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Nebraska net farm income is projected to reach a record $9.96 billion in 2026, driven by higher government payments, strong livestock receipts and a rebound in crop revenue.

Nebraska Farm Income Projected to Reach Record High in 2026

May 1, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

"In the News" in front of a smartphone, with about 40 images of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's campuses behind.

Nebraska in the national news: April 2026

May 1, 2026

Scott Hutchins speaks to a crowd during the Heuermann Lecture April 28.

Land-grant universities key to agricultural innovation, USDA chief scientist says

May 1, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Sidney Robinson

LEAD 42 Spotlight: Sidney Robinson

April 29, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Green circles cover a pasture in New Mexico while center pivot irrigation systems water the ground.

New study details changing U.S. irrigated agriculture, viability strategies

April 29, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

cattle gather around a windmill at Gundmundsen Sandhills Ranch

Inaugural Grassland Gallery event accepting applications and registrations

April 28, 2026

Desaulniers, McFee earn national NACTA awards for excellence in teaching

April 28, 2026

Nebraska LEAD Class 44 poses for a group photo in the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln on Jan. 26, 2026. Applications are now being accepted for Class 45 which begins in September 2026.

Applications Now Open for Nebraska LEAD Program’s 45th Cohort

April 28, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

A woman stands at a lectern next to two red cloth-draped tables behind which two men and two women are seated. The table coverings read "Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance" and "Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources," with white Nebraska N's next to the words.

Speakers at Yeutter Institute symposium point to trade progress, complications

April 27, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Two lines of graduates walk through a hallway in Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Nebraska U poised to award record 3,800-plus degrees May 8-9

April 27, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

A herd of Holstein cattle, which are black and white in color, roam a field.

Researchers develop promising new vaccine against bird flu

April 27, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Ella Jonas (at left), a sophomore environmental and sustainability studies and political science major, invites Sophia Bartlett, a first-year student, to write what sustainability means to her during the Earthstock event celebrating Earth Day on April 22.

University earns record sustainability score

April 24, 2026

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Volunteers plant trees in a field.

PlantNebraska guides grant impact across Nebraska

April 24, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Selected through a national search, three finalists for the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management executive director position will visit the University of Nebraska–Lincoln between April 27 and May 6.

Finalists for Raikes School executive director post to visit campus

April 24, 2026

Flowers dot the ground surrounding the walking path outside of Love Library North on a spring day.

Search begins for next chief communications and marketing officer

April 24, 2026

Resident Assistants near the NCTA Agriculture Industry Education Center.

NCTA Class of 2026 To Honor Journey of Growth, Community

April 23, 2026

students in the east campus greenhouse

New Nebraska research effort will develop real‑time detection capabilities using native and widely distributed plant species

April 23, 2026

Joan Ruskamp

LEAD Spotlight: Joan Ruskamp

April 23, 2026

A woman speaks to a crowd seated on bleachers.

Husker entrepreneurs earn donor-funded awards in New Venture Competition

April 23, 2026

Homer Buell, owner and operator of Shovel Dot Ranch near Rose, Nebraska, stands in front of an all-terrain vehicle in a field. He is wearing a light-colored longsleeve plaid shirt, blue jeans and a white cowboy hat.

Nebraska ranchers share land decisions through UNL research project

April 22, 2026

Agriculture & Environment