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Panhandle Perspectives: Soil Disease Index, tool for managing sugarbeet diseases, available for growers
December 12, 2021

Panhandle Perspectives: Soil Disease Index, tool for managing sugarbeet diseases, available for growers

For more than 20 years, the UNL Panhandle Research and Extension Center's Plant Pathology Program has been using a soil index test as a forecasting tool for sugarbeet root diseases in Nebraska.
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Student Spotlight: Rosalba Rodriguez Pena
November 15, 2021

Student Spotlight: Rosalba Rodriguez Pena

Meet Rosalba Rodriguez Pena, doctorate student from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic graduating in 2022 with a plant pathology degree.
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Student Spotlight: Katherine LaTourrette
November 1, 2021

Student Spotlight: Katherine LaTourrette

Meet Katherine LaTourrette, doctorate student from Loveland, Colorado graduating in May 2023 in complex biosystems: integrative plant biology.
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More Farm Sci-Ed videos available to view online
September 30, 2021

More Farm Sci-Ed videos available to view online

Eight video episodes have been released and available to view online in the Farm Sci-Ed video series, which highlights the “science and education behind farming” and integrated pest management research.
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Backyard Farmer to film season finale with live audience Sept. 1
September 2, 2021

Backyard Farmer to film season finale with live audience Sept. 1

Lincoln, Neb. —The Backyard Farmer panel will hold a Q&A session with a live audience Sept. 1 beginning at 5 p.m. in the Backyard Farmer Garden on the UNiversity of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus. The session will last for about 45 minutes before the filming of the Backyard Farmer season finale. Chairs will be available for the live audience. 

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Farm Sci-Ed video series kicks off
August 26, 2021

Farm Sci-Ed video series kicks off

The Farm Sci-Ed program focusing on highlighting the “science and education behind farming” and integrated pest management research this week has released its first video in a series of videos about research projects happening within the Nebraska Panhandle, with more to come on a regular basis.
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Student Spotlight: Sourav Pal
August 17, 2021

Student Spotlight: Sourav Pal

Meet Sourav Pal, doctorate plant pathology student graduating in December from Khardaha, India.
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Nebraska Extension Provides In-Field Training in August on Corn and Soybean Production
August 9, 2021

Nebraska Extension Provides In-Field Training in August on Corn and Soybean Production

Nebraska Extension is providing in-field training opportunities during two upcoming crop management diagnostic clinics. Training includes a Midwest corn production clinic on Aug. 25 and a Midwest soybean production clinic on Aug. 26.
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Gamma Sigma Delta recognizes initiates and award recipients
July 1, 2021

Gamma Sigma Delta recognizes initiates and award recipients

The Nebraska Chapter of the Honor Society of Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta, has welcomed 17 new members in agricultural sciences, natural resources, education and human sciences, biological systems engineering and their related sciences and technologies.
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Faculty Spotlight: Amy Timmerman
June 28, 2021

Faculty Spotlight: Amy Timmerman

Meet Amy Timmerman, cropping and water Nebraska Extension educator in Holt, Boyd, Brown, Rock, Keya Paha and Cherry counties.
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