Ready for Harvest
Winter wheat at Havelock Farm is ready to harvest.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
July 2, 2020
Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea or coneflower blooms in the Backyard Farmer garden on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 25, 2020
Planting the Teaching Garden
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture's Meghan Sindelar, assistant professor of practice, and Tom Galusha, agronomy research technologist I, plant a variety of crops in the teaching garden so it is ready for students in the fall.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 25, 2020
Planting Sudangrass
Elizabeth Cunningham, sophomore horticulture major, plants sudangrass cover crop with a walk-behind tractor and 3-row precision planter on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 15, 2020
Guttation Drops
Guttation drops hang from corn leaves in Osler Ortez’s research plot at Havelock Farm. These drops are normally located on the tips or edges of leaves and are the result of the plant secreting excess moisture/water from its pores. Gutattion generally happens overnight, when transpiration is suppressed (closed stomata) and soil moisture is high. Ortez is a doctoral student in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and is advised by Roger Elmore, emeritus professor of agronomy and Justin McMechan, assistant professor of entomology.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 12, 2020
Describing Soils in the Pit
Becky Young, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture assistant professor of practice, demonstrates techniques for describing soils, in the East Campus teaching pit, for an instructional video for the Nebraska Soil Summer Institute for high school science teachers.
Aaron Young | Geologist with Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources
June 9, 2020
Packing Winter Triticale
Alyssa Kuhn, left, agronomy and horticulture graduate student, and animal science graduate students Morgan Grabau and Kallie Calus, use their stocking feet to pack flowering winter triticale into five-gallon buckets to mimic the process of preserving it as silage.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 2, 2020
Scoring Wheat Flowering
Fang Wang, agronomy and horticulture doctoral student specializing in plant breeding and genetics, records wheat flowering at Havelock Farm.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
May 29, 2020
Distributing Joy
Horticulture Club co-adviser Stacy Adams loads a flat of plants into a vehicle at the first-ever Mental Health Plant Distribution event held May 21.
Craig Chandler | University Communication
May 21, 2020
Planting Corn at Havelock
James Schnable’s crew were finally able to plant corn at Havelock Farm following rain. Brandi Sigmon, assistant professor of practice in plant pathology, left, and Christine Smith, research manager, load seeds into the planter. Driving the tractor is Josh Reznicek, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture ag research technician.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
May 6, 2020
Hands-on Learning
Husker senior Chad Lammers balances work on the family farm in Hartington, Nebraska, with completing his Bachelor of Science in plant biology and minor in agronomy from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Photo courtesy of Claire Schilmoeller
May 3, 2020
Winter Wheat at Havelock
Winter wheat reaches for the sun at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Havelock Farm.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
April 27, 2020
Apple Blossom
Malus domestica or Minnewashta Zestars apple blooms by Plant Sciences Hall on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
April 27, 2020
Pasque In Bloom
Pulsatilla patens or pasque flowers bloom in front of Keim Hall on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
April 22, 2020
Our Fearless Leader
Martha Mamo, Professor and Head of the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, stands in front of Plant Sciences Hall on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
April 22, 2020
Dogwood Days of Spring
Cornus florida or ‘Cherokee Chief’, a dogwood, flowers near Keim Hall on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
April 22, 2020