CAFNR

Izzy Freymuth smiling.

July 17, 2025

Agricultural education student combines passion for sheep showmanship with classroom learning to help the next generation

Izzy Freymuth, senior in agricultural education – teacher certification, hosts a sheep showmanship camp on her farm each summer.

Two adults hold two children in a tractor cab.

July 14, 2025

Back to the Farm – Q&A with Drake and Kaylee Minear

Drake Minear (B.S. Agricultural Systems Management '18) and his wife Kaylee (Michael) Minear (B.S. Elementary Education '18) graduated from Mizzou and returned to the farm.

Pennycress

July 14, 2025

CAFNR researchers engineer plants for optimal biofuel production

Arabidopsis may seem like a simple plant, but at the University of Missouri, plant biochemist Jay Thelen is using it as a powerful model to explore ways to boost oil production — an important step toward creating more sustainable, plant-based energy sources.

July 11, 2025

T.E. “Jake” Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center to host third annual Ag Research Expo

University of Missouri’s T.E. “Jake” Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center (FD-REEC) invites the public to its third annual Ag Research Expo Wednesday, Aug. 6, in Portageville, Mo.

A group of students pose with a plaque.

July 9, 2025

Mizzou Torq’N Tigers find success at the International 1/4 Scale Tractor Design Competition

Torq’N Tigers had two teams competing in the ASABE International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition this summer.

Mackenna Rodgers posing.

July 9, 2025

Recent CAFNR graduate selected for Fulbright U.S. Student Program

Mackenna Rodgers (B.S. Biochemistry ’25) was selected to participate in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

A student working in a lab.

July 9, 2025

Biochemistry student wins American Association for Cancer Research Undergraduate Scholar Award

Blake Arciga, senior biochemistry major, was awarded the American Association for Cancer Research Undergraduate Scholar Award for his work in Satyanarayana Rachagani’s veterinary medicine and surgery lab.

Mathew Kimaku smiling

July 9, 2025

CAFNR student receives Remington R. Williams Award

Mathew Kimaku, Mizzou undergraduate majoring in health science and nutrition & exercise physiology, was chosen as one of seven recipients across the university system of the Remington R. Williams Award.

Cecilia Rocha

July 2, 2025

Cecilia Constantino Rocha receives ASAS Young Scholar Award

Rocha is an assistant research professor in livestock systems in the Division of Animal Sciences.

Andrew Clarke

July 2, 2025

Andrew Clarke honored with award from American Meat Science Association

Andrew Clarke, associate professor of food science, received 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.  Clarke’s research focuses on meat processing technology with emphasis on restructured or low-fat meat products, supercritical fluid extraction and meat extrusion.