Curt Arens
IBACH RETURNS HOME: Greg Ibach (right) visits with Norm Krug of Chapman, Neb., during the Governor’s Ag Conference a few years ago. Ibach served in the Trump administration as USDA undersecretary of marketing and regulatory programs. Before his USDA role, Ibach was the Nebraska Department of Agriculture director for 12 years. He now returns to Nebraska to serve in a new role with IANR. The former USDA undersecretary will be the institute’s first undersecretary-in-residence.
Mar 15, 2021
Former USDA Undersecretary Greg Ibach has joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources as its inaugural undersecretary-in-residence.
Greg Ibach joins UNL as IANR undersecretary-in-residence
Nebraska City News-Press
Former U.S. Department of Agricultural Undersecretary Greg Ibach has joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources as the institute’s inaugural undersecretary-in-residence.
In his new role with IANR, Ibach will help advance the institute in areas including agricultural biotechnology policy, agricultural-biosecurity, workforce training and the partnership between the National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research Education (NIAMRRE) and APHIS, among other areas. He may also engage UNL learners interested in public service, the importance of public and private partnerships, and science-informed policy.
“Greg is uniquely positioned to help advance IANR’s strategy and bring real-time experiences to our students,” said Mike Boehm, Harlan Vice Chancellor for IANR and NU vice president for agriculture and natural resources. “He brings
Syracuse Journal-Democrat
The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has extended the application deadline for its second annual Change Maker scholarship competition to March 1.
The CASNR Change Maker Quick Pitch Competition (https://casnr.unl.edu/casnr-change-maker-competition) asks current and prospective CASNR students to submit a two-minute video explaining an original, innovative way to address global issues such as food security, sustainability and water use. Two current CASNR students and eight incoming freshman and transfer students will be awarded full-tuition scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year based on their submitted videos. Winning students will be matched with a mentor to make their big idea a reality.
Lincoln, Neb. Scientists have long known that all living things require specific amounts of elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous to survive and thrive it’s why we fertilize our yards and crops, for example. But the increasing frequency of phenomena such as harmful algal blooms, nitrate-contaminated water, and “dead zones” in oceans [.]
BY Rural Fellows | January 27, 2021
Lincoln, Nebraska, Jan. 27, 2021 The application deadline for communities to participate in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s 2021 Rural Fellows program has been extended to March 1.
Founded in 2013, the program places Nebraska college students in rural communities for 10 weeks over the summer. Students work closely with local leaders on projects focused on economic and business development, entrepreneurship, early childhood development, marketing and promotion, and other areas critical to the sustained success of rural communities. Students typically work in pairs. Students’ work, on average, results in a $28,000 economic impact per community.
Communities that apply for the 2021 program will be eligible to receive $2,000 per student fellow to offset the $5,000 stipend each student intern receives. In some cases,