University of Nebraska–Lincoln schedules 2024 Wheat Variety Tours Thursday, April 4, 2024
![Growers and extension educators at a wheat plot at last year’s HPAL Wheat Variety Tour. Photo by Chabella Guzman](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/hpal%206-14%20tour%20webb3grp.jpg?itok=9K7OGY9y)
IANR Water and Integrated Cropping Systems Summit was held March 7 Wednesday, April 3, 2024
![Richard Ferguson, professor of agronomy and horticulture (right), moderates the first panel discussion at the 2024 IANR WICS Summit on March 7 at the Nebraska East Union.](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/2024---IANR-Summit---2024_03_07-10__2000px.jpg?itok=Qo03B339)
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Kiesselbach and McGill receive Lifetime Achievement Award Wednesday, March 27, 2024
![Theodore Alexander Kiesselbach, left, and David P. McGill receive the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/2023-LifetimeAlumni-award-NEWS-1920.jpg?itok=vF4l1t-X)
The late Theodore Alexander Kiesselbach and the late David P. McGill, University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni, received the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture 2023 Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award. They will be honored at the department’s Spring Banquet at the Nebraska East Union on Monday, April 15, 2024.
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New season of ‘Backyard Farmer’ sprouts April 4 Friday, March 22, 2024
![The popular lawn and garden series “Backyard Farmer” begins its 72nd season at 7 p.m. CT, Thursday, April 4 on Nebraska Public Media.](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/file197113.jpg?itok=93S2qF1V)
The popular lawn and garden series “Backyard Farmer” begins its 72nd season at 7 p.m. CT, Thursday, April 4 on Nebraska Public Media.
Host Kim Todd, Nebraska Extension landscape horticulture specialist, and a panel of Nebraska Extension experts and other horticulture professionals help viewers answer questions about insect pests and disease, turf, and fruits and vegetables, as well as best practices for landscape design and general horticulture topics.
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Research boosts IANR undergrads’ educational, personal development Friday, March 22, 2024
![Video: Lauren Wilson is at home in lab](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/LaurenWilsonVideo-2000px.jpg?itok=Gtus1pzx)
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Obituary | Richard A. Wiese Thursday, March 21, 2024
![Professor Emeritus Richard A. Wiese](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/WieseRichard-news.jpg?itok=cb6gX1e2)
Professor Emeritus Richard A. Wiese, age 95, died Feb. 22, 2024. His 38-year career in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and with Nebraska Extension at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln was spent in applied research and extension soil fertility education.
Wiese was born April 3, 1928, in Stanton County, Nebraska, and raised on the family farm in Dodge County. He attended one room rural schools and graduated from Dodge High School in 1946.
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Read presents at Eastern Wine Exposition Thursday, March 21, 2024
![Paul Read](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/PaulRead_2000px.jpg?itok=cd4l_nPK)
University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Paul Read, professor of horticulture and viticulture in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, was invited to present a featured lecture at the joint Enology/Viticulture Session at the Eastern Winery Exposition held March 12–14 in Syracuse, New York.
Co-authored by fellow agronomy and horticulture colleagues Stephen Gamet and Benjamin Loseke, Read presented “Does Crop Size Reduction Make Better Wine,” to an audience of over 150 grape and wine experts attending the conference.
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Obituary | David Andrews Wednesday, March 20, 2024
![Professor Emeritus David John Andrews](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/Andrews-David-news.jpg?itok=b3ux_ipQ)
Professor Emeritus David John Andrews, age 91, died Feb. 15, 2024. Andrews served as a faculty member in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for 15 years.
Andrews was born June 28, 1933, in Croydon, England. He received a bachelor’s degree with honors in botany and minors in physics and organic chemistry from the University College of North Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom, in 1955. He earned a diploma in agricultural science at Selwyn College, Cambridge University, in 1956.
Crops judging team takes 3rd at regional contest Wednesday, March 20, 2024
![The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Crops Judging Team, including Ashton Boehm (front row, from left), Kailey Ziegler, Daniel Frey, Will Stalder, Thayer Jonak (back row, from left), Zach Neinheuser, Logan Nelson and Clinton Turnbull, took third place overall in the Regional Crops Judging Contest at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas, Feb. 24.](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/CropsJudging-Hutchinson_2-24-24_2000px.jpg?itok=AgkvujzL)
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Huskers repeat as Rangeland Cup champions Tuesday, March 19, 2024
![Barry Perryman, past Society for Range Management president, (from left), awards the University of Nebraska–Lincoln team including Josie Ivy, Jacob VanDress and Caitlin Copenhaver, with the first place trophy in the Rangeland Cup during the awards ceremony Jan. 31 at the SRM annual meeting in Sparks, Nevada.](https://agronomy.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/news/RangelandCup2-2024_2000px.jpg?itok=y0s-_QMe)
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