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Gabelman and Keim receive Lifetime Achievement Award Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Warren “Buck” Gabelman and Wayne F. Keim, University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni, received the 2020 Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Knezevic part of NUtech Ventures Startup Company of the Year Thursday, November 12, 2020

Agricultural Flaming Innovations developed equipment that uses heat for certified organic weed control. When mounted to a tractor, it directs propane-fueled flames at weeds, which wilt and die — leaving crops unaffected.

Congratulations to Agricultural Flaming Innovations which won the NUtech Ventures Startup Company of the Year award and includes Stevan Knezevic, professor of agronomy and horticulture.

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Graef awarded NUtech Ventures Prem S. Paul Innovator of the Year Wednesday, November 4, 2020

George Graef, professor of agronomy and horticulture, was awarded the Prem S. Paul Innovator of the Year award from NUtech Ventures Nov. 2.

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Iqbal selected as new Research Development Fellow Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Javed Iqbal, assistant professor in agronomy and horticulture, was among 25 University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty selected to serve as 2020-21 Research Development Fellows.

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Nebraska winemakers optimistic despite low grape yields Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Some Nebraska winemakers are optimistic about the state’s 2020 vintage even though grape harvest final tonnage estimates are roughly half of last year’s crop.

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Growing Together Nebraska provides food, education across Cornhusker State Monday, November 2, 2020

Harvesting carrots earlier in October at the Ever Green Community Garden in Gering are (from left) Extension Educator Tammie Ostdiek and Extension Master Gardeners Carol Knaub and Tina Luz.

The COVID-19 pandemic of has contributed to increased food insecurity for many Nebraska families. In response, communities have pitched in to help. And some of the donated food is produce that has been grown this year at community gardens around Nebraska, which leverage local volunteers with grant funds from Growing Together Nebraska, part of Nebraska Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) program.

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A deeper dive into EPA’s dicamba re-registration Friday, October 30, 2020

Greg Kruger, weed science extension specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, kneels in a soybean field that recently received a treatment of dicamba. He continues to conduct research on dicamba drift and boom heights.

The Environmental Protection Agency to offer a five-year re-registration for dicamba use for over-the-top applications. Greg Kruger has spent a considerable amount of time with growers, chemical companies and even the EPA to help better understand how dicamba operates. At the research level, he has worked with pesticide registrants to generate the data sets to defend the registration decisions made by EPA.

Full story at FarmProgress

James Schnable recognized for outstanding paper Friday, October 30, 2020

A paper by James Schnable, Agronomy and Horticulture, has been selected as the 2020 Outstanding Paper by The Plant Phenome Journal. The article, “Functional Modeling of Plant Growth Dynamics,” deals with ways to use time series data collected from high throughput phenotyping facilities like the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's automated greenhouses.

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Virtual celebration honors 29 department employees’ service to Nebraska Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Nearly 1,000 university employees were honored as part of the 2020 Service Awards. The annual Human Resources event honors employees for their years of service in five-year increments. | University Communication

Chancellor Ronnie Green hosted a university-wide Celebration of Service, honoring nearly 1,000 faculty and staff Oct. 19.

Following COVID-19 protocols for large campus events, it was a virtual celebration. The Celebration of Service website features several videos, including the annual look back in time by Rick Alloway, professor of broadcasting.

Award recipients — which are earned in increments of five years, spanning from 55 to 5 years for the Oct. 19 event — should have received an email from Human Resources explaining how each award will be delivered.

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Pandemic boosts popularity of gardening, ‘Backyard Farmer’ Thursday, October 8, 2020

As the longtime host of Nebraska’s “Backyard Farmer” gardening show, Kim Todd is used to having a packed schedule and overflowing email inbox. The past six months, however, have been unlike anything she’s seen before.

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