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May is National Beef Month, and one area where beef has been getting more attention in recent years is for it’s nutritional value, particularly its high protein content. Hannah Guenter, a Food, Nutrition and Health Extension Educator at the University of Nebraska joins us.

Ethanol production is a vital and growing industry in many agricultural states, including Nebraska. A new report by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Agricultural Economics Department looks at this industry, how it weathered the Covid-19 pandemic, and its future.

Satellites, sensors, drones and other high-tech tools provide farmers with an incredible amount of data about their crops, inputs, growing conditions and more. A new platform at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln called NFarms aims to help better harness that data and convert it to practical, easy-to-use tools.

Agricultural communities across the nation are facing a shortage of food animal veterinarians. A new scholarship program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln aims to grow the number of veterinarians serving Nebraska’s livestock industry, while providing unique educational opportunities at the same time. Tiffany Heng-Moss, dean of UNL’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, joins us.

Extreme temperatures during the growing season can wreak havoc on crops. We may not be able to control the weather, but researchers with the Center for Plant Science Innovation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are working toward developing crops with greater resistance to heat, cold, drought and other climate extremes. Our guest today, professor Rebecca Roston, is working toward crop varieties with improved resistance to cold temperatures.