History
Nov. 7, 2013
A Century of CAFNR
Progress of the College of Agriculture in historic photos.
Oct. 10, 2013
Legacy of Success
Mizzou quickly shot to national and international prominence with the study of insects
Sep. 12, 2013
A Whale of a Journey
A Mizzou artifact is slowly moldering in the dirt in the Ag Building's courtyard.
Aug. 8, 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 13, 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 4, 2013
Gentleman Dean
Roger Mitchell didn't follow his dream of becoming a gentleman farmer, but assumed another role of gentleman dean.
May 9, 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 11, 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 10, 2013
Change Agent
Into a maelstrom came CAFNR's third Dean.
March 10, 2013
History in Wood and Oil
A bit of agriculture history can be found in the CAFNR Dean’s Offices. The two pieces of furniture and a portrait are tied to William Henry Hatch (Sept. 11, 1833 – Dec. 23, 1896), the U.S. Congressman who in 1877 wrote legislation known as the Hatch Act of 1877. This act established state agricultural experiment stations for land-grant colleges across the nation. The furniture pieces, a hutch and a close stool (a chair with a hidden chamber pot in the absence of indoor plumbing), belonged to Hatch and were donated to the College after his death. The furniture came from his Congressional office. The portrait of…