History
Nov. 8, 2013
A Century of CAFNR
Progress of the College of Agriculture in historic photos.
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.
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.
March 11, 2013
Change Agent
Into a maelstrom came CAFNR's third Dean.
March 11, 2013
History in Wood and Oil
William Henry Hatch was born near Georgetown, Ky. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and practiced as a circuit attorney until 1860. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army as a captain and then as assistant adjutant general. In March 1863, Hatch was assigned to duty as assistant commissioner of exchange of prisoners. Hatch was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth through Fifty-third Congresses (1879 – 1895), during which time he served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894. After his congressional career, he…