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When completed, the new $28.2 million East Campus Plant Growth Facility, on East Campus Drive across from the Trowbridge Livestock Center, will contain nearly 23,000 square feet of greenhouse space in three ranges, along with more than 9,300 square feet for controlled environment plant growth chambers. Photo courtesy Bill Lamberson/Robert Sharp.

Sept. 25, 2018

A Culture of Collaboration

July 12, 2018

Jon Simonsen Earns Golden Apple Award
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 11, 2018

A Historic Celebration
Mike Byrne is one of the newest faculty members in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri, arriving on campus in June 2017. The assistant professor of natural resources is an expert in the field of wildlife movement ecology. By learning more about why animals go where they go and do what they do, resource managers can improve conservation and species management efforts. Photo by Jason Jenkins.

May 11, 2018

Covering Their Tracks
Chris Elsik, associate professor of plant and animal sciences, and fellow CAFNR researcher and geneticist Bob Schnabel, associate professor in the Division of Animal Sciences, are applying their knowledge and experience of cattle and dairy genetics to the issue of Varroa mites in honey bees. The duo looks at the bees simply as little livestock.

April 13, 2018

Breeding a Better Bee
Henry Nguyen, who led the research effort, worked with a group of scientists from MU, the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Pacific Biosciences, Bionano Genomics and Washington University, in addition to international collaboration with the University of Western Australia and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Their research led to the development of two soybean reference genomes, soybean cultivar

Feb. 15, 2018

The Miracle Bean
Students and faculty look at scientific research posters.

Oct. 25, 2017

60 Years of Advice
Portrait of Christopher Daubert

May 18, 2017

Christopher R. Daubert Named CAFNR Vice Chancellor & Dean
Vinebot robot in corn field.

March 14, 2017

High Tech, Low Cost
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Feb. 10, 2017

Navigating New Waters