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The 2026 Hayes Phillips Awards program will be held Thursday, May 28, in Borlaug Hall. Navjot Singh has been named the 2026 Hayes Phillips Awardee and recipient of the first Tabare Abadie Leadership (TALE) Award. The Distinguished Alumni Award goes to Lee Dehaan, Sandra Milach and Pete Dotray.

The UAV Phenotyping Manager will lead the development, execution and maintenance of a UAV-based data collection and analysis pipeline for high-throughput phenotyping in agronomic crops including soybean, wheat, oat and barley within the University of Minnesota plant breeding programs. 

Meet Beatriz Bizzuti Cremostim, APG's new assistant professor and forage extension agronomist.
 

Join the University of Minnesota to advance barley, oat, soybean, and wheat breeding programs by implementing modern data management and analytics systems. You will lead the implementation of unified software solutions and standardized workflows to enhance data-driven breeding decisions and train the next generation of researchers. Learn more about the position and apply.

Purdue University Agronomy Professor Jianxin Ma will present "Soybean translational genomics: From natural variations to edited mutations" Thursday, April 23, at 2:30 p.m. in 105 Cargill. A reception will follow in the Cargill Atrium. The seminar will be presented in person only.

The Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics has announced the finalists for the Perennial Cereals Breeding and Genomics faculty position.

Each of the finalists will participate in a campus visit that will include a research seminar, chalk talk and interviews with various constituencies and stakeholders of the Department and College.

R. Ford Denison will present "Legacy: Less-efficient genotypes are constraining yields" on Thursday, March 26, at 2:30 p.m. in 105 Cargill. A reception will follow in the Cargill atrium.

Explore the intersection of plant science and its vital role in society at the 18th Annual Plant Sciences Symposium Friday, April 17, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Cargill Building on the University of Minnesota campus in St. Paul. This year’s theme, Breaking Ground: New Directions in Agricultural Research and Innovation, will highlight the intersection of technology and agricultural research to face the problems of the 21st century.

Everybody's talking about Kevin Smith's new oat variety: MN-AMBER.

APG Professor Rex Bernardo led a group of Applied Plant Sciences graduate students on a study abroad trip to the Philippines January 10-17. The trip’s aim was to expose students to international plant breeding research and agriculture, and according to those who attended, mission accomplished.