Stories

Cecilia Constantino Rocha smiling.

June 27, 2025

Q&A with Cecilia Constantino Rocha

Cecilia Constantino Rocha is an assistant research professor and state extension specialist in livestock systems.

swimming shark

June 17, 2025

From fear to fascination: Mizzou wildlife ecologist challenges misconceptions about sharks

Growing up outside New York City, Michael Byrne was hooked on sharks from the start. As a child, he’d press play repeatedly on the same worn-out VHS tape, completely transfixed by a PBS documentary on the sleek, powerful predators.

Agricultural drone demonstration

June 17, 2025

Northern Missouri Research, Extension and Education Center hosts 2025 field day

The event will take place at the Lee Greenley Jr. Memorial Research Farm just outside of Novelty, Missouri, and participants will learn about the latest in agricultural research with real-world applications.

Kaylin Francisco

June 17, 2025

Get to know Kaylin Francisco

Francisco is the outreach coordinator at SW-REEC.

Four people pose with awards and the Dean.

June 16, 2025

Catch Up with CAFNR – June 2025

Catch Up with CAFNR, June 2025: A photo gallery of CAFNR happenings!

Feral hog damage.

June 16, 2025

Private, public cooperators reduce Missouri feral hog numbers

MU Extension continues to support landowners and communities in protecting farms, forests and watersheds from feral hogs.

a professor works with graduate students in a lab

June 11, 2025

Mizzou scientists create a novel genetically engineered pig model for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease

In a groundbreaking step toward understanding — and ultimately — preventing Alzheimer’s disease, CAFNR researchers created a novel genetically engineered pig model that mirrors a key genetic mutation found in humans with early-onset Alzheimer’s.

several individuals sit on risers pulled behind a tractor in a soybean field as a man explains information on a poster beneath a Mizzou branded tent

June 10, 2025

Mizzou field days set for sites across state

Ag centers to host producers, share innovations and practices.

A river in Paraguay

June 5, 2025

SNR researcher dives into Paraguayan fish conservation with Fulbright Award

Allison Pease, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources at Mizzou’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to support an ambitious six-month research project in Paraguay focused on conserving the country’s diverse river fish populations.

cattle grazing

May 30, 2025

Hot genes: CAFNR scientist earns Fulbright to study heat-resistant cattle in India

Behura will travel to Odisha, India, in two separate four-month visits to partner with researchers at Utkal University. There, he will study how native cattle breeds are genetically and epigenetically adapting to increasingly intense and prolonged heat conditions.