Agronomy and Horticulture News

The UNL Weeds Team brought home top honors at the NCWSS Student Weed Contest at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.  |  Photo by Chris Proctor
The UNL Weeds Team brought home top honors at the NCWSS Student Weed Contest at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. | Photo by Chris Proctor

UNL team brings home top honors from student regional weed contest

Twenty-eight UNL students participated in the North Central Weed Science Society Student Weed Contest, July 27–28, and brought home top honors. Ryan Langemeier, an agronomy major, won the undergraduate Herbicide ID category. Continue reading…

More details at: http://agronomy.unl.edu/news/unl-team-brings-home-top-honors-student-regional-weed-contest
 
Sam Wortman is the new assistant professor and environmental horticulturist in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture.
Sam Wortman is the new assistant professor and environmental horticulturist in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture.

Wortman bringing awareness about sustainable food production to LES Sustainable Living Festival

Sam Wortman, the new assistant professor and environmental horticulturist in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, will be taking part in this year’s LES Sustainable Living Festival, Aug. 13, at The Railyard, in Lincoln’s West Haymarket. Continue reading…

More details at: http://go.unl.edu/dcx0
 
Cedar trees invade grasslands from a windbreak in the Loess Canyons ecoregion. A new report suggests that the expansion of eastern redcedar into grasslands reduces grazing capacity.   |  Photo by Dirac Twidwell
Cedar trees invade grasslands from a windbreak in the Loess Canyons ecoregion. A new report suggests that the expansion of eastern redcedar into grasslands reduces grazing capacity. | Photo by Dirac Twidwell

Research: Eastern redcedar may affect School Land Trust

A new article authored by agronomy and horticulture students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln indicates that the expansion of eastern redcedar into grasslands reduces grazing capacity and therefore could reduce funding available for public school education in Nebraska. Continue reading…

More details at: http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/unltoday/article/research-eastern-redcedar-may-affect-school-land-trust/
 
Gary Thompson, owner of Old Cellar Vineyard, discusses mechanization practices at the UNL Viticulture Field Day on July 16.  |  Photo by Stephen Gamet
Gary Thompson, owner of Old Cellar Vineyard, discusses mechanization practices at the UNL Viticulture Field Day on July 16. | Photo by Stephen Gamet

UNL viticulture field day a big success

More than 40 people from Nebraska, Kansas and South Dakota attended the UNL Mechanization and More Viticulture Field Day held at Old Cellar Vineyard on July 16 in Arapahoe, Nebraska. Continue reading…

More details at: http://go.unl.edu/04k6
 
Amit Jhala, Nebraska Extension weed management specialist, discusses a project with Field Day attendees for control of atrazine and HPPD-inhibitors-resistant Palmer amaranth in seed corn.
Amit Jhala, Nebraska Extension weed management specialist, discusses a project with Field Day attendees for control of atrazine and HPPD-inhibitors-resistant Palmer amaranth in seed corn.

One hundred forty attend Herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth Management Field Day

Research information was shared with 140 people at the Herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth Management Field Day July 12 near Shickley, Nebraska. Amit Jhala, University of Nebraska Extension Weed Management Specialist, organized and led the tour. Continue reading…

More details at: http://go.unl.edu/5key
 
 Rodrigo Werle, UNL cropping systems specialist, discusses the new Inzen sorghum cultivar project.
Rodrigo Werle, UNL cropping systems specialist, discusses the new Inzen sorghum cultivar project.

Weed Management Field Day hosts 142 attendees

The 2016 Corn and Soybean Weed Management Field Day was held on June 29 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln South Central Agricultural Laboratory near Clay Center. Amit Jhala, UNL Extension weed management specialist, organized the field day and led the tour. Continue reading…

More details at: http://go.unl.edu/ykun
 
 
Originally published August 12, 2016 - Submit an Item