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Cecilia Constantino Rocha receives ASAS Young Scholar Award
Cecilia Constantino Rocha, assistant research professor in livestock systems in the Division of Animal Sciences, was named the recipient of the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) Young Scholar Award.
As a component of her award, Rocha will present her talk, “The importance of estrous expression and endometrial function for the pregnancy success in beef cattle,” at the ASAS Annual Meeting in July.
Andrew Clarke honored with award from American Meat Science Association
Andrew Clarke, associate professor of food science, recieved the 2025 Signal Service Fellow Award from the American Meat Science Association for outstanding contributions to the meat industry.
The AMSA Signal Service Fellow Award was established in 1956 and is given to members in recognition of devoted service and lasting contributions to the meat industry and to the association.
CAFNR faculty members have received the following recent grants (listed by Principal Investigator):
Henry Nguyen, Breeding Maturity Group 4 Soybean with Enhanced Resistance to Southern Root-knot Nematode by reducing Galling and Nematode Reproduction, University of Arkansas (Mid-South Soybean Board), 4/1/25-3/31/26, $30,000
Feng Lin, Fisher Delta Center Soybean Breeding Program, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, 7/1/25-6/30/26, $512,235
Raelin Kronenberg, Soil microbial affiliations with three temperate forest herbs, goldenseal, black cohosh, and wild ginger, in a managed forest farm, Missouri Botanical Gardens, 1/1/25-12/31/25, $4,500
Cecilia Constantino Rocha, Defining the interval from estrus to ovulation using the SenseHub cow-calf software, Merck Animal Health, 4/18/25-4/17/26, $84,456
Deborah Finke, Department Terrestrial Invertebrate Program Assistance, Missouri Department of Conservation, 2/1/25-1/31/26, $30,263
Felix Fritschi, 41st Annual Interdisciplinary Plant Group Symposium, University of Missouri “Root Biology VI”, US Department of Energy, 4/15/25-4/14/26, $15,000
David Braun, Gates Ag One: 2025 IPG Root Biology VI Event, Gates Ag Innovations, LLC, 6/11/25-7/31/25, $5,000
Chase Floyd, Optimizing irrigation management in Missouri peanut, National Peanut Board, 1/1/25-6/30/26, $10,000
Cecilia Constantino Rocha, Validation of estrous synchronization programs with reused CIDRs to reduce expenses and waste in cow calf operations, Illinois Beef Association, 10/1/25-5/1/26, $20,169
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