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The CAFNR canoe, Corps of Discovery, flipped close to the starting line April 30 at Float Your Boat. But Dusty Walter got back in and made impressive time to the finish line! The boat was constructed by Walter, AES director of natural resources and superintendent of Wurdack Research Center; Drew Backues, system support analyst-expert for CAFNR; and Donna Thomas, business support specialist II, field operations.

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Bill Wiebold, professor of plant sciences, speaks at the Missouri Soybean Center Symposium April 28 at Monsanto Auditorium. The event also unveiled the new Missouri Soybean Center.

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MU Forestry Club students compete at the 64th Midwestern Foresters' Conclave April 16, at the Hallsville Fairgrounds. The event was hosted by the MU club, who took 2nd place overall. Competing here are, from left to right, Eric Kinn, junior in forestry; Sarah Davis, senior in fisheries and wildlife; Mackenzie Murphy, junior in forestry (in the orange hat behind Sarah), and Truman Kinsey, sophomore in fisheries and widlife.

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The 16th annual Monticello Society Brunch was held Saturday, April 16, at Bradford Research Center to recognize CAFNR donors. Katy Shircliff, a doctoral student in meat science and coach of the Meat Judging Team, shared with the crowd an overview of the teaching, research and extension activities of the program and the successes of the team.

Check out more photos from these events on our Flickr site. What are YOU up to? Send us photos and captions of the events and other happenings in your corner of CAFNR! Just email the information to engerm@missouri.edu.