Happy Birthday to CASNR!
The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is 139 years old and is having a birthday party. You're all invited for cake and ice cream Monday, June 27, from 3-4:30 p.m. in the Nebraska East Union.
MyPlate PowerPoint available from Extension
USDA's new MyPlate nutrition guide was announced recently. Within a couple of days, UNL Extension had an educational PowerPoint ready to go and available online. Check it out.
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/ehiMilford Hanna retiring
Milford Hanna will be honored for 36 years of service to UNL at a retirement reception on June 29 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the East Campus Union. Submissions for a book of letters can be sent to Eileen Curtis, Biological Systems Engineering Department, 200 Chase Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0726. Continue reading…
From the blogosphere
IANR Ambassador Ashton Meints sets the record straight on some strange thinking about 4-H.
(If you're blogging about your work, we'd like to know about it so we can promote it in ThisWeek@IANR. Contact Dan Moser of EdMedia at dmoser3@unl.edu.)
Educational Media announces new rates
Effective July 1, Educational Media, the unit formerly known as CIT, has new rates taking effect. Continue reading…
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/mavStudy: Low-income families' diets often fall short in nutrition
More than seven in 10 low-income families in a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln study struggled to reach adequate levels of nutrition in their diet, researchers said.
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Roger Mandigo retirement reception July 1
Roger W. Mandigo, professor of animal science, is retiring after 45 years at UNL. A reception is scheduled from 2-5 p.m. July 1 in the Nebraska East Union. Continue reading…
Extension sharing flooding information
Are you checking Extension's flood-resource website (flood.unl.edu)? Have you subscribed to Extension's flooding updates on Twitter (UNLFlood) or "liked" Extension's flooding Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/#!/UNLExtensionFloodResources) Monitor these resources and share them with others. Continue reading…
Feedlot school, West Central field day scheduled
It's summertime, and field tours and workshops are heating up. Extension has a Beef Feedlot School series beginning June 29 at ARDC and West Central Research and Extension Center will host a water and crops field day June 30. Continue reading…
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Originally published June 24, 2011 -
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