Heuermann Lecture

Donnie Smith
Donnie Smith, former president and CEO of Tyson Foods, speaks about global food security during the Heuermann Lecture Jan. 9 at Nebraska Innovation Campus. (Photo by Craig Chandler/University Communication)

Smith Challenges Ag Industry To Tell Real Story Of Food Production

January 12, 2018
According to Donnie Smith, it's time for the agricultural industry to take back the story of food production. Smith delivered the second Heuermann Lecture of the 2017-18 season Jan. 9 at Nebraska Innovation Campus.

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Heuermann Lecture to Focus on Impact of Nebraska Immigrants

September 28, 2017

Lourdes Gouveia, professor emerita of sociology and co-founder of the Office of Latino/Latin American Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, will give the first Heuermann Lecture of the season on October 3. 

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Arthur Kawamura

Water and Global Resources Focus of April Heuermann Lecture

March 29, 2017

Former California Secretary of Agriculture Arthur Gen "A.G." Kawamura will discuss water and global resources during the next Heuermann Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Mark Poeschl, CEO of National FFA

Poeschl Urges All to Take Responsibility in Feeding the World

January 12, 2017

In the next 50 years, the world needs to double the amount of food it produces in order to feed a growing population. That responsibility doesn't lie only with farmers and scientists, but with everyone, according to Mark Poeschl, chief executive officer of the National FFA Organization and the National FFA Foundation.

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Heuermann Lecture Focus on Innovative Food and Agricultural Research

April 20, 2016
Sally Rockey, executive director of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, will speak at the next Heuermann Lecture April 26. Rockey will highlight new ways of thinking about public-private partnerships and how to leverage collaboration to drive innovation in food and agriculture.

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UNL Heuermann Speakers Clayton Yeutter and Darci Vetter
UNL Heuermann Speakers Clayton Yeutter and Darci Vetter

Jan. 12 Heuermann Lecture to Focus on International Trade

December 21, 2015
The history and vision for the future of international trade for U.S. agriculture will be the subject of the next Heuermann Lecture on Jan. 12. Clayton Yeutter, former U.S. trade representative and U.S. secretary of agriculture, and Darci Vetter, the chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of the United States Trade Representative, will have a panel discussion.

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