Research

Portrait of Jeff Case

May 11, 2023

Jeff Case
An older, white man in a white button-up and kaki pants shakes hands with a black man in a blue polo while sitting at a table.

April 19, 2023

The Legacy of Jake Fisher

The community across the Delta region of the southeast corner of Missouri was struck with a deep loss with the passing of Jake Fisher in March. Fisher was the long-time superintendent and namesake of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources’ T.E. “Jake” Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center (REEC) in Portageville, but to the community there and at the University of Missouri, he was so much more. “It’s hard to pinpoint what Jake meant to the place and what he meant to the community and what he meant to the employees,” said Robert Cook, a…
two blond, pre-school-aged girls sit beside a pond with fishing poles. They are wearing denim dresses and pink muck boots.

March 19, 2023

MU Announces New Institute of Fisheries, Wetlands and Aquatic Systems

Through a partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation (MCHF), the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources made a joint announcement featuring the launch of its new Institute of Fisheries, Wetlands and Aquatic Systems today. “Clean water and healthy aquatic systems are vital for our global future,” said Mun Choi, University of Missouri president. “This Institute will be a crucial resource for citizens, government entities and private industries committed to this mission in the years to come, and MU is proud to be a driving force in…
Monica Flynn

March 12, 2023

Monica Flynn
Angie Hake smiling.

March 12, 2023

Angie Hake
A field of green covered with red clover flowers

March 6, 2023

$10 Million Grant will Help MU Double the Acreage of Cover Crops in the U.S. by 2030

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 the U.S. to 40 million acres by 2030. Cover crops — plants that are used to protect and improve soil during a time when other crops are not being grown — help reduce soil erosion, improve soil health, smother…
A white man with white hair and a white, neatly-trimmed beard in a dark grey button-up shirt stands in front of a sign that reads,

Dec. 18, 2022

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.
Several men and one woman hold shovels with gold ribbons

Nov. 29, 2022

Expanding Opportunties

Groundbreaking held for new livestock handling facility at MU’s Southwest REEC.
field of soybeans

Nov. 1, 2022

Missouri Foundation Seed Planted for Growth

Modernization project is underway.
A 3D rendering of the expanded National Swine Resource and Research Center

Oct. 26, 2022

$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.