Department News
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Saadi Shahadha, IPSS graduate student in soil physics, recently won third place in the ‘Examples of Model Applications in Field Research’ student poster competition at the 2017 ASA/CSSA meeting. Saadi received a certificate and a cash award for his poster "Crop Evapotranspiration and Crop Coefficients - Sources of Uncertainty".
November 13, 2017 -
The new UK Grain and Forage Center of Excellence not only produces front-line research, it's growing an exceptional crop of next-generation researchers. Both graduate and undergraduate students are flexing their research wings under the expert guidance of CAFE professors, learning what makes a useful study, how to structure it to get constructive answers, and how much dedication it takes to manage projects that often know no weekends or holidays.
November 8, 2017 -
Researchers at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment are beginning on-farm studies to look at which best management practices work best for Kentucky grain farms, and they need producers’ help.
November 7, 2017 -
Congratulations to Brian Lauer, IT Support Staff for PSS and Entomology Departments. Brian, a 6-year member of the Plant and Soil Sciences Department was awarded the 2017 outstanding staff in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment in the Technical/Paraprofessional Category. A portion of his duties include creating new user accounts, assisting with web site development and maintenance, and installing UK site licensed software.
Faculty and staff who nominated Brian said of him:
October 11, 2017 -
With hemp’s reintroduction into the United States as a part of research pilot programs in 2014, scientists need to learn much about the crop to help farmers improve yields to make it sustainable and economically viable.October 10, 2017 -
Earth would look a whole lot different without plants rooted firmly in the ground. A University of Kentucky researcher was among the group of international scientists that recently sequenced the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Liverworts were among the earliest plants to live on land.
October 6, 2017 -
A proven leader and researcher was recently named the chair of the University of Kentucky Department of Plant and Soil Sciences.
Rebecca McCulley becomes chair Jan. 1.
September 29, 2017 -
Princeton, Ky.
Specialists with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Food and Environment are offering a Wheat Field School to help producers prepare for the 2017-2018 growing season.
The field school is from 8:30 a.m. CDT until 3 p.m. Sept. 13 at UK’s Research and Education Center in Princeton. It is the third school UK specialists have offered wheat growers this year.
September 9, 2017 -
An equestrian for the past 15 years, University of Kentucky junior Anna Intartaglio loves everything about horses. It’s no surprise she jumped at the chance to spend her summer conducting research that’s meaningful to the industry. As an intern in the UK Horse Pasture Evaluation Program, she has gained a deeper understanding of the industry she loves so much.
August 25, 2017 -
The University of Kentucky industrial hemp agronomic science group will present their annual field day Sept. 9 in conjunction with the 2017 Hemp Industries Association’s Hemp Conference, which is Sept. 8-11 at the Lexington Convention Center.
August 10, 2017