six Agronomy and Horticulture students make CASNR Dean's List
IANR Staff Spotlight: Cheryl Dunn Thursday, June 22, 2017
What is your position at the University of Nebraska? I am the research manager-herbarium curator for the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. We are a large department, but I specifically work in the range, pasture, and forages group. There are three main components to my job: research, teaching, and curating. I teach three plant identification courses in the department and I also serve as the staff ombudsman.Clemente honored with Crop Science Society of America award Tuesday, June 20, 2017
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Obituary | Albert Dale Flowerday Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Albert “Dale” Flowerday, 89, longtime agronomy professor, died June 10 at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. A University of Nebraska alumnus, Flowerday worked at the university for 27 years, more than half with the Department of Agronomy, now agronomy and horticulture.Sanford awarded Arthur William Sampson Fellowship Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Amanda Sanford, an agronomy graduate student, has been awarded the Arthur William Sampson Fellowship in Pasture Management. This fellowship is awarded annually to a University of Nebraska–Lincoln graduate student conducting research in range or pasture ecology and management. Awarded from the Center for Grassland Studies, this fellowship includes a 12-month graduate stipend and begins Aug. 1, 2017.Read Sanford awarded Arthur William Sampson Fellowship
Busse receives Board of Regents Kudos Award Friday, June 9, 2017
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents presented Marlene Busse, administrative support associate for Student Services in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, with a Kudos Award June 1. Each year the Board of Regents recognizes full-time employees from each of the four campuses for their outstanding service to the university.Read Busse receives Board of Regents Kudos Award
Compare Varieties at Winter Wheat Field Days this June Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Nebraska Winter Wheat Field Days will be held at eight sites in the Panhandle and west central and southeast Nebraska this June. Participants will be able to view current commercial and experimental lines, including varieties from the University of Nebraska, and Kansas, Colorado, and South Dakota, and from seed companies actively selling wheat seed in Nebraska. Most of the varieties shown have been released for commercial production or soon will be; some experimental lines from Nebraska breeding programs (USDA-ARS or UNL) are also included.Master of Science in agronomy students grow their stories, program online Friday, May 19, 2017
People would expect things to grow in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. While not always dealing with plant matter, the department’s online Master of Science program is growing in size, scope and stories. With more than 50 online Master of Science students, 10 have graduated since last August. Their projects and stories have been as unique as their personalities, interests and geographic locations.Read Master of Science in agronomy students grow their stories, program online