Husker wheat research focuses on partnerships, interdisciplinary collaboration Wednesday, June 21, 2023
![Farmers participate in a wheat variety field day at the university’s High Plains Agricultural Lab in Sidney in 2022.](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/20230616-wheatresearch-nt.jpg?itok=kzFdSwIF)
Streich honored with undergraduate advisor award Thursday, June 15, 2023
![Anne Streich](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/AnneStreich-CASNRadvisoraward2023news_4.jpg?itok=fAqGbrlG)
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Refining surge protector in crops could boost yields Wednesday, June 7, 2023
![A summer’s worth of missed opportunities to harvest light can cost cornfields, and those who farm them, a sizable portion of the potential harvests they yield in the fall. New findings from Nebraska’s Kasia Glowacka and colleagues could help change that. Shutterstock / Kasia Glowacka / Scott Schrage](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/Hero_310.jpg?itok=a64cuk2l)
Viticulture field day is June 26 Tuesday, June 6, 2023
![The University of Nebraska Viticulture Program and the Nebraska Winery and Grape Growers Association will host a field day June 26.](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/ViticultureFieldDay_0.jpg?itok=jjhsZm-I)
The University of Nebraska Viticulture Program and the Nebraska Winery and Grape Growers Association will host a field day June 26 at Capitol View Winery & Vineyards, 2361 Wittstruck Road, Roca, Nebraska.
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Agronomy and Horticulture students benefit from early lab work, internships, clubs Tuesday, June 6, 2023
![Club activities provide enriching experiences, Agronomy and Horticulture students say. Here, senior plant and landscape systems majors Briezy Kroeger, left, and Elaina Madison prepare plants for the Horticulture Club’s spring bedding plant sale in the East Campus greenhouse. Lana Koepke Johnson | Agronomy and Horticulture](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/hortclub-greenhouse.jpg?itok=P_s7NHPt)
Nebraska bean breeder collaborates on bean project in Zambia Tuesday, June 6, 2023
![University of Zambia Bethel Njobvu, lab technician, left, and student Kuwabo Kuwabo set up some Mattson Cookers. Photo by Carlos Urrea](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/Urrea-bean-breeding.jpg?itok=RGHZlRSo)
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Wheat variety trial field tours across Nebraska in June Tuesday, June 6, 2023
![One of the wheat field tour stops in 2022 at the UNL High Plains Ag Lab. Chabella Guzman | Panhandle Research and Extension Center](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/2022wheattour.jpg?itok=6X6caECP)
Core curriculum, academic customization boost Agronomy and Horticulture students Tuesday, June 6, 2023
![Agronomy and Horticulture students note that they receive well-rounded classroom instruction that carries over well into experiential learning in the field. Here, students study East Campus vegetable plantings. Lana Koepke Johnson | Agronomy and Horticulture](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/agronomy-students-teaching-lab.jpg?itok=tY1doJoo)
Cover Crop Initiative Project has first Field Day in western Nebraska Tuesday, June 6, 2023
![Graduate students Grace Emperatriz Pacheco Jiron (left), Bridget McKinley, and Vesh R. Thapa, UNL postdoctoral research associate, gather forage samples at PREEC cover crop plots. Chabella Guzman | Panhandle Research Education and Extension Center](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/cover-crop-initiativeproject.jpg?itok=b7hFQiCi)
The Cover Crop Initiative Project held its first field day in early May at the Panhandle Research Education and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. This project represents a four-year collaborative agreement between the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the Nebraska Natural Resources Conservation Service to foster understanding and promotion of cover crop use in Nebraska.
The Initiative has established cover crop variety trials in multiple locations across the state, including five Nebraska research stations with distinct agroecology.
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Bathke receives research awards Friday, May 26, 2023
![Katie Bathke](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/KatieBathke-research-awards-news16x9.jpg?itok=IWjdaupr)
Katie Bathke graduated May 20 with a Bachelor of Science degree in plant biology with a minor in precision agriculture and completed the requirements of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Honors Program.
To graduate from the Honors Program, students must maintain at least a 3.5 grade-point average, complete a culminating senior project or research thesis, and fulfill other curricular requirements.
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