Lincoln Awarded $400,000 for Biochar Initiative Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Agronomy and Horticulture to host special seminar July 11 Wednesday, June 29, 2022

The Department of Agronomy and Horticulture will host a special seminar featuring guest speaker Shofia Saleh July 11. Saleh will present “Swimming in Boiling Water: Working at the Intersection of Oil Palm Production and Protection of Fragile Ecosystems in Indonesia.”
The seminar will take place at 3 p.m. CDT in person in Keim Hall, Room 150, and streamed live at go.unl.edu/agrohortseminar.
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Agronomy and Horticulture Spring Banquet honors students, faculty, staff Tuesday, June 28, 2022

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Flame Weeding Workshop to be held Aug. 17 at ENREEC Friday, June 24, 2022

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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Husker team leads effort to help sorghum defend itself from aphid attacks Wednesday, June 22, 2022

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Hatch and release: Keim Hall’s visiting ducklings waddle into the wild Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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7 Agronomy and Horticulture faculty receive promotion, tenure Tuesday, June 14, 2022

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Francis to retire after 45 years at Nebraska Thursday, June 9, 2022

Charles “Chuck” Francis, University of Nebraska–Lincoln professor in agronomy and horticulture, will retire June 30 after a 45-year career at Nebraska.
A reception in his honor will take place June 17 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Goodding Learning Center. Cake will be served, and a program will begin at 3:30 p.m. Friends and colleagues can leave a note or photo memory in the online guestbook.
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Nebraska to host national Nitrogen Use Efficiency Workshop Aug. 1–3 Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Scientists and graduate students from institutions around the Midwest and abroad can attend the free 2022 Nitrogen Use Efficiency Workshop Aug. 1–3 hosted by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and Department of Biological Systems Engineering.
The title of this year’s workshop is “Demystifying Water and Nitrogen Management with Dynamic Solutions.”
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Viticulture field day is June 6 Tuesday, May 17, 2022

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