Events

The Southwest Research Center held a ribbon cutting on Friday, Oct. 25, to celebrate the opening of a new facility.

Oct. 10, 2019

‘A Game Changer’

The Southwest Research Center was established in 1959 and serves 22 counties, with a focus on addressing the main agricultural concerns of area industries including beef, forage and horticultural crop production. Serving as a footprint for the University of Missouri in the southwest part of Missouri, the Center is a meeting place for farmers, producers, Extension regional specialists and students. The Southwest Research Center broke ground for a new facility last year, and held an official ribbon cutting on Friday, Oct. 25, to showcase the finished building. Southwest Superintendent David Cope welcomed guests to a reception that…
The University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) celebrated the 130th anniversary of Sanborn Field on Tuesday, July 24, on the MU campus. Sanborn Field is the oldest, continuous experimental field west of the Mississippi River and the third oldest in the world.

July 10, 2018

A Historic Celebration

The University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) celebrated the 130th anniversary of Sanborn Field on Tuesday, July 24, on the MU campus. There were discussions and presentations, as well as displays of historical equipment and photos, in Eckles Hall. There were tours of Sanborn Field, too. Sanborn Field is the oldest, continuous experimental field west of the Mississippi River and the third oldest in the world. “Not only was it the 130th anniversary of Sanborn Field, it was the 101st year of the Duley-Miller Erosion Plots and the 70th anniversary of…