Millets for a Sustainable Future
Lincoln, Neb. —The United Nations has declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYM2023), contributing to six of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 – Zero Hunger, Good health and well-being, Decent work, and economic growth, Responsible consumption and production, Climate change, and Life on Land (FAO 2023).
West Central to Host 19th Annual Water and Crops Field Day
Lincoln, Neb. —On Thursday, Aug. 24, the West Central Research, Education and Extension Center in North Platte, Nebraska, will be hosting the 19th annual Water and Crops Field Day. Come join producers, industry representatives and researchers to expand your knowledge of the latest technologies and practices in agriculture.
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UNL Chancellor and IANR Roads Scholars get to know Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb. —The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) Roads Scholars Tour visited the Panhandle on Aug. 3. The group of 20-plus faculty stopped at Nebraska businesses and historical sites along the tour, with destination stops at Nebraska extension centers and labs.
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Fertigation’s Sunset Seminars will explore capabilities and impacts of image-based nitrogen management
Lincoln, Neb. —UNL’s Nebraska On-Farm Research Network is joining forces with innovative farmers, Nebraska Natural Resource Districts, and Sentinel Fertigation to host events, called Sunset Seminars, at trial field sites across Nebraska.
‘Great Plains Sawfly Survey Project’ seeks grower input
Lincoln, Neb. —A group of researchers from Montana State University, Colorado State University, Kansas State University, and North Dakota State University are being led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and the USDA-Agriculture Research Service (ARS) to improve the understanding of producers’ needs considering the threat posed by the wheat stem sawfly.
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Cover Crop Initiative Project has first Field Day in western Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb. —The Cover Crop Initiative Project held its first field day at the Panhandle Research Education and Extension Center (PHREEC) in early May. This project represents a four-year collaborative agreement between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and the Nebraska Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to foster understanding and promotion of cover crop use in Nebraska.
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TAPS to Host Summer Field Events
Lincoln, Neb. —The Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) program will offer not just one, but two summer field events in the month of June. The field days seek to engage TAPS participants, partners, as well as the public, in educational and interactive events.
University Provides Ag Innovation Updates to Senators at ENREEC
Lincoln, Neb. —It was a fast-paced visit to the University of Nebraska Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center (ENREEC) for U.S.
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Uniformity of prey can yield spider-eat-spider world
Lincoln, Neb. —A limited menu of prey may weave a tangled food web by emboldening wolf spiders of multiple species to dine on each other and even cannibalize their own, says a study from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
TAPS “pops” with new competition & partnership in 2023
Lincoln, Neb. —Popcorn may not be the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions corn in the state of Nebraska, but the “Cornhusker State” is actually the top producer of the number one snack food in the world. Popcorn is on the minds of the Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) program this year as the first farm management competition for the popular snack is set to be conducted in 2023.