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54 Agronomy and Horticulture students make CASNR Dean's List Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Fifty-four undergraduate students in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture have been named to the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources fall 2022 Dean’s list. Students must have a 3.75 minimum grade-point average on a four-point scale and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 or more graded semester hours to qualify. Agronomy and Horticulture students who qualified are listed below and at agronomy.unl.edu/casnr-deans-list.

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Rutgers awarded Holling Family Award for Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Assistant Monday, June 26, 2023

Mason Rutgers, senior plant and landscape systems major, was honored with the Holling Family Award for Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Assistant for academic year 2022–2023 at the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Awards Luncheon May 12 at the Nebraska East Union.

Rutgers’ first teaching assistant position was fall 2021 for Plant and Landscape Systems 131 Plant Science with David Holding, professor of agronomy and horticulture.

He was just a sophomore.

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Flame Weeding Workshop to be held Aug. 15 at ENREEC Friday, June 23, 2023

A Flame Weeding Workshop will be held Aug. 15 at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center.

Propane-fueled flame weeding is used in organic farming and interest in it is increasing among conventional producers due to increased weed resistance to herbicides and the costs of GMO crop seed.

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Loseke is honored with staff award Thursday, June 22, 2023

Andrew Loseke, finance specialist for the HAPPI business center, was honored with the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture’s Special Contributions Award by the Staff Advisory Committee June 15.

The semiannual award recognizes department staff who go above and beyond in their job duties in a way that greatly benefits the department and/or the university.

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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.

Over the generations, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has been a key partner of Nebraska wheat producers. That connection has bolstered crop productivity and enhanced disease resistance. It’s transformed farming methods, promoting environmental sustainability. Present-day Husker faculty salute this legacy and are building on it.

Full story at Nebraska Today

Streich honored with undergraduate advisor award Thursday, June 15, 2023

Anne Streich, professor of practice in agronomy and horticulture, was honored with the Lawrence K. Crowe Undergraduate Advisor Award at the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Awards Luncheon May 12 at the Nebraska East Union. This award recognizes a faculty member who has made outstanding contributions in undergraduate advising.

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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

Awash in a rowed sea of its brethren, a corn leaf relegated to the lowest rung of its stem spends much of a June afternoon doused in shade cast by the higher-ups.

Full story at Nebraska Today

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 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

Providing well-designed experiential learning early in a student’s undergraduate career can have great benefit, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Agronomy and Horticulture has found. A key example is introducing freshmen to scientific lab work.

Full story at IANR News

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

In April, Carlos Urrea, University of Nebraska–Lincoln associate professor and dry bean breeding specialist, traveled to Lusaka, Zambia, to help install Mattson Cookers and visit field experiments. The “Genetic Improvement of Dry Beans for Bruchid Resistance for Southern Africa” project is funded by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research.

Full story at Panhandle Research and Extension Center