The building anchors NextGen initiative, which will accelerate critical health care discoveries and treatments

Balboula receives grant through the National Institute of General Medicine

Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG) to Hold Seminars in Honor of Anniversary

IPG is celebrating their 40th Anniversary! To celebrate, IPG will hold a series of seminars throughout the months of October and November. The full schedule can be found on CAFNR’s website.

The Wurdack Research Center held their field day on Friday, Oct. 8 in Cook Station. Attendees heard multiple educational presentations such as body conditioning scoring, silvo-pasture, timber sales and methods and more

Several Research Centers throughout the state hosted high school students

Samniqueka Halsey Receives Outstanding G.O.L.D. Alumni Award 

Samniqueka Halsey, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) and CAFNR’s Faculty Fellow for Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity, received the 2021 Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) Outstanding G.O.L.D (Graduates of the Last Decade) Alumni award. The Outstanding G.O.L.D Alumni award recognizes alumnus/alumna who have graduated in the last ten years and have excelled in his or her chosen profession. Honorees offer inspiration and encouragement as models for principled leadership and commitment to serving others.

Halsey was recognized at the NEIU Golden Gala and Alumni Awards banquet on Saturday, Oct. 16.

CAFNR faculty members have received the following recent grants (listed by Principal Investigator):

Malia Gehan, Support for GRA, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 8/1/2021-7/31/2022, $45,743

Sarah Lovell, Agroforestry Outreach and Communications, Forest SVC, 9/17/2021-9/30/2022, $45,237

Brian Mooney, Acquisitions of Goods and Services, Agricultural Research SVC, 9/28/2021-9/27/2022, $3,300

Rebecca North, Bizarro Cyantoxins: When do green reservoirs become toxic?, Geological Survey, 9/1/2021-8/31/2022, $21,736

Andrew Thomas, Moving American Elderberry into Mainstream Production and Processing, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 9/1/2021-8/31/2025, $5,325,225

Bryon Wiegand, Acquisition Goods and Services, Agricultural Research SVC, 8/15/2021-3/31/2022, $15,000

‘Tremendous Demand’ Awaits Chestnuts Grown in Midwest

Nebraska Public Media

MU Field Days are for Farmers. Who Knew?

Missouri Ruralist 

Cover Crop Can Reduce Waterhemp in Soybean

Herald-Whig

Look to Data When Making Fertility Selection Decisions

High Plains Journal

It’s harvest season at the Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center. The header photo showcases the rice harvest at the Center.