Nebraska CropWatch

In this episode Dr. Craig Allen, professor in the School of Natural Resources and director of the Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes (CRAWL) joins to talk about resilience in agricultural landscapes and the how the concept of panarchy can be used to better manage and adapt our landscapes to a changing environment and climate.

Video can be found: https://cropwatch.unl.edu/first-tuesday-9

In this episode of the Crop Watch podcast, Dr. Brian Wardlow joins to talk about the history of VegDRI, its strengths for monitoring water stress, as well as some newer products like QuickDRI for flash drought and ForDRI to better monitor drought/water stress in forested ecosystems.

In this episode, Dr. Dannele Peck of the USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub joins to talk about the Grass-Cast model. Specifically what the Grass-Cast model is, why it was developed, its strengths, and the ways ranchers can use it to make decisions on forage production in the upcoming season.

In today's episode of Fridays with a Scientist, Beichen Zhang discusses the differences in drought monitoring and drought impact monitoring, the disciplinary language and data structure challenges of inter-disciplinary collaboration between the drought and public health community, and why he doesn't necessarily have a favorite drought index.

In the first episode of FWS in 2024 Alyssa Hall, a Ph.D. student in Agronomy, joined to talk about her journey to UNL, what is meant by sustainable and regenerative agriculture, and why livestock integration into cropping systems is crucial for both.