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Nebraska Hops hosting two free events May 31 Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Registration is now open for two Nebraska Hops events May 31 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus starting in Plant Sciences Hall, Room 199. An Introductory Hop Growers Workshop will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and a Hop Training Field Program will be held from 5 to 6 p.m.

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Agronomy and Horticulture faculty to receive promotion, tenure Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Two Department of Agronomy and Horticulture faculty will receive promotion and/or tenure in 2019. They were honored April 23, along with 96 fellow University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty members, during a celebration at the Lincoln Station.

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Crops Judging Team earns third at nationals Monday, May 6, 2019

Adam Striegel and Elizabeth Widder, coaches for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Agronomy and Horticulture’s Crops Judging Team, are thrilled. The team took third-place overall for the four-year university division at the national North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Student Judging Conference hosted by Murray State University in Kentucky on April 13.

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Read the latest department annual newsletter Thursday, May 2, 2019

Check out the latest issue of Pots, Plots and Plants, the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture annual newsletter, featuring faculty and staff, student clubs, teaching impacts, the Nebraska On-farm Research Network, corn and sorghum genomes, improving wheat and rice yields and more.

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Professor Read to discuss Nebraska wine industry in new documentary Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Professor of agronomy and horticulture Paul Read will offer his expertise on winemaking in the Midwest in a new documentary, "Savor: Nebraska Craft Wine," premiering at 8:30 p.m. May 2 on NET.

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Farr earns first in Research Fair undergraduate research poster Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Rodger Farr, a senior agronomy major, received first-place in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Spring Research Fair Undergraduate Student Research Poster Session. He is advised by Greg Kruger, associate professor of agronomy, and weed science and application technology specialist at the West Central Research and Extension Center in North Platte.

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Nebraska Extension extends support for community gardens Friday, April 26, 2019

For the fourth consecutive year, Nebraska Extension’s Growing Together Nebraska program has awarded funding to 10 communities across the state to increase access to fruits and vegetables in food pantries. More than $27,000 has been designated to support the effort.

Full story at Nebraska Today

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Agronomy and Horticulture Graduation Celebration is May 3 Friday, April 26, 2019

The Department of Agronomy and Horticulture will celebrate their graduates at 10 a.m. May 3 in the Goodding Learning Center, Plant Sciences Hall, Room 280.

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Striegel receives Holling Family Award for Teaching Excellence Thursday, April 25, 2019

Adam Striegel, a University of Nebraska–Lincoln Doctor of Plant Health student and an agronomy master's student specializing in weed science, received a Teaching Assistant Holling Family Award for Teaching Excellence.

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Soil Judging Team earns bronze at nationals Wednesday, April 24, 2019

For the first time in their history, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Soil Judging Team earned third place overall at the National Collegiate Soils Contest, this year hosted April 14 to 19 at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California.

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