IANR News provided by the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

COVID-19 Updates

• USDA meatpacking inspectors receive hand sanitizer made at Nebraska U

• CASNR summer 2020 internships and experiential learning

• Nebraska U tuition to remain unchanged for next two years

• Public urged to help keep Nebraska’s free hand sanitizer project going

Crops

• Paper focuses on investing wisely in sustainable intensification research

• Horticulture Club to host plant giveaway May 21

• Extension Risk Management Education Center awards grants

• Quarterly webinar series to address cash rental rates, landlord-tenant issues and recent market volatility

Food & Nutrition

Livestock

• Animal Care Program setting standard for adaptability

• Panhandle Perspectives: Will feeding silage to lactating cows give my calves scours?

• Nebraska Extension launches online platform for exchange of carbon sources needed by livestock producers

• Nebraska Extension offers tips for replacing distillers grain in cattle diets

Water & Environment

• It’s a trap! Study finds effects of weather, time on wildlife sightings

• Panhandle Perspectives: Landowner attitudes about water quality in North Platte Valley

• Digital archive preserves first 50 years of Nebraskaland magazine

• Latest Platte Basin Timelapse project showcases trumpeter swan's return to Nebraska Sandhills

Youth & Family

• Nebraska Extension creates new program to help families stay physically active

• Responding to urgent need, state agencies and early childhood organizations pilot website to connect parents to open child care providers

• Podcast series offers support to parents, families

People in the News

• Op-Eds

• Dewey looks back on 46-year career at Nebraska

• PGA golf management student awarded national PGA WORKS scholarship

• Student Spotlight: Felicia Knoerzer