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CAFNR Celebrates Women’s History Month: Q&A with Tahira Hira
Hira is a CAFNR Column award winner and CAFNR alumna
Tahira Hira (MS Agricultural Economics ’73; PhD Family Economics & Financial Management ’76) is an internationally recognized leader in personal finance and consumer economics. She is professor emeritus in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Iowa State University and also served as senior policy advisor to the president of the university, overseeing initiatives around enhancing research, awards/honors and…
CAFNR Celebrates Women’s History Month: Q&A with Stacey Follis
Follis is a CAFNR Column award winner and CAFNR alumna
Stacey L. (Wood) Follis (BS Agriculture – Minor in Animal Sciences ’98; MS Animal Sciences – Reproductive Physiology ’00) has been employed in the animal health industry for more than 22 years. Her focus is in clinical development with a wide spectrum of experience, from bovine to feline to canine to swine, contributing to more than 30 product indications. Follis…
$10 Million Grant will Help MU Double the Acreage of Cover Crops in the U.S. by 2030
Five-year USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant will help double cover crop seed production.
Rob Myers, director of MU’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture, is leading a new $10 million grant project from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to support farmers and improve agriculture practices during severe weather and a warming climate.The project aims to help double the acreage of cover crops in…
MU Grape & Wine Institute Grows as Interest in Winemaking Grows
The collaboration between Plant Science & Technology and Food, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences fuel Mizzou's Grape and Wine Institute
Interest in Missouri winemaking exploded during the coronavirus pandemic and the University of Missouri Grape and Wine Institute (GWI) has responded to meet the demand. The GWI is a collaborative partnership between the Missouri wine and grape industry and the University of Missouri. The Missouri Wine and Grape Board provides guidance and oversight to ensure that GWI fulfills its responsibilities.…
Q and A with Christopher Daubert
Vice Chancellor & Dean Daubert highlights college’s priorities amidst five-year anniversary
As he celebrated his five-year anniversary as dean of the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Christopher Daubert reflected on the college’s biggest accomplishments since 2017 and discusses top priorities moving forward. Q: How does CAFNR research support Missouri’s agriculture industry? A: CAFNR researchers are making discoveries and producing knowledge that help improve the production of Missouri commodities: beef,…
National Academy of Inventors Names MU’s Randall Prather to 2022 Fellows Program
Prather is one of only 169 academic inventors to receive the prestigious honor this year
In December, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) named Randall Prather to its 2022 Fellows Program. Prather, a Curators’ Distinguished Professor in the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, joins the ranks of an elite group of academic inventors recognized for their research and intellectual property contributions. “I was pleasantly surprised to be named a NAI…
$8 Million Grant Will Expand National Swine Resource and Research Center at CAFNR
NIH grant will support research with genetically modified pigs to study human diseases
After decades of basic research that led to successful scientific innovations, Randall Prather and his team of investigators at the National Swine Resource and Research Center (NSRRC) at the University of Missouri have become the go-to source for genetically modified pigs used by researchers across the United States to study various diseases that impact humans. Keeping up with the ever-growing…
$25 Million MU Grant to Help Farmers Adopt Climate-Smart Practices
USDA award is the largest federal research, education and extension grant ever awarded to an MU faculty member
In recent years, floods, droughts and other severe weather have significantly impacted farmers throughout the country. In an effort to help farmers adapt to the changing climate, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the University of Missouri $25 million – the largest federal research, education and extension grant ever awarded to MU – from the Partnerships for…
Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center Releases Missouri Farm Income Outlook
State-level report identifies key changes in projected net farm income
The Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center (RaFF) at the University of Missouri has released a groundbreaking tool for agricultural finance and policy, the fall 2022 Missouri Farm Income Outlook. The report includes the impact of weather, geopolitical conflict and other factors on net farm income in the Show-Me State. “Our report shows that Missouri net farm income is…