Stephen Mason, agronomy and horticulture professor emeritus, has led a distinguished career at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and officially retired Sept. 5 after 33 years of teaching and research.
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Debalin Sarangi, an agronomy postdoctoral research associate, was one of three winners in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s second annual Science Slam: Postdoc Edition held Nov. 8. The event was part of the university’s 2017 Fall Research Fair. Continue reading…
More details at: https://agronomy.unl.edu/news/sarangi-named-winner-science-slam-postdoc-edition
After wildfires ravaged hundreds of thousands of acres of grasslands and forest in northwestern Nebraska in 2012, some feared that the national landmark Sandhills ecoregion had been irreparably damaged. Continue reading…
More details at: http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/ecologists-show-that-nebraska-sandhills-can-withstand-wildfire
Eight Department of Agronomy and Horticulture graduate students were honored with fellowships and awards by the Agricultural Research Division and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at the Distinguished Fellowships and Awards Luncheon on Nov. 6. Continue reading…
More details at: https://agronomy.unl.edu/news/graduate-students-earn-fellowships-and-awards-0
Leah Sandall, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln distance education coordinator for agronomy and horticulture, has been honored with the 2017 Extension Educational Materials Program Certificate of Excellence from the American Society of Agronomy under the category of posters. Continue reading…
More details at: https://agronomy.unl.edu/news/sandall-receives-honor-ag-society
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Horticulture Club’s annual poinsettia sale opened Nov. 30 in the Nebraska Union and will also run Dec. 1 in the Nebraska East Union. The sale is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Continue reading…
Charles Wortmann of is part of a study targeting optimal fertilizer use for sorghum-peanut intercropping in Africa, which can help farmers improve profits and increase food security. Continue reading…
David Lambe, agronomy and horticulture associate professor of practice, has been selected for the inaugural University of Nebraska–Lincoln Entrepreneurship Fellowship program. The fellowship program was created in response to the entrepreneurship-related activities happening across the university. Continue reading…
A study led by Nebraska’s Daniel Schachtman has shown how the effects of rising carbon dioxide and ozone may trick Continue reading…
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is partnering with Plattsmouth, Neb. based, Midwest Hop Producers, LLC to develop a production market for locally sourced hops. Continue reading…
The Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska has published the proceedings from its 2017 Water for Food Global Conference, featuring case studies and perspectives on "Water for Food Security: From Local Lessons to Global Impacts.” Continue reading…
The High Plains Regional Climate Center quietly turned 30 this year, while it continued to collect and make available a host of climate data, organized and taught numerous climate training workshops and answered hundreds of consumer calls. Continue reading…
The Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska and its many partners have worked to deliver tangible outcomes and impacts, both locally and globally, to help ensure a more water and food secure world. DWFI's fiscal year 2017 annual report is now available. Continue reading…