Graduation-May
We celebrated our spring CAFNR grads on May 14. Vice Chancellor and Dean Daubert says this is a day for great celebration – the best day in the life of a university.
AbnerWomack-award
Vice Chancellor and Dean Daubert joined many others in celebrating CAFNR Emeritus Professor Abner Womack this week as he received the prestigious Dillingham Award for Agricultural Leadership and Excellence from the Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City on May 18.
Limnology
The MU Limnology Lab is busy collecting water samples for the Statewide Lake Assessment Program. Here, they are collecting samples at Little Dixie Lake. Over the summer, the team will visit 50 lakes to assess water quality.
Staff Picnic
The CAFNR Spring Picnic was held May 25 in Ag Engineering. Here, Dean Daubert caught up with faculty and staff during the luncheon.
TorqnTigers
Torq’N Tigers took second place during the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition June 2-6 in Peoria, Ill. The team also took top honors in the Overall Performance Event.
Forage-Sanborn
June 7 was forage harvest day at Sanborn Field and Duley-Miller. Plots were planted in timothy and red clover.
Sprayer-Delta
Justin Chlapecka, assistant research professor and rice Extension specialist at the Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center, sprayed test plots of rice on June 8.