APG will host Lisa Ainsworth for January's APG Seminar
Lisa Ainsworth of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will present "Optimizing soybeans for improved photosynthesis in current and future atmospheres" Thursday, January 29, at 2:30 p.m. in 105 Cargill. The talks is part of the APG Seminar Series.
The King of Wheat
When Twin Cities Public Television food show host Yia Vang chose to explore wheat for a July 2025 episode of his weekly series Relish, he reached out to the state’s foremost expert on the ancient crop: Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics Professor Jim Anderson.
Anderson—who leads the University of Minnesota’s spring wheat breeding program and provides guidance for breeding programs developing intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza) and field pennycress—has developed 19 spring wheat varieties and is the co-developer of eight others in four different market classes of wheat. He is the sixth wheat breeder in the University of Minnesota’s program, which started in 1888.
30 journeys: summer internships showcased
A showcase of 30 students' summer internship experiences in plant production or food systems were on display in the Cargill Building on November 18.
APG is hiring a tenure-track professor in Perennial Cereals Breeding & Genomics
The Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota is seeking to hire a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in Perennial Cereals Breeding & Genomics.
Coulter named ASA Fellow
Congratulations to Professor and Extension Agronomist Jeffrey Coulter, who was named an ASA Fellow this week at CANVAS 2025.
APG seminar with Christine Sprunger December 4
Christine Sprunger will present "Nematodes as indicators of soil health and climate resiliency" at the next APG seminar on Thursday, December 4, at 2:30 p.m. in 105 Cargill. A reception will follow in the Cargill Atrium.
APG faculty search finalists announced
The Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics has announced the finalists for two recent faculty searches: Forage Extension Agronomist and Agroecology/Agroinformatics.
Each of the finalists will participate in a campus visit that will include a public forum and interviews with various constituencies and stakeholders of the Department and College.
Curtis Pozniak will present November APG seminar
Professor Curtis Pozniak of the University of Saskatchewan will present "Feed the future: Integratin of modern technologies in wheat breading" Thursday, November 6, at 2:30 p.m. in 105 Cargill. A reception will follow in the Cargill atrium.
