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UNK students find future in growing agribusiness field; Job placement rate near 100 percent

August 1, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Adam Haag says the UNK agribusiness program prepared him well for his career with Syngenta. Haag, who graduated from UNK in 2009, is currently a Golden Harvest district manager, overseeing a team selling corn and soybean seed throughout Nebraska. (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications)

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Technology is making American farmers more efficient. U.S. farms are growing in size and shrinking in total number, but that shouldn’t discourage people from pursuing a career in agriculture. Deborah Bridges, an agribusiness professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, believes the number of ag-related jobs will continue to rise in the years ahead as farmers turn to larger support staffs to help run their … [Read more...] about UNK students find future in growing agribusiness field; Job placement rate near 100 percent

Filed Under: Business & Technology, News Tagged With: Adam Haag, Agribusiness, agrichemicals, agriculture, Agronomy, Bayer, Chance Hersh, Clevenger Farm, Corn, Dane Daigger, Deborah Bridges, Ethanol, Golden Harvest, Grain Merchandising, Monsanto, Ryan Dethlefsen, Syngernta, University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK

Haag student research with Twigg focuses on corn crop productivity, climate change

August 11, 2017 by admin

UNK biology student Joe Haag of Grand Island conducts research in a cornfield north of Kearney. Haag’s work focuses on corn crop productivity and climate change. (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications)

KEARNEY – Joe Haag is working to aid corn plant growth and crop productivity while finding a way to combat climate change. A University of Nebraska at Kearney biology student from Grand Island, Haag is studying with UNK biology professor Paul Twigg on his student research project. The work is focused on small plots of corn treated with biochar, a by-product from processing biofuels – in this case, switchgrass. The goal of the experimental plantings is to increase the … [Read more...] about Haag student research with Twigg focuses on corn crop productivity, climate change

Filed Under: Natural & Social Sciences, News Tagged With: biochar, biofuels, Climate change, Corn, Joe Haag, Karolina Kodin, Kathleen Bartunek, Katie Arndt, Paul Twigg, plant growth, Renee Roebke, research

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