Agronomy and Horticulture

Team members and coaches pictured are Coach Judy Turk (front row, from left), Sydney Honaker, Matt Girard, Charlotte Brockman, Anna Newcome, Nathan Kufner-Rodriguez (back row, from left), Adrian Cox, Michael Clover, PJ Smeal and Coach Becky Young.
Team members and coaches pictured are Coach Judy Turk (front row, from left), Sydney Honaker, Matt Girard, Charlotte Brockman, Anna Newcome, Nathan Kufner-Rodriguez (back row, from left), Adrian Cox, Michael Clover, PJ Smeal and Coach Becky Young.

Soil champs! UNL Soil Judging Team wins NACTA competition

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Soil Judging Team dug into the Soils Judging Contest at the 2025 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture judging conference in Canyon, Texas, April 9-12. Continue reading…

More details at: https://go.unl.edu/zf9j
 
Daniel Uden (standing at right) uses Jenga game sets to teach ecological resilience concepts to students. He and Jenny Keshwani, taught resilience concepts to students in her Systems Thinking Through Food, Energy, Water and Societal Systems course.
Daniel Uden (standing at right) uses Jenga game sets to teach ecological resilience concepts to students. He and Jenny Keshwani, taught resilience concepts to students in her Systems Thinking Through Food, Energy, Water and Societal Systems course.

Uden teaching ecological resilience concepts with Jenga

Nebraska’s Daniel Uden is teaching local high school and college students about ecosystems and resilience using the classic block-stacking game Jenga. Continue reading…

More details at: https://go.unl.edu/jste
 
Paul Read
Paul Read

Read to retire, reception is May 15

A retirement reception for Paul Read, professor of agronomy and horticulture, is from 2 to 5 p.m. on May 15, at the Goodding Learning Center, 280 Plant Sciences Hall, East Campus. Read will present a seminar titled “A Horticulturist’s Professional Journey of Over 60 Years" at 2 pm. Continue reading…

More details at: https://go.unl.edu/qdsk
 
The department will celebrate its graduates May 16 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Goodding Learning Center.
The department will celebrate its graduates May 16 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Goodding Learning Center.

Department graduation reception is May 16

Martha Mamo, Head of the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, invites all faculty, staff, students, emeriti and alumni to a graduation celebration in May in honor of our department’s undergraduate and graduate students receiving degrees from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Continue reading…

 
Panhandle Research Extension and Education Director John Westra, left, and Bijesh Maharjan, Nebraska Extension Specialist, with his award at the annual Gamma Sigma Delta banquet.
Panhandle Research Extension and Education Director John Westra, left, and Bijesh Maharjan, Nebraska Extension Specialist, with his award at the annual Gamma Sigma Delta banquet.

Nebraska Extension Researcher uses partnerships and tools to create ‘Outstanding Extension Programs’

In February, Bijesh Maharjan was awarded the 2024 Gamma Sigma Delta Award for Outstanding Extension Program at the Nebraska Chapter’s annual awards reception. Continue reading…

More details at: https://go.unl.edu/rk4g
 
The 2025 Grow Local Field Tour, hosted by associate professor of agronomy and horticulture Sam Wortman, will include presentations about specialty crop and local food systems research at the university and a walking tour of East Campus.
The 2025 Grow Local Field Tour, hosted by associate professor of agronomy and horticulture Sam Wortman, will include presentations about specialty crop and local food systems research at the university and a walking tour of East Campus.

Grow Local Field Tour set for June 24

The 2025 Grow Local Field Tour is set for Tuesday, June 24 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln East Campus Research Farm. Continue reading…

More details at: https://go.unl.edu/x0d7
 
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