CABNR / UNCE Cattlemen's Update 2013
By
Lahontan Valley News,
Friday, December 28, 2012
The Cattlemen's Update is an annual education program designed to provide cattle producers current information about important management practices and issues that may affect the efficiency, productivity, profitability and sustainability of their businesses. Read more...
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CABNR's Fall 2012 Quarterly Newsletter now on-line
By
Robert D. Moore,
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
You can view the complete issue at http://www.cabnr.unr.edu/news/newsletters/vol2012_issue02/ Read more...
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Unless intolerant, milk does a body good.
By
Jamie Benedict,
Monday, April 02, 2012
Milk and dairy products are a convenient source of calcium for many people. They are also a good source of protein and are fortified with vitamins D and A. Read more...
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FFA Convention comes to UNR’s Wolf Pack Meats
By
Robert D Moore,
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The University of Nevada, Reno’ s Wolf Pack Meats hosted the Annual Nevada FFA Convention’s “Meats Evaluation and Technology Career Development Event” Read more...
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Bark Beetles kill millions of acres of trees in the west - are your trees at risk?
By
JoAnne Skelly,
Monday, March 19, 2012
People sometimes wonder how something as small as a bark beetle can kill something as big as a tree. As the larvae feed on the inner tissue of trees, their ever-widening tunnels, in addition to the adult tunnels, will cut the inner tissue and outer sapwood all the way around the tree, damaging or killing it. This is called “girdling.” Read more...
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CABNR begins search for new dean
By
Benn Miller,
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
University of Nevada, Reno interim Provost Heather Hardy is looking for people to sit on a search committee to find a replacement for Dean Thawley who retired becasue of health reason. Read more...
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Minden businessman tapped to aid UNR agribusiness demonstration project
By
Staff Reporter, The Record-Courier News,
Monday, March 05, 2012
A Minden firm will help the University of Nevada, Reno, and other community partners will transform open land at the University's Valley Road Field Lab property into a collaborative agribusiness demonstration project and farm. Read more...
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University of Nevada, Reno unveils High Desert Farming Initiative
By
Claudene Wharton,
Monday, March 05, 2012
The University’s Nevada Small Business Development Center has been developing the effort for several years, collaborating with Sen. Harry Reid and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to secure $500,000 from HUD to fund the project. Read more...
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The Winters Ranch: Water and Plants
By
CABNR Staff,
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The Winters Ranch adjacent to US Highway 395, was recently acquired by the BLM for open space and recreation. The ranch was previously grazed and irrigated, but removing grazing and irrigation from the property has altered the property’s plant communities. Because of the site’s new open-space designation, science-based information is needed to best understand how to transition this once agricultural land to a public property. Read more...
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Climate Change and Fire
By
CABNR Staff Writer,
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Records of past climate and wildfire variability are needed to better understand the mechanisms behind the century long expansion of pinyon-juniper woodlands in the Great Basin. University of Nevada researchers are addressing this issue by focusing on tree growth ring analyses to reconstruct environmental changes to pinyon-juniper forest over time. Read more...
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Beyond classroom borders: Experiential learning at Nevada
By
Melanie Robbins,
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Experiential learning opportunities for students, such as courses with service-learning components and internships, contribute to student engagement, provide benefit to our community, and improve graduates’ prospects of employment. Read more...
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Society of Range Management - University of Nevada Student Chapter
By
CABNR Staff Writer,
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
It’s plant life, wildlife, soils and much more. The Society for Range Management (SRM) is a professional scientific society and conservation organization whose members are concerned with studying, conserving, managing and sustaining the varied resources found on rangelands. Read more...
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