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Food for Health Center scientists from the labs of James C. Schnable and Andy Benson examine sorghum plants at the Greenhouse Innovation Center at Nebraska Innovation Campus. The Husker scientists (from left) are Chenyong Miao, Qinnan “Bob” Yang, Zhikai Liang and Mallory Van Haute.

IANR tech boosts understanding of food crop traits, gut microbiome

October 12, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Color portrait of Derek McLean on color campus background

McLean selected as next dean of Agricultural Research Division

October 4, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Rural Fellows Alicia Pannell (left), Tori Pedersen (second from left) and Janet Kabetesi (fifth from left) and community fellows Andrea McClintic (fourth from left) and Stephanie Novoa (right) are pictured with Lt. Gov. Mike Foley (third from left) at the Fox Theater ribbon cutting in Cozad.

Applications for Rural Fellowship program now open

October 3, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Color portrait of Lavon J. Sumption on black background

Obituary | Lavon J. Sumption

September 29, 2022

Sierra Conway uses a punch to collect samples from the leaves of several corn plants in each plot at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s research fields at 84th and Havelock in July 2020. Nebraska is one of three universities taking lead roles in the multi-institutional Agriculture Genome to Phenome Initiative, which recently received a third round of funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

USDA funds $1.9M of next stage in genome-to-phenome collaboration

September 29, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Eric Knoll stands next to several students, with everyone wearing safety glasses

Knoll’s innovations have strengthened instruction, built key partnerships

September 22, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Close-up of sorghum plant

University's TAPS program coming soon to high school classrooms

September 22, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Jinliang Yang, assistant professor of agronomy and horticulture, stands in a sorghum field.

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

September 16, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Santosh Pitla, associate professor of biological systems engineering at Nebraska, and his team are working on a new approach for refilling Unmanned Ground Vehicle seed tanks using aerial robots.

Collaborative project seeks to protect agricultural technology from cyberattacks

September 1, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Leaders of research projects that have earned the first Grand Challenges Catalyst awards are (from left) Katie Edwards, Tomas Helikar and Kees Uiterwaal.

Edwards, Helikar, Uiterwaal lead first Grand Challenges grants

August 30, 2022

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Society & Culture

Aerial photo of Nebraska farmland

Researchers gauging farmer attitudes about targeted conservation

August 22, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Aerial photo of redcedar trees on prairie

Researchers develop guide to fighting redcedar invasion

August 22, 2022

Agriculture & Environment