Todd wins Epsilon Sigma Phi Outstanding Extension Leadership Mid-Career award Thursday, January 19, 2017
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Stephenson and Lawrence on Bromus Eradicators team Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Two agronomy assistant professors are members of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Bromus Eradicators team competing in the University of Wyoming Restoration Challenge. They are Mitch Stephenson, range and forage specialist, and Nevin Lawrence, integrated weed management specialist. The challenge is to rid land of cheatgrass and other weeds and restore a quarter-acre pasture into a more productive and diverse plant community.
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Students gain experience while caring for university landscape Tuesday, January 10, 2017
University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are getting their hands dirty – literally – to gain experience in landscape management. Landscape Services maintains 617 acres – including more than 325 acres of green space – about 9,000 trees and 35 miles of paved sidewalks on the City, East and Nebraska Innovation campuses.
Students take top honors at 2016 North Central Weed Science Society Meeting Thursday, January 5, 2017
Four University of Nebraska–Lincoln agronomy students took top honors at the 2016 North Central Weed Science Society Meeting held Dec. 12-15 in Des Moines, Iowa. The four include graduate students Matthew Nelson and Thomas Butts and visiting undergraduate students Felipe Faleco and Isidor Ceperkovic.Read Students take top honors at 2016 North Central Weed Science Society Meeting
Where has all the farmland gone? Wednesday, January 4, 2017
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Organic farming roundtable series offered this spring Friday, December 23, 2016
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Project aims to develop winter malting barley cultivars adapted to the Great Plains Thursday, December 22, 2016
The Brewers Association has awarded four regional small grains breeders and geneticists with a grant to develop winter malting barley cultivars adapted to the Great Plains. The hope is to develop a new region for national malsters to purchase malting barley. Equally important it would also provide a local source for regional craft brewers. The goal is to bring barley production back to the lower Great Plains.Read Project aims to develop winter malting barley cultivars adapted to the Great Plains
Project aims to boost global wheat yields Monday, December 19, 2016
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team has earned a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop higher-yielding lines of hybrid wheat that can meet rising demand for the staple food crop. Nebraska's Stephen Baenziger, professor of agronomy and horticulture and Nebraska Wheat Growers presidential chair, will lead the project in conjunction with colleagues from Texas A&M University, Kansas State University and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.Swedish Academy of Sciences honors Cassman Thursday, December 15, 2016
The Swedish Academy of Sciences has named University of Nebraska-Lincoln agronomist Kenneth Cassman the recipient of the 2017 Bertebos Prize for promoting education and research in the food chain. The Bertebos Prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and is sometimes referred to by scientists as Sweden’s “Nobel Prize in Agriculture.”
Duffy chosen for Western Nursery and Landscape Association Student Advisory Committee Wednesday, December 14, 2016
University of Nebraska–Lincoln horticulture major Nathan Duffy has been selected for the Western Nursery and Landscape Association’s Student Advisory Committee. Duffy is one of ten top horticulture students in the Midwest to be invited to join the committee.Read Duffy chosen for Western Nursery and Landscape Association Student Advisory Committee