Nebraska makes cover of BioScience
Lincoln, Neb. —Nebraska figures large in the latest issue of BioScience, with the cover showing Nebraska grasslands on fire and the related story cowritten by Craig Allen, natural resources professor at Nebraska.
2023 TAPS Competitions to Culminate with Awards Banquet
Lincoln, Neb. —For the first time in the seven-year history of the Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) program, many of the competitors had to calculate hail and wind damage into the management decisions while still striving for efficiency and profitability. The seventh annual awards banquet will showcase how participants managed their plots and compared to others in the competitions.
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New research studying alternate diets for cattle in feedlots
Lincoln, Neb. —A new research project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Panhandle Research Feedlot in Scottsbluff will be studying alternatives to distillers in feedlot diets as the future of biodiesel looks to change. In June 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Set Rule for 2023-25 that included steady growth of biofuels for the nation’s fuel supply. While biodiesel saw an increase, ethanol did not.
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UNL faculty continue leadership in creation of national ag data network
Lincoln, Neb. —A team of University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty is set to carry forward the third phase of a multidisciplinary initiative to create a network of national ag data repositories. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved funding for the project, in which UNL faculty are taking the lead nationally in coordinating a wide range of academic institutions and ag stakeholders.
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Katherine Frels Receives Heroes Award
Lincoln, Neb. —Dr. Katherine Frels, a scientist and assistant professor in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and a collaborator with the Nebraska Food for Health Center, received the inaugural Heroes Award from the Foundation for Innovation in Healthy Food. She received the award on October 29 at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting in St.
Harvest brings in the second year of an On-Farm Research project
Lincoln, Neb. —The dry edible bean harvest in Box Butte County wrapped up last month. Some direct harvest beans were the last to leave the fields on Oct. 20, including Alliance Farmer Tim Hashman’s, plot outside of Alliance. Hashman is working with Nebraska Extension Educator John Thomas on a University of Nebraska-Lincoln On-Farm Research project dealing with direct harvest and a product called Pod Ceal.
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Bean breeders scout fields for desirable bean genetics
Lincoln, Neb. —The dry bean harvest is underway across the Panhandle. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff, Carlos Urrea, UNL dry bean breeder, has been hand-selecting dry bean plants for research. Urrea and his team go into the fields before harvest and pull out the dry bean plants with desired traits.
Unveiling of Historic Knorr-Holden Plot Signboard
Lincoln, Neb. —Started in 1912, the Knorr-Holden Plot near Scottsbluff is perhaps the world’s oldest irrigated continuous corn research plot. It was recently commemorated with a sign to mark its significance to both Nebraska history and agricultural research history in Nebraska.
Results for 2023 Nebraska Pea variety testing released
Lincoln, Neb. —Trials for the Winter Peas included 16 varieties and were planted in the fall of 2022. The winter pea trials at Perkins County were excellent, considering the dry fall and being planted into dry soil. The peas went into winter without significant stands. Volunteering wheat from the preceding crop hindered a good stand in the spring. Rainy weather meant the volunteer wheat could not be sprayed on time. Not much winter kill was observed.