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David Scholz and his late wife, Sande Scholz, have donated more than 2,100 acres of rangeland to the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. The ranch will be used to give students hands-on management experience in many areas of ranching. Here, David (left) and Sande (center) are pictured with Mike Boehm, NU vice president and Harlan Vice Chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, in May 2017.

University receives $1.5M ranchland for education, research, outreach

May 6, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Society & Culture

Released in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, the Custom Climatology Tool developed at the High Plains Regional Climate Center allows users to examine average monthly and annual temperature measurements over customizable periods of time. The data is collected from thousands of U.S. weather stations.

Climate center develops tool to accompany release of new Climate Normals

May 4, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

A still from a GoPro camera mounted in a helicopter shows a band of pronghorn running across western Nebraska rangeland. Earlier this year, researchers captured 80 pronghorn and placed GPS radio collars on them. The released pronghorn will be tracked over two years to provide fine-scale information about their survival and movement across the Nebraska Panhandle and anywhere else they roam.

Collaborative study tracks pronghorn in Panhandle

April 15, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Cattle graze on the Diamond Bar Ranch north of Stapleton in June 2020. The Sandhills are threatened by the encroachment of eastern red cedar and other woody species, according to Craig Allen, a professor in Nebraska’s School of Natural Resources.

Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes up and running

April 14, 2021

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.

USDA-NIFA grant to advance ag robot research

April 13, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska’s Harkamal Walia and colleagues have described a novel form of a gene obtained from wild wheat that has the potential to improve drought tolerance in cultivated wheat.

Walia featured today in Nebraska Lecture on climate change, crop yields

April 2, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Report features Grassini's palm oil research

April 2, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Six in 10 rural Nebraskans surveyed are using the internet to save money by price matching or bargain hunting, and about one-third are generating income by buying or selling items online, according to the 2018 Nebraska Rural Poll.

Nebraska Rural Poll collaborates to provide statewide survey

April 1, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

A young oil palm plantation in Indonesia. Each plantation cycle is about 25 years long.

Husker research shows palm oil production can grow while protecting ecosystems

March 25, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Symone Arends, a senior forensic science major from Lincoln, shines an ultraviolet light onto the floor. The light makes body fluids and fibers glow when viewed through the orange filter she holds. Arends is working a mock crime scene in a basement room in Filley Hall as part of a Forensic Science 485 capstone project. The course is divided into two options for students: a crime scene investigation track that works the mock crime scene, and a biochemistry track that processes samples and evidenc

CSI Nebraska | Photo of the week

March 19, 2021

Pablo Loza

Beef feedlot specialist arrives in Scottsbluff from Argentina

March 16, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

The value of agricultural land in Nebraska increased for the second straight year.

Nebraska ag land values increase for second consecutive year

March 15, 2021

Agriculture & Environment