This October, CAFNR alum Holly Enowski was a featured speaker at the World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony at the Iowa State Capital. Enowski spoke about her experience as a former Borlaug-Ruan International Intern in Kenya and Uganda, and her continued participation in efforts to fight hunger both locally and internationally. While her connection to the World Food Prize foundation…
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A Distinguished Honor
Westhoff named Curators’ Distinguished Professor for dedication to University’s missions
Pat Westhoff, director of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), was recently named a Curators’ Distinguished Professor for dedication to the university’s missions of education, research, service and economic development. This is the highest and most prestigious academic rank awarded by the University of Missouri System Board of Curators. Westhoff, who is also a professor of agricultural and…
U.S. Farm Report Kicks Off College Roadshow at Mizzou
CAFNR Alum and U.S. Farm Report Host Tyne Morgan chose Mizzou as the first stop this year to set the bar for the 5th year of the College Roadshow tour.
The U.S. Farm Report kicked off their annual College Roadshow at Mizzou on September 6, with a taping of the show featuring CAFNR alum Tyne Morgan. Since 2018, the U.S. Farm Report has taken their show on the road to land-grant universities to talk to their policy experts and tell stories showcasing the agricultural research happening at campuses across the…
Missouri Farm Income Projected to Decline in 2023
State-level report identifies key changes in projected net farm income
Missouri’s net farm income is predicted to fall in 2023 following a record-setting 2022, according to the spring 2023 Missouri Farm Income Outlook report. The report, released by the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center (RaFF) at the University of Missouri, provides comprehensive insights that can equip industry stakeholders and policymakers with information to understand the state-level impacts of economic factors,…
CAFNR/MOAES Research Magazine: Making a Major Impact
MOAES REECs play important role in the continued success of CAFNR’s Programs of Distinction
This story appears in our MU CAFNR/Agricultural Experiment Station Research Magazine. When CAFNR unveiled its strategic plan, Drive to Distinction, in 2019, it established criteria for Programs of Distinction, a select collection of programs that exemplify CAFNR’s drive to distinction. Those programs, together with CAFNR’s academic programs, define CAFNR’s impact on Missouri’s agriculture and natural resource economies, providing understanding for how…
FAPRI Updates Baseline Food and Agricultural Outlook Report
The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute released an update to yearly baseline outlook report to include impact of key current events
The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri recently released an August 2022 update to their yearly baseline outlook report that provides an economic outlook of the food and agriculture industry. The update from the center located at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources includes the impact of current events, such as the war between Russia and Ukraine, on…
Unexpected Events Impact Agricultural Markets
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) releases annual U.S. Baseline Outlook report
Unexpected events such as trade disputes, the COVID-19 pandemic and now the war in Ukraine have added great uncertainty and volatility in agricultural markets. Farm commodity prices, production costs and consumer food prices are higher than would have been expected a few months ago. Economists from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri prepare…
Abner Womack Receives the Jay B. Dillingham Award for Agricultural Leadership and Excellence
The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City honored Abner Womack May 18 at a luncheon in the Chamber Board Room in Kansas City’s historic Union Station. Womack, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics and co-founder of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI-MU) at the University of Missouri, received the Council’s highest award, the Jay B. Dillingham Award for Agricultural…
Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center Announced
The new center will take a regional approach to policy and market analysis
The University of Missouri (MU) College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) has formed a new Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center (RaFF). The center will study how policies and agricultural markets affect farm and rural finances by U.S. region. RaFF will work closely with the College’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), a CAFNR Program of…
FAPRI Releases U.S. Baseline Outlook Report Update
Several factors have disrupted agricultural markets in 2021
Strong demand from China, smaller supplies and other factors have resulted in higher prices for many agricultural commodities. Projected prices for corn, soybeans, hogs and several other commodities moderate in the years ahead, while cattle prices increase. Economists from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) team release the annual U.S. Baseline Outlook report each spring, and provide an…