Charles “Chuck” Francis, a professor of agronomy and horticulture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for 40 years, was honored July 1 at the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture conference, with the NACTA Educator Award. Continue reading…
More details at: http://agronomy.unl.edu/news/francis-honored-nacta-educator-award
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team, using remote sensing data collected by the USDA Forest Service and the U.S. Geological Survey, has documented that the number of wildfires occurring each year has tripled in the Great Plains during the past three decades. Continue reading…
More details at: http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/study-shows-wildfires-are-increasing-on-the-great-plains/
Tom Clemente, Eugene W. Price Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, has been recently honored with the Crop Science Research Award from the Crop Science Society of America. Continue reading…
More details at: http://agronomy.unl.edu/news/clemente-honored-crop-science-society-america-award
What is your position at the University of Nebraska?
I am the research manager-herbarium curator for the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. We are a large department, but I specifically work in the range, pasture, and forages group. Continue reading…
Amanda Sanford, an agronomy graduate student, has been awarded the Arthur William Sampson Fellowship in Pasture Management. This fellowship is awarded annually to a University of Nebraska–Lincoln graduate student conducting research in range or pasture ecology and management. Continue reading…
More details at: http://agronomy.unl.edu/news/sanford-awarded-arthur-william-sampson-fellowship
More than 4,300 students have been named to the Deans’ List/Explore Center List of Distinguished Students for the spring semester of the 2016-17 academic year at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Forty-six Department of Agronomy and Horticulture students made the CASNR Dean’s List. Continue reading…
High school or college transfer students interested in turfgrass & landscape management at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will have an opportunity to learn more about the major, starting at 9 a.m., July 13, at the Explore Turfgrass & Landscape Management event held on East Campus. Continue reading…
Midwest Hop Producers and Nebraska Extension are hosting a hops field day and scouting workshop on Saturday, July 22. Whether you are interested in establishing hops or are a current grower seeking to expand your knowledge, this workshop is for you. Continue reading…
Maps highlighting the effects of drought on six agricultural commodities across the continental U.S. became available in late May on a website hosted by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Continue reading…