2024
The Nebraska Connection
IANR Links Nebraska Communities
Specific topics include university disaster response options available for Nebraskans, current student experiences, CASNR alumni success stories, UNL judging team highlights, and agriculture education impacts on the state of Nebraska.
2023
Data Drives Nebraska
Technology Advancements Impact Agriculture and Natural Resources
This edition outlines technology developments and the impact on people, animals, and plants. From GPS collars used to help ranchers, to spatial technologies used to track pronghorns and better understand their behavior, to using a video game to introduce youth to the impact of the Eastern Red Cedar.
2022
Nebraska's Stress Relief
Solutions for Land, Soil, Water, People, and Animals
This edition includes stories on programming – from Nebraska Extension being available for crisis planning and aftermath response, to the National Drought Mitigation Center helping farmers and ranchers determine ways to deal with drought, to the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network offering expertise for improving soil.
2021
Healthy Nebraska
Advancing Human Health and Developing Healthy Communities
This edition focuses on stories highlight current work in the Nebraska Food for Health Center, a multidisciplinary group within the University of Nebraska system focusing to improve human health by linking agriculture and food production to wellness and disease prevention.
2020
Thriving Nebraska
Key Drivers for Community Economic Vitality
This edition focuses on stories cover directed community initiatives, faculty-led initiatives to encourage entrepreneurship as an option for people to return to rural Nebraska, innovative farm production ideas that are specific to the Nebraska climate, preparing future generations for continued community vitality through inquiry-based learning and Nebraska 4-H programming, diversifying manufacturing and food processing options for those interested in developing new businesses, and transforming raw materials into value-added products, such as using soybeans and sorghum in innovative ways.
2019
Nebraska's Advantage
Productive Agriculture and Bountiful Natural Resources
This 2019 edition focuses on Nebraska’s Advantage — Healthy Systems for Agricultural Production and Natural Resources. According to Michael J. Boehm, University of Nebraska Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources and Harlan Vice Chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln IANR, the ultimate role of SDN is to share the story of both Nebraska and the Institute through a vast array of scientific research. Stories communicate the current state of projects as well as outline the impact and potential future directions for the work. Every seven years, a new chapter will be added to the volume of each specific community.
2018
Science Literacy
Using Research-Based Facts to Make Real-World Decisions
This year’s publication has been produced by a team of university students in the spring semester of 2018 during the capstone course for their major in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication, in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication. The course provides a learning experience similar to those they may encounter in the workplace, emphasizing the accurate, clear and objective communication of science-based information.
2017
Big Data
Managing the Future's Agriculture and Natural Resource Systems
Big data is the incredible flow of information that surrounds each of us, every day. “Big Data: Managing the Future’s Agriculture and Natural Resource Systems” is the title of this 2017 issue of Strategic Discussions for Nebraska.
