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3 Agronomy and Horticulture faculty to receive promotion, tenure Monday, May 11, 2020

Agronomy and Horticulture faculty Terri James (from left), Chris Proctor and Sam Wortman will receive promotion and/or tenure in 2020.

Three Department of Agronomy and Horticulture faculty will receive promotion and/or tenure in 2020. They are among 101 University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty to be honored this year. Due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19, the spring promotion and/or tenure celebration has been postponed until fall.

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Lammers uses research, activities at Nebraska to forge future Friday, May 8, 2020

Chad Lammers, a senior plant biology major at Nebraska, scouts for weeds in a rye field on the family farm near Hartington, Nebraska. | Photo courtesy of Claire Schilmoeller

University of Nebraska–Lincoln senior Chad Lammers will finish college with more than a degree. He will graduate May 9 virtually, along with more than 3,500 Huskers, and receive a Bachelor of Science in plant biology.

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University gears up for Go Big Grad celebration Thursday, May 7, 2020

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is gearing up for a graduation celebration that will be like no other in the institution's 151-year history. Due to the threat of COVID-19, the university will hold a virtual "Go Big Grad" celebration rather than a traditional ceremony for May graduates.

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The Biggest Grower competition offers high school students summer learning, scholarship Monday, May 4, 2020

The Biggest Grower competition offers Nebraska high school students the opportunity to learn how to start their own garden and small growing operation. | Shutterstock

Nebraska Extension and the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture have launched a new high school student gardening competition to take place this summer. Participants could win a $50 Amazon gift card or scholarship.

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Home-built scanner keeps maize study spinning forward Monday, May 4, 2020

Brandi Sigmon operates a homemade cob scanner in a shed at her rural Gage County home. Sigmon and her husband, Benny Mote, built the scanner to help further a maize study during the university’s facility shutdown. Sigmon, an assistant professor or practice in plant pathology, is being assisted here by her son, Wyatt.

A pivot by Nebraska’s Brandi Sigmon is helping a multi-season maize study move forward despite COVID-19-related limitations.

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Doctoral candidate honored with teaching excellence award Friday, April 24, 2020

Betty Walter-Shea, CASNR interim associate dean (left), presents Salvador Ramirez with the Holling Family Teaching Assistant Teaching Excellence award March 11 at the Nebraska East Union.

Salvador Ramirez, an agronomy doctoral candidate in soil and water sciences, was honored with a Holling Family Teaching Assistant Teaching Excellence Award March 11 at the Nebraska East Union. The award was one of 10 Holling Family Awards for Teaching Excellence given to Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources senior faculty, junior faculty and teaching assistants this year.

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Curriculum committee works to unify department and create opportunity for students Friday, April 17, 2020

Students work on their hydroponic projects this fall in Horticulture 307 Hydroponics For Growing Populations taught by Stacy Adams, agronomy and horticulture associate professor of practice.

A major undertaking began in 2018 as the Agronomy and Horticulture Curriculum Committee worked to consolidate three of the department’s degree programs — agronomy, horticulture and turfgrass & landscape management.

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Crops judging team finishes season, looks ahead to fall Thursday, April 16, 2020

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Crops Judging Team places third overall in the four-year division at the NCTA Collegiate Crops Contest March 7 in Curtis, Nebraska. The team includes Jared Stander (from left), Justin Zoucha, Korbin Kudera, Sarina Janssen, Jacob Vallery, Katie Jo Steffen and Adam Stiegel, team coach.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln intercollegiate Crops Judging Team finished the season on top and now looks ahead to fall competitions. The spring contests helped prepare students for the NACTA Judging Conference that was scheduled for April 1 – 4 at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. However, the competition was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Lundberg and Pleasant on staff council Monday, April 13, 2020

Casey Lundberg, office supervisor in agronomy and horticulture, and Tai Pleasant, recruiter for agronomy and horticulture, are members of the inaugural University of Nebraska–Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Staff Council.

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Nebraska On-Farm Research Network publishes results of 2019 farmer-conducted research online Thursday, April 9, 2020

Farmers across Nebraska participated in more than 100 research studies in 2019 as part of Nebraska Extension’s On-Farm Research Network. Results from the 2019 studies, as well as from studies from previous years, are now available online.

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