Smith named co-director of Forever Green Initiative
APG Professor Kevin Smith has been named co-director of the Forever Green Initiative.
Life after MISA
After 33 years of making her mark on sustainable farming in Minnesota, Helene Murray retired on June 12. And the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture is moving out of CFANS and into Extension.
Planting seeds
APG is making an impact in Minnesota and beyond. Read on to learn about the Community Plant Breeding Team, Jeffrey Coulter’s work on small stature corn and Kevin Smith’s thoughts on Minnesota’s oat resurgence.
Hayes Phillips Awards Ceremony set for May 28
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.
We're hiring: UAV phenotyping manager
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.
Welcome to our new faculty member!
Meet Beatriz Bizzuti Cremostim, APG's new assistant professor and forage extension agronomist.
We're hiring! Researcher: plant breeding data analytics
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.
APG Seminar with Jianxin Ma, Purdue University
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.
APG Perennial Cereals Breeding and Genomics faculty finalists announced
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.
March APG Seminar to feature R. Ford Denison
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.