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Husker researchers help launch support tool for crop nutrient management

April 22, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Irrigation in corn field

Without a trace? Adding mineral to irrigation may lower toxic elements in soils

November 24, 2021

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Tropical rainforest

Hardscrabble plants stake large territory amid toxic soils

October 26, 2021

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Prototype uses light to gauge composition, density of subsoils

April 7, 2020

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Analysis IDs ag practices to fight flood, drought

October 3, 2019

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Andrea Basche, University of Nebraska–Lincoln assistant professor of agronomy and horticulture.

Basche talks soil fates on NPR's Science Friday

October 2, 2018

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Biochar is a charcoal-like product, derived from a 2,000-year-old practice that converts wood or agricultural waste into a valuable soil amendment. A biochar talk is scheduled for March 28 in the East Union.

Biochar expert to lead March 28 brown bag talk

March 20, 2018

Tim Herron, a landscape assistant with landscape services, mulches leaves into the grass on the east side of Sheldon Museum of Art on Nov. 8. The university recently expanded it's sustainability practices by partnering with Big Red Worms on leaf recycling.

Repurposing campus leaves helps expand sustainability

November 9, 2016

A UNL student examines plants in a Beadle Center lab. UNL will announce a $20 million research award to improve soil and crops in Nebraska and globally.

UNL to celebrate $20M award for soil, crops research

June 17, 2016

This test is used by researchers to determine the number of generic bacteria in soil samples. Recent UNL research has found that antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes in Nebraska soils not grazed by livestock or inhabited by people, suggesting that antibiotic resistance also occurs naturally in the environment.

Naturally antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Nebraska prairies

February 17, 2016

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Sept. 18 session focuses on USDA PPQ permit process

September 11, 2013