Agronomy and Horticulture

 
A grain truck crosses the dry Platte River near Chapman, Nebraska, in October 2022. At the time, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that the area around Chapman was in severe/extreme drought.
A grain truck crosses the dry Platte River near Chapman, Nebraska, in October 2022. At the time, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that the area around Chapman was in severe/extreme drought.

NU researchers, alumni contribute to national climate assessment

University of Nebraska researchers and alumni contributed expertise to the Fifth National Climate Assessment. Released by the Biden administration on Nov. 14, the report includes more than 500 authors and 250 contributors including Andrea Basche, associate professor in agronomy and horticulture. Continue reading…

More details at: https://go.unl.edu/twa7
 
Patricio Grassini, professor of agronomy and horticulture at Nebraska, is co-leading a two-year project to compile and analyze a comprehensive inventory of global data on potassium for major crop systems around the world.
Patricio Grassini, professor of agronomy and horticulture at Nebraska, is co-leading a two-year project to compile and analyze a comprehensive inventory of global data on potassium for major crop systems around the world.

Project to assemble global ag data on potassium deficiencies

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the International Fertilizer Association have begun a joint initiative to fill in the knowledge gap about the extent and severity of potassium deficiency. Continue reading…

More details at: https://go.unl.edu/d5ao
 
Elaina Madison, now a senior plant and landscape systems major, checks on the Horticulture Club’s poinsettias in the Teaching Greenhouse West before customers arrive for the plant sale in 2021.
Elaina Madison, now a senior plant and landscape systems major, checks on the Horticulture Club’s poinsettias in the Teaching Greenhouse West before customers arrive for the plant sale in 2021.

Horticulture Club’s Poinsettia Sale begins Nov. 30

The Horticulture Club’s Poinsettia Sale is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Nebraska and Nebraska East unions; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Teaching Greenhouse West. Continue reading…

More details at: https://agronomy.unl.edu/horticulture-club#sales
 
A screening of the movie “Common Ground” will take place Nov. 26 at 1:30 p.m. at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and a discussion led by University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Professor Emeritus Charles Francis will follow.
A screening of the movie “Common Ground” will take place Nov. 26 at 1:30 p.m. at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and a discussion led by University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Professor Emeritus Charles Francis will follow.

Screening of movie ‘Common Ground’ set for Nov. 26 at the Ross

A screening for the movie “Common Ground” will take place Nov. 26 at 1:30 p.m. at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and a discussion led by University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Professor Emeritus Charles Francis will follow. Continue reading…

More details at: https://go.unl.edu/ixsu
 
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