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Heng-Moss named permanent vice chancellor for agriculture and natural resources

Heng-Moss named permanent vice chancellor for agriculture and natural resources

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Major NSF grant supports innovative Husker plant pathology project

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Pedro Jota Fernandes

Nebraska Beef Innovators: Pedro Jota Fernandes brings global perspective to cattle research

Animal Science/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

New football practice fields made possible by Husker research

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Nebraska Extension/

University of Nebraska researchers at forefront to address agriculture-related cyber vulnerabilities

Agriculture/Cybersecurity/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/National Strategic Research Institute/

gate feeders for swine

Facility changes build on Husker swine research momentum

Animal Science/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/

Tom Powers (left), professor of plant pathology, and David Sirengo, a doctoral student in plant pathology, recover a mud sample

Nebraska-led NSF project sheds light on microscopic life in Sandhills

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Boehm to step down as IANR leader

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Nebraska Mesonet launches improved, real-time weather data

Agriculture/Environment/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/National Drought Mitigation Center/Weather/

Cahoon named fellow of National Academy of Inventors

Biochemistry/Center for Plant Science Innovation/Honors/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Plant Science/

Nebraska's Sandhills

UNL commits $5 million to better measure environmental impact of cattle

Animal Science/Grand Challenges/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Husker research points to increased water use efficiency for crops

Agriculture/Biochemistry/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Nfarms groundbreaking

NFarms groundbreaking highlights precision ag innovation, public-private partnerships

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Trenton Franz and neutron monitor

Husker projects advance study of soil moisture, hydrology

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Timothy Thielen talks with a member of the Turtle Island Indigenous Youth Growers

Website creates online market for Indigenous entrepreneurs

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Rural Issues/Rural Prosperity Nebraska/

Heuermann Lecture panelists

Heuermann lecture panel touts Nebraska’s ag tech strength

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Grain Weevil, a small robot designed to maintain grain, eliminating the need for farmers to enter bins, which can be dangerous and even fatal.

Heuermann symposium to focus on ag tech opportunities

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Eduardo Romero Camacho gives lab tour at CryoEM facility

New core facility will advance biomedical, ag sciences research

Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication/college of arts and sciences/College of Engineering/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Husker researchers help launch support tool for crop nutrient management

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Ana Marie Vélez

Vélez is a leader in genetic technology to contain corn rootworm

Entomology/Genetics/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

student Lauren Wilson in the lab

Research boosts IANR undergrads’ educational, personal development

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Nate Thorson at Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center

NFarms research will bring precision ag innovations to producers

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Nebraska Extension/

Paul Kononoff with jersey cow

Husker team receives $5M grant to reduce methane emissions from cattle

Animal Science/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

University releases web-based nitrogen management tool for corn growers

Agriculture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Nebraska Extension/

Patricio Grassini in front of corn field

Project to assemble global ag data on potassium deficiencies

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Ryan Tan at Faculty Slam

Tan wins Faculty Slam; clinches CoJMC’s three-peat

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Research Days/

Portrait of Ron Yoder, retiring from IANR

Yoder looks back on career as engineer and leader

Biological Systems Engineering/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

jars of kombucha

Husker scientists contribute to pilot study showing kombucha’s possible benefits

Food Science/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

James Schnable in corn field

Nebraska-led team first to map corn genome

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

members of congressional delegation Don Bacon, Pete Ricketts, Adrian Smith, Deb Fischer, Mike Flood and professor Joe Luck

Congressional delegation voices support for strong ag research funding

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

graphic showing light harvest for corn

Refining surge protector in crops could boost yields

Agronomy and Horticulture/Biochemistry/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Nathan Conner in classroom

Conner earns faculty Fulbright to teach, develop curriculum in Jamaica

Agricultural Leadership Education and Communications/Awards and Recognitions/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

biochar applied to farmland with manure spreader

Nebraska researchers conduct largest biochar field trial in the state

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Nebraska Water Center/

Roundtable participants Katie Zenk, Leah Vinton, Jennifer Lester Moffitt, Bill McKelvey, Rachel McGinnis Millsap, Nancy Williams, Mike Boehm, Christa Hartsook, Lizandra Lorenzo, Bill Crooks, Katie Nixon, Mary Emery and Dominga Francisco

USDA official visits university to discuss $25M grant for Rural Prosperity Nebraska

Agriculture/Food Security/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Rural Prosperity Nebraska/

Tala Awada with plants in greenhouse

Protection of America: Surprising Role of Plant Ecophysiologist

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/National Strategic Research Institute/

Brian Vander Ley with cow

Gene-edited calf may reduce reliance on antimicrobials against cattle disease

Agriculture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/

Heuermann Lecture panelists Graham Plastow, Cynthia Parr, Amy Winstead, Tom Eikhoff and Ben Craker with moderator Mike Boehm

Heuermann Lecture focuses on complexities of reporting ag data

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

vendor at farmers market

Rural Prosperity Nebraska receives $25M USDA award for Regional Food Center

Agriculture/Food Security/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Rural Prosperity Nebraska/

a pair of bison

Temperature, drought influencing movement of Plains bison

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Edgar Cahoon and Thomas Clemente in greenhouse

Husker duo part of national push for improved biofuels

Agronomy and Horticulture/Biochemistry/Center for Plant Science Innovation/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

computerized image of corn plant's root system

Nebraska researchers identify genes that help corn adapt to new environments

Agriculture/Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Amy Desaulniers with pigs

Research aims to develop boars more tolerant of gestational heat stress

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/

Taylor Cross speaks to ag producers Doug and Tony Jones

Sensor-based fertigation management research boosts efficiency, profitability

Biological Systems Engineering/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

illustration of irrigation pivots

Rust-coated irrigation pipes hint at lack of nitrate in groundwater

Conservation and Survey Division/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/School of Natural Resources/

Nate Korth in lab

Study identifies connections among popcorn, microbiome, human health

Agronomy and Horticulture/Food Science/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Christopher Fill with bat

Eek! Squeak! Husker scientist listens for Nebraska’s bats

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Greenhouses at dusk

IANR celebrates third consecutive year of record-breaking research funding in 2022

Agricultural Research Division/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Brazilian savannah

Husker study: Brazil can grow more soybeans without deforesting Amazon

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Chenyong Miao, Qinnan "Bob" Yang, Zhikai Liang and Mallory Van Haute

IANR tech boosts understanding of food crop traits, gut microbiome

Food Science/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Nebraska Food for Health Center/

Jinliang Yang with sorghum

Husker research hones in on sorghum’s genetic makeup to improve nitrogen efficiency

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Researchers working ona drone

$25M federal award to expand robotics development, entrepreneurship, outreach

Engineering/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Nebraska Innovation Campus/Nebraska Innovation Studio/Robotics/

Edgar Cahoon in lab

Research shows oilseeds’ potential for bioproduct creation

Biochemistry/Center for Plant Science Innovation/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

sorghum growing in research field

Performance of crop-boosting bacteria may depend on delivery method

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Farm equipment at night

Study eyes reducing sleep deprivation dangers in ag work

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Nebraska Extension/

Scott Sattler, Tomas Helikar and Joe Louis with sorghum in greenhouse

Husker team leads effort to help sorghum defend itself from aphid attacks

Biochemistry/Entomology/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Francis to retire after 45 years at Nebraska

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Robert Hutkins in lab

Team makes first large-scale estimate of Americans’ consumption of live microbes

Food Science/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Georgina Bingham holding air-tight, insect-resistant bag

Bingham’s global work promotes food security, health protections

Entomology/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

soybean harvest

Weather Ready Farms program rolling out to Nebraska

Agriculture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Nebraska Extension/

Study: Southeast Asia must close yield gap to remain major rice bowl

Agriculture/Crop Yields/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Steven Thomas, Alex Flecker and Suresh Suthi in Amazon River basin

Husker researcher plays key role in Amazon basin project

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Nebraska Sandhills aerial shot

Nebraska Sandhills rated as world’s most intact prairie

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Husker researcher building database to help farmers breed hardier sheep

Animal Science/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

aerial shot of corn harvest

Nebraska study finds climate, field management hold keys to increased crop yields

Agriculture/Crop Yields/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

aerial view of crop field

Husker study links crop insurance premium subsidies to fewer, larger farms

Agricultural Economics/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Lindsay Hastings, teaching workshop

Hastings studies hope among rural Nebraska communities

Agricultural Leadership Education and Communications/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Rural Issues/

Joshua Santarpia, Ted Carter and others on tour of Collaborative Biosecurity Laboratory

Collaborative Biosecurity Laboratory opens to pursue ag defense research

Engineering/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/National Strategic Research Institute/

man holding pitchfork in field

Project collecting eye-opening data to aid sleep for farmers, ranchers

Education and Child Development/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Nebraska Extension/Sociology/

Sierra Conway collecting RNA from corn

Husker researcher part of multi-university effort to improve ag decision making

Agriculture/Crop Yields/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

solitary plant in cracked earth

$960K USDA grant to advance research on crop, livestock traits

Agriculture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Team IDs key to sorghum’s heat resilience, aims to boost corn’s tolerance

Center for Plant Science Innovation/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

East Campus scenery

Partnership creates biodefense lab focused on food security

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/National Strategic Research Institute/

James Schnable and Rebecca Roston

Model predicts gene responses to cold across diverse plant species

Agriculture/Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Rahab Kinyanjui shows images of plant species to young herders

Researchers find ways to push international research forward, despite COVID-19

Agriculture/COVID-19/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Wolf, multilingual outreach project going to bat for keystone species

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Natural Resources/

Fortenberry achieves $11M in funding for USDA agriculture research facility at Nebraska

Agriculture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Baenziger supports growers through small-grains program

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/NUtech Ventures/

All the angles: Automated image processing could aid crop evals

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Nebraska team wins grant to advance irrigation in six African nations

Agricultural Economics/Daugherty Global Water for Food Institute/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Buffer could limit environmental spread of antibiotic resistance

Agriculture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Husker-led project to advance, standardize field of phenotyping

Biological Systems Engineering/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Jarquin receives Early Career Scientist Award

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

$5M gift creates program on water, climate and health

Daugherty Global Water for Food Institute/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Nebraska among world’s best universities for ag, forestry

Agriculture/Forestry/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Husker team receives $1 million for projects to enhance soil health, productivity

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Scientist establishes concept for soil health management

Agriculture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Harvesting innovation: Husker researchers kick off planting season

Agriculture/Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Paper focuses on investing wisely in sustainable intensification research

Agronomy and Horticulture/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Research helps define groundwater recharge in Nebraska

Food/Energy/Water/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/School of Natural Resources/Water/

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