Research initiatives in range & pasture management focus on sustainable land management, integrating livestock production with conservation practices, and enhancing ecosystem resilience through interdisciplinary approaches. Utilizing advanced technologies like remote sensing and long-term field studies, these efforts aim to inform adaptive strategies for managing grasslands and rangelands under changing environmental conditions.
Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory
The Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory (GSL) is located in the heart of the Nebraska Sandhills in Grant, Hooker and Cherry counties. Joint projects with animal, range, soil, veterinary, economics, entomology, geology, hydrology, forestry and wildlife have increased our understanding of the Sandhill's ecosystem, resulting in advances in range livestock nutrition, beef cattle reproduction, grazing systems, rangeland ecology, cost-effective cattle management, groundwater issues and wildlife management.
Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT)
The Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT) is a recognized center-of-excellence for education and research in remote sensing and geospatial technologies for the management of natural resources and agriculture. Our state-of-the-art instruments and sensors allow us to look beyond the surface to learn more about vegetation productivity and response to plant stress.
Barta Brothers Ranch
The Barta Brothers Ranch is located in the northeastern Sandhills in Brown and Rock counties. The ranch is to be used by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for research and demonstration programs in the integration of range management (including grazing and livestock production), prairie forestry, wildlife management, and conservation.
High Plains Ag Lab
The High Plains Ag Lab (HPAL) is a satellite unit of the Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff. Our mission is to improve the profitability of dryland crop and livestock production through applied research responsive to the needs of local producers. HPAL covers 2,400 acres, one-third in dryland crop rotations and two-thirds in pasture.
Panhandle Experimental Range
The Panhandle Experimental Range has been used for research for more than 100 years. In 1918, the federal government gave the university an 800-acre piece of rangeland in southern Sioux County to conduct regionally relevant research.
Center for Grassland Studies
The Center for Grassland Studies provides focused, interdisciplinary research, education, and service programs and activities that emphasize the role of grasslands as the natural resource and forage base for a diversity of ecosystem services, including livestock production, wildlife habitat, and turfs.
Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes (CRAWL)
The Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes (CRAWL) serves as the platform for integrating resilience into agriculture to serve the personal and economic well-being of Nebraskans and the state’s valued resources.
