The 23nd annual fall seminar series offered by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Grassland Studies will include 12 lectures on topics related to what drives profits, fitting perennial grasses to agro-ecosystems, structural heterogeneity of vegetation in the Sandhills, managing an integrated cow/calf system, and ecology and management of rangeland.
The seminars take place on Mondays during the fall semester from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Nebraska East Union. The first lecture is Aug. 28 and the last is Dec. 4, with none on the dates of Sept. 4, Oct. 16 and Oct. 23. The seminars are free and open to the public, and available for academic credit. The series features David Briske, this year's Frank and Margaret Leu Distinguished Lecturer. Briske is a professor at Texas A&M, a researcher, and editor of the journal Rangeland Ecology and Management.
“Dr. David Briske is a world renowned range plant physiologist who has seminal publications on managing defoliation of range and pasture plants, comparisons of grazing strategies/systems, and rangeland evaluation,” said Dr. Walt Schacht, professor of agronomy and horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “We are privileged to have someone of Dr. Briske’s background and expertise to visit with us about managing range and pasture for livestock production at a time when the Center for Grassland Studies and IANR are growing our programs in Integrated Beef Production Systems.”
The seminar schedule can be found at http://grassland.unl.edu/upcoming-seminars. The schedule is subject to revision; any changes will be noted on the website.
Each seminar is videoed and uploaded to the website above a few days after the presentation. Contact the Center for Grassland Studies for more information at (402) 472-4101 or email grassland@unl.edu.