Plants Fighting Bacteria
Discovery could lead to improved disease resistance in food crops
Written by Guest · December 9, 2011
Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a key process in a plant’s immune system response that may help future crops fight off dangerous diseases.
Written by Mike Burden · Photography by Keith Montgomery · November 28, 2011
Sustainable agriculture major Monica Everett was recognized nationally for her leadership on food policy at Mizzou. She's created partnerships on and off campus to increase student awareness of where their food comes from, and worked to bring healthy, local food to campus and to area food pantries.
Gases and Grasses
CAFNR receives grant to study cover crops and greenhouse gases
Written by Story: Roger Meissen | meissenr@missouri.edu · November 28, 2011
CAFNR is studying cover crops with a focus on weed suppression, minimizing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing fertility in an environmentally friendly way and improving grain productivity.
Written by Mike Burden · October 19, 2011
On a warm fall morning, aspiring ranchers and agricultural professionals gathered near Linneus, Mo., for the 2011 Management Intensive Grazing workshop. Participants headed to the pasture after only an hour in the classroom. After looking at five red Angus cross heifers, they estimated the average weight of their five-head heard. Their task was to allocate an area of pasture that their herd would graze to three inches by the next day.
Written by Mike Burden · Photography by Mike Burden · October 4, 2011
This summer’s drought and heat put pressure on many Missouri livestock producers. Researchers from the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources presented strategies to deal with those pressures and shared ongoing research on pasture management and improvement at the Forage Systems Research Center’s Field Day on Sept. 29.
A Field Day and Retirement Party
CAFNR's Delta Center celebrated its 50th Field Day and its long-time supervisor
Written by Randy Mertens · August 22, 2011
Update: On Sept. 2, MU Vice Chancellor and Dean Thomas Payne, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, announced the Center would be renamed the T.E. “Jake” Fisher Delta Research Center to honor the dedication and leadership of retiring superintendent, T.E. “Jake” Fisher. Although Fisher retires at the end of September, his work ethic and leadership will continue to impact…
My partner, the cow
Missouri's sagging dairy industry was revitalized with research that put cows to work in their own feeding and waste disposal
Written by Randy Mertens · Photography by taken at MU Foremost Dairy Center by Genevieve Howard · June 15, 2011
In the nineties, Missouri's dairy industry was in trouble. More than 50 percent of the state's dairies had disappeared, leaving fewer than 2,000 of the businesses operating in 2000.
Raymond Schroeder, 1912-2010
The father of MU employee benefits and friend to horticulture passes
Written by Randy Mertens · March 8, 2010
Raymond Schroeder, known as the chief architect of University of Missouri benefits, passed away in Feb. 12, 2010 at the age of 97. At the time of his retirement in 1982, he had been a member of the faculty of the University of Missouri Department of Horticulture for 48 years. He served as its chairman for 27 years. All University…
A Dry Subject
CAFNR researchers study the effects of drought by making their own
Written by Randy Mertens · Photography by Photo by Kyle Spradley | © 2014 - Curators of the University of Missouri · June 10, 2009
Researchers in the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) recently received a $1,558,125 grant to construct drought simulators that enable the scientists to study how reduced water availability affects plants and crop productivity.
Written by Randy Mertens · November 20, 2008
Despite being battered by the remnants of Hurricane Ike, an experiment to grow rice under center-pivot sprinkler irrigation yielded as much or more of the grain as conventional methods. This new technique may allow farmers to produce the crop in areas where it cannot be grown now, helping produce more food for a hungry world.
