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Nebraska LEAD Fellows Explore Global Agriculture and Leadership in Africa and Europe

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Leadership in action. On Jan. 10, 2026, Nebraska LEAD Class 43 met with Mohamed Benchaib, a grain farmer and seed multiplier, to learn about seed production, sustainable agriculture and the future of Morocco’s grain industry.

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Nebraska On-Farm Research

Help Shape the Future of Nebraska’s Ag Workforce

February 11, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Agronomy and Horticulture IMPACT 2026 — Innovation and Partnerships for the Future — will be held March 3–4 at Nebraska Innovation Campus, hosted by the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture.

Agronomy and Horticulture conference is March 3–4

February 11, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

2025 TAPS Advocate Award received by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, accepted by James Huntwork.

TAPS celebrates ninth anniversary

February 10, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Bijesh Maharjan

Maharjan appointed to professorship

February 10, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Nearly 50 students from eight Nebraska schools participated in the first annual Haskell Agronomy Career Development Invite on Jan. 31.

Third annual Haskell Ag Lab Career Development Event Invitational draws record participation

February 10, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska scientists establish biochar on-farm research network

February 10, 2026

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In the fall of 2025, biochar is applied to a field with corn stubble at an on-farm research network site near Plattsmouth, Nebraska.

Nebraska scientists establish biochar on-farm research network

February 9, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

two farmers in field pointing towards crops

What Worked, What Didn’t: On-Farm Research Results Update Meetings in Six Locations This Winter

February 9, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Edgar Cahoon, George Holmes Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the University’s Center for Plant Science Innovation, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Cahoon holds soybeans that are engineered for aquaculture feed traits inside his Beadle Hall lab. December 6, 2024. Photo by Jordan Opp / University Communication and Marketing.”

AOCS awards to Ciftci and Cahoon salute Husker scientific innovation

February 12, 2026

Community Engagement

Build stronger communities through Effective Public Engagement course

February 12, 2026

Leadership in action. On Jan. 10, 2026, Nebraska LEAD Class 43 met with Mohamed Benchaib, a grain farmer and seed multiplier, to learn about seed production, sustainable agriculture and the future of Morocco’s grain industry.

Nebraska LEAD Fellows Explore Global Agriculture and Leadership in Africa and Europe

February 11, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Glow Big Red raises record $3.6 million for Husker students

February 12, 2026

Zac Hartman, a junior mechanical engineering major, writes what he loves about the University of Nebraska–Lincoln on a heart for Glow Big Red. Next to Hartman are mascots Herbie Husker and Lil' Red

Liz McCue | University Communication and Marketing