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Food for Health Center scientists from the labs of James C. Schnable and Andy Benson examine sorghum plants at the Greenhouse Innovation Center at Nebraska Innovation Campus. The Husker scientists (from left) are Chenyong Miao, Qinnan “Bob” Yang, Zhikai Liang and Mallory Van Haute.

IANR tech boosts understanding of food crop traits, gut microbiome

October 12, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

This aerial photo shows where rainforest has been converted to farm land in the Cerrado region of Brazil

Husker study: Brazil can grow more soybeans without deforesting Amazon

October 10, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Sierra Conway uses a punch to collect samples from the leaves of several corn plants in each plot at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s research fields at 84th and Havelock in July 2020. Nebraska is one of three universities taking lead roles in the multi-institutional Agriculture Genome to Phenome Initiative, which recently received a third round of funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

USDA funds $1.9M of next stage in genome-to-phenome collaboration

September 29, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Eric Knoll stands next to several students, with everyone wearing safety glasses

Knoll’s innovations have strengthened instruction, built key partnerships

September 22, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Fifteen or so people chat in a meeting room with "Trade School" projected on a screen in front.

Conference explains key connections between agriculture, international trade

September 2, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Rezaul Mahmood (left), co-leader of the GRAINEX project, talks with a student and co-leader Eric Rappin (right) of Western Kentucky University.

Project strengthens understanding of irrigation’s effects on Great Plains weather

August 18, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Husker biochemist Ed Cahoon, wearing a white labcoat and blue gloves, holds a tray of test tubes in a laboratory.

Research shows oilseeds’ potential for bioproduct creation

August 3, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Nathlita Karlney, a senior at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, works with a petri dish sample in the gut biology lab at Nebraska's Food Innovation Center.

IANR program expands undergrad opportunities for science, ag study

July 28, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Thomas and Jennifer Auchtung, a husband and wife microbiologist team in Nebraska’s Food Science and Technology Department, were part of an international team that compiled the first comprehensive analysis of fungi in the human gastrointestinal tract, looking for possible ramifications on child health.

Microbiologists’ work adds to research on microbiome fungi and childhood disease

June 23, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Scott McVey and Hiep Vu stand in a lab

Vu to lead research project in fight against African swine fever

June 20, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Food scientist Robert Hutkins stands in his lab.

Team makes first large-scale estimate of Americans' consumption of live microbes

June 6, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Georgina Bingham holds a ZeroFly bag in a dark room with photos in the background

Bingham’s global work promotes food security, health protections

June 2, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology