Irrigation, water management specialist appointed

Amir Haghverdi will join the faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center this summer as an irrigation and water-management specialist.

Haghverdi's appointment was announced by Jack Whittier, research and extension director at the Panhandle R&E Center. He will replace Dean Yonts, the long-time irrigation specialist who passed away in 2012.

When he begins on July 1, Haghverdi will be responsible for conducting research and extension programs focused water and soil resources management programs for the crops and cropping systems in the Nebraska Panhand...