History

Dec. 13, 2013

A Poem to Remember

Today, the University of Missouri’s Memorial Union is a campus icon that remembers soldiers from MU who died in battle. The original idea to build the structure came from a poem written by a College of Agriculture graduate who perished in World War I.

Nov. 8, 2013

A Century of CAFNR

Progress of the College of Agriculture in historic photos.

Entomology was MU's early global research leader

Oct. 11, 2013

Legacy of Success

Mizzou quickly shot to national and international prominence with the study of insects

Sep. 13, 2013

A Whale of a Journey

A Mizzou artifact is slowly moldering in the dirt in the Ag Building's courtyard.

Plant in soil.

Aug. 9, 2013

Healthy Soil and People

William Albrecht is remembered as the foremost researcher on soil quality and human health. He drew direct connections between poor quality forage crops and ill health in livestock and people.

June 14, 2013

Missouri’s Bug Scientist

Charles Valentine Riley (1843-1895) was Missouri’s first state entomologist (and just the third in the nation) and the first professor of entomology at the new University of Missouri College of Agriculture and Practical Arts.

June 5, 2013

Gentleman Dean

Roger Mitchell didn't follow his dream of becoming a gentleman farmer, but assumed another role of gentleman dean.

May 10, 2013

Mission: Excellence

When Frederick Blackmar Mumford, fifth dean of the Missouri College of Agriculture, faced an entirely different situation than his predecessors did.

April 12, 2013

Missouri Soil in His Veins

Henry Jackson Waters, fourth Dean of the MU College of Agriculture, was no product of a prestigious eastern university.

Vintage photo of Edward Porter

March 11, 2013

Change Agent

Into a maelstrom came CAFNR's third Dean.