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Drone flying over field

Feb. 7, 2024

Smart agriculture: Farming in the digital age

Mizzou’s new Digital Agriculture Research and Extension Center will enhance research, education and outreach in emerging digital technologies for farming.

Feb. 7, 2024

CAFNR faculty find genes mammals use to sense their environment, while creating hair shedding prediction tool for cattle farmers and ranchers

The tool is part of a study published in an Oxford University Press journal and could be used to help cattle farmers improve the health, wellbeing and productivity of their herds.

Feb. 2, 2024

Graduate Student Spotlight: Q&A with Angelica Crosby

What is your research focus?  I will be studying nutrient management in cotton grown in a peanut-cotton rotation. Why does this field interest you?  Peanuts are still relatively new to the state, but we are seeing a lot of our cotton producers take interest and including them in their field rotations already. We know that peanuts as a leguminous crop host nitrogen-fixing bacteria and it is important for our growers to know how that could be affecting their cotton production in terms of fertilizer application. Why did you decide to come to Mizzou?  I have actually worked for the MU…
Harvey James

Feb. 2, 2024

Leading DASS: Harvey S. James, Jr., named to head Division of Applied Social Sciences

Harvey S. James, Jr., has been named director of the Division of Applied Social Sciences (DASS), effective March 1, 2024. He has served as interim director of the division since November 2022.
Two men in blue jeans and work boots place tubing into the ground of a harvested corn field to collect a water sample

Jan. 30, 2024

Grant to expand water testing capabilities for northern Missourians

A USDA grant is funding a new water testing facility at MU’s Lee Greenley Jr. Memorial Farm
A pond sits with corn growing in the foreground and rolling hills with hay bales in the background on a cloudy day

Jan. 29, 2024

MU to expand outreach and technical assistance to Missouri land-owners for conservation practices through NRCS grant

A pair of grants totaling $1.4 million will fund eight new positions located throughout the state and impact more than 20,000 acres of Missouri farmland.

Jan. 10, 2024

CAFNR Ag-celerator for Agricultural Technologies (CAAT) winners announced

The CAFNR Ag-celerator for Agricultural Technologies (CAAT) is a translational research funding opportunity for faculty in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR).
small, green, leafy plants are growing in a black tray under a grow light

Jan. 10, 2024

Biofuel boost

As the climate continues to change and the landscape of the agriculture industry also shifts in response, one CAFNR researcher’s work is making strides that support the health of the planet and the farming families that feed us.
People tasting ice cream samples while students look on

Dec. 14, 2023

Product development is sweet

Food science and nutrition students spent the fall semester developing other UM System universities’ answer to Tiger Stripe ice cream.
William Lee (left) and fellow plant science and technology student Felicity Guttmann (right) presented a poster about Agronomy Club at a recent conference.

Dec. 14, 2023

CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with William Lee

Get to know plant science and technology senior William Lee.