Department News

UK graduate student named National Corn Growers Association Research Ambassador 

Published on Aug. 27, 2024

Building blocks for life: UK researchers uncover how legumes select nitrogen-fixing bacterial partners

Published on Aug. 5, 2024

University of Kentucky study highlights the benefits of mixing cover crops

Published on Jul. 17, 2024

‘From the field to the finished product’ — hemp plants made into flooring at North Farm

Published on Jun. 28, 2024

Professor David McNear discusses the prospects of phytomining with Science Friday

Published on Jun. 27, 2024

No-Till Weed Management Tips for Double Crop Soybeans

Published on Jun. 22, 2024

Professor Chad Lee Discusses the Crop Forecast

Published on Jun. 18, 2024

Kendall Foster named Student Employee of the Year

Published on Apr. 24, 2024

Innovative plant fertilization study awarded significant NSF grant

Published on Mar. 5, 2024

2023 Shirley Phillips No-Till Award

Published on Jan. 19, 2024

The 2024 IPSS Symposium

Published on Jan. 12, 2024

Blue Water Farms received the Dr. Lisa P. Collins Outstanding Team award

Published on Sep. 29, 2023

Ph.D. Student Cheng Sara Qian won the DEI&A award at the 2023 CAFE Roundup

Published on Sep. 29, 2023

UK Soil Scientist Hanna Poffenbarger on cover of CSA News, featured in article on carbon sequestration

Published on Apr. 27, 2023

2023 IPSS Symposium

Published on Feb. 15, 2023

New UK Study Could Help Fight Food Insecurity

Published on Feb. 15, 2023

2022 Shirley Phillips No-Till Award

Published on Feb. 15, 2023

High School Student Shares Collaboration Experience

Published on Mar. 9, 2021

Plant reproduction finding could lead to more reliable crop production

Published on Dec. 14, 2020

Two ABT Undergraduate Students Receive Awards

Published on Dec. 10, 2020

PSS postdoc places first in UK GradResearch Live!

Published on Nov. 19, 2020

IPSS Alum receives award from Yunnan Government

Published on Nov. 12, 2020

Plants provide comfort to UK student, disabled vet

Published on Nov. 10, 2020

UK begins on-farm variable rate irrigation research

Published on Nov. 9, 2020

Corn farmers can apply a fungicide just once to protect against foliar diseases

Published on Oct. 28, 2020

New crop, healthier soils

Published on Oct. 8, 2020

New Johnston-Carringer Graduate Student Award Granted to Department

Published on Sep. 28, 2020

2020 Society of Postdoctoral Scholar Research Pitch Competition

Published on Sep. 1, 2020

SOPS, OTC Announce Winners of Postdoctoral Pitch Competition Sponsored by UKIC, VPR

Published on Aug. 18, 2020

UK research: cover crops, no-till could slow climate change

Published on Aug. 3, 2020

UK pilot study finds high levels of contaminants in Martin County drinking water samples

Published on Jul. 30, 2020

UK weed scientist helps growers reduce herbicide drift

Published on Jun. 15, 2020

UK researcher part of team that found how plants forget

Published on May. 29, 2020

Mark Coyne recognized for outstanding Graduate Student Director

Published on Apr. 28, 2020

Megan Andrews bags the win in “Bag the Doo” student logo competition

Published on Apr. 22, 2020

Witts receive 2020 William E Lyons Service Award

Published on Apr. 20, 2020

2020 IPSS Alumnus Early Career Award

Published on Mar. 17, 2020

A small-grain value chain comes full circle at UK

Published on Mar. 5, 2020

Rebecca McGrail named G.O. Mott 2020 Winner

Published on Feb. 28, 2020

Chris Teutsch received 2020 KFGC Garry Lacefield Public Service Award

Published on Feb. 28, 2020

Haramoto & Poffenbarger advancing cover crop knowledge

Published on Feb. 12, 2020

Tom Keene presented Distinguished Grassland Award

Published on Feb. 12, 2020

Wendroth named president of Soil Science Society of America

Published on Jan. 21, 2020

Announcing a new opportunity for graduate students, beginning in the fall semester of 2020:

Published on Dec. 19, 2019

Dave McNear awarded UK GREAT Teacher

Published on Dec. 13, 2019

Decade After Leaving, Grad Returns for 2 Degrees

Published on Dec. 12, 2019

UK celebrates 50 years of continuous no-till research plots

Published on Dec. 12, 2019

Sam Leuthold, MS Student, wins oral competition

Published on Nov. 21, 2019

IPSS Ph.D. student, Katherine Rod, placed 3rd in oral competition!

Published on Nov. 18, 2019

Sam Leuthold Receives Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Published on Nov. 7, 2019

Sara Qian, PhD candidate, advances to finals of UK GradResearch Live!

Published on Oct. 25, 2019

Utilizing drought stressed soybeans for forage

Published on Oct. 14, 2019

UK researcher to study seed size formation

Published on Oct. 14, 2019

Students experience agronomy, UK through crop scouting competition

Published on Aug. 15, 2019

Kentucky Pride Crimson Clover Surpasses Industry Standard

Published on May. 15, 2019

Jason Unrine receives 2019-2020 University of Kentucky Research Professorship

Published on Apr. 22, 2019

Hongyan Zhu receives faculty Thomas Poe Cooper Research Award

Published on Apr. 22, 2019

UK research shows how nanomaterials move within plant at a cellular level

Published on Feb. 7, 2019

Krista Lea named 2019 Early Career Person by American Forage and Grasslands Council

Published on Jan. 16, 2019

UK researcher makes important finding in plant reproduction

Published on Dec. 12, 2018

Study to determine efficient use of cover crops following double-crop soybeans

Published on Dec. 9, 2018

Juan Di Salvo Awarded 2nd Place at ASA/CSSA 2018 Meeting

Published on Nov. 14, 2018

First Place Award for Saadi Shahadha at 2018 ASA/CSSA Meeting

Published on Nov. 14, 2018

PSS employees recognized as "Outstanding Staff"

Published on Oct. 3, 2018

Horse farm sees success from pasture renovations

Published on Aug. 22, 2018

NEW! - Soybean Management Publication

Published on Jun. 7, 2018

Wet, cold spring could lead to seedling blights in corn

Published on May. 16, 2018

Van Sanford Awarded 2018-2019 University of Kentucky Research Professorship

Published on May. 3, 2018

PSS Soil Scientist, Ole Wendroth is SSSA Incoming President-Elect

Published on Apr. 16, 2018

Kentucky Soil Atlas Released

Published on Apr. 3, 2018

UK, stakeholders break ground on Grain and Forage Center of Excellence

Published on Mar. 18, 2018

First Annual 3-Minute-Thesis Winners

Published on Feb. 20, 2018

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh chosen to participate in Future Leaders in Science Program

Published on Feb. 15, 2018

Pearce named Philip Morris Professor

Published on Dec. 13, 2017

Dr. Maythem AL-Amery named CESL Star

Published on Dec. 11, 2017

PSS Scientist, Arthur Hunt named AAAS Fellow

Published on Nov. 28, 2017

Saadi Sattar Shahadha, PSS Graduate Student, wins 3rd at 2017 ASA/CSSA

Published on Nov. 13, 2017

A Bumper Crop

Published on Nov. 8, 2017

UK researchers to evaluate BMPs for Kentucky grain farms

Published on Nov. 7, 2017

Lauer Named Outstanding College Staff

Published on Oct. 11, 2017

PSS/KTRDC Scientists Outline Hemp Research Needs

Published on Oct. 10, 2017

PSS scientist part of group that sequenced first liverwort genome

Published on Oct. 6, 2017

McCulley named chair of UK Plant and Soil Sciences

Published on Sep. 29, 2017

UK Wheat Field School to get growers ready to plant

Published on Sep. 9, 2017

UK Horse Pasture Evaluation Program benefits students, farms

Published on Aug. 25, 2017

UK Hemp Field Day Sept. 9

Published on Aug. 10, 2017

Job prospects after graduation? We’ve got them!

Published on Aug. 8, 2017

UK research seeks to quantify cover crop benefits

Published on Jul. 28, 2017

Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation Donates $1 Million to UK's Grain and Forage Center of Excellence

Published on Jul. 27, 2017

Wendroth receives University Research Professorship

Published on Jul. 25, 2017

Welcome Travis Legleiter

Published on Jul. 20, 2017

UK Farm Visit Connects Students-Forages

Published on Jun. 30, 2017

UK research reveals way to improve nitrogen production in legumes

Published on Jun. 16, 2017

National Hemp Conference to be in Lexington

Published on May. 12, 2017

The Ground on Which We Live

Published on May. 1, 2017

2016-17 Doyle E. Peaslee Award - Maythem AL-Amery, Ph.D. Candidate

Published on Apr. 24, 2017

PSS and NRES Alumni own successful Town Branch Tree Experts

Published on Apr. 3, 2017

Henning returns to department in forage extension

Published on Mar. 3, 2017

Weed science graduate student places second in national competition

Published on Mar. 1, 2017

Welcome Chris Teutsch, PSS Forage Extension Specialist Princeton

Published on Mar. 1, 2017

UK helps producer renovate hayfield

Published on Feb. 28, 2017

Barrett Recognized at 2017 Weed Science Society of America (WSSA)

Published on Feb. 14, 2017

Fall 2016 Dean's List

Published on Feb. 14, 2017

Undergraduate Research Experience In Environmental Health Sciences (SURES) Program

Published on Jan. 27, 2017

Legleiter and Cole recognized at 2016 North Central Weed Science Society Meeting

Published on Dec. 19, 2016

Study shows importance of sustainable agriculture in preserving Gulf ecosystem

Published on Dec. 8, 2016

UK research provides insight into plant cell division

Published on Dec. 2, 2016

Writing an equation for soil success

Published on Nov. 28, 2016

Several receive awards at 2016 ASA/CSSA/SSSA meeting

Published on Nov. 16, 2016

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh wins CAFE diversity essay competition

Published on Oct. 26, 2016

Department loses emeritus professor Dr. Paul Legg

Published on Oct. 19, 2016

2016 CAFE Outstanding Staff Nominees from PSS

Published on Sep. 26, 2016

UK Ag scientist honored with lifetime achievement award

Published on Sep. 22, 2016

Warren Thompson, former Forage Extension Specialist, dies

Published on Sep. 21, 2016

Lee named director of UK Grains Center of Excellence

Published on Aug. 30, 2016

UK Grains Center of Excellence to strengthen Kentucky agriculture

Published on Aug. 1, 2016

UK breeder develops new tall fescue variety

Published on Jul. 26, 2016

Murdock honored by nation’s agriculture extension agents

Published on Jul. 26, 2016

UK study examines climate change effects on tall fescue, endophyte

Published on May. 17, 2016

Hunt receives University Research Professorship

Published on May. 17, 2016

David Williams new director of RCARS

Published on Apr. 11, 2016

Researchers believe fragipan breakthrough is on horizon

Published on Jan. 29, 2016

UK research explores the effects of climate change on soil microbes

Published on Jan. 22, 2016

John Grove named director of UKREC

Published on Dec. 8, 2015

UKAg's Barrett fills unique role as EPA liaison

Published on Oct. 16, 2015

Staff Awards Nominees

Published on Oct. 5, 2015

Research finds soil microbes across the globe behave similarly to fertilizer additions

Published on Sep. 11, 2015

Jim Crutchfield has spent many years working and becoming a successful contributor in his chosen career field

Published on Aug. 19, 2015

UK Research Reveals Potential Environmental Harm of Nanomaterials

Published on Jul. 1, 2015

UK flavonoid research shows promise for big things to come

Published on Jun. 8, 2015

Elisa D’Angelo built a wetland with powerful potential

Published on Apr. 27, 2015

2014 Distinguished Alumni Award

Published on May. 5, 2014

2014 Peaslee Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Published on May. 5, 2014

Strong Market Demand for Plant Science Degrees Projected

Published on Mar. 24, 2014

PSS Extension Specialist Assists USDA Research On Subsurface Poultry Litter Application

Published on Mar. 19, 2014

Professor Emeritus A.J. Powell

Published on Feb. 18, 2014

2014 Great Teacher Award Recipients Include PSS Faculty for Second Consecutive Year

Published on Jan. 8, 2014

PSS PhD Candidate Tackles New Challenges as a USDA FAS International Agricultural Intern

Published on Nov. 26, 2013

PSS PhD Candidate Tackles New Challenges as a USDA FAS International Agricultural Intern

Published on Nov. 26, 2013

PSS Faculty to Teach Experiential Education Class in Wine Appreciation

Published on Jun. 17, 2013

PSS Forage Group's Switchgrass Project a Success

Published on Jun. 5, 2013

Professor Emeritus Paul Cornelius

Published on May. 13, 2013

2013 Peaslee Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Published on May. 10, 2013

2013 Distinguished Alumni Award

Published on May. 10, 2013

PSS Soil Scientists Investigate Soil Ammendments as Way to Lower Fragipan Depth

Published on Mar. 26, 2013

PSS Professor Heads Comprehensive Poultry Litter Study

Published on Mar. 20, 2013

PSS Soil Science Extension and Graduate Continue the Work of Saving Topsoil

Published on Feb. 8, 2013

2013 Great Teacher Award Recipients

Published on Dec. 10, 2012

Plant and Soil Sciences Graduate Students Receive Presentation Awards at SSSA

Published on Oct. 3, 2012

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