Stories

Sep. 13, 2013

A Whale of a Journey

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

Sep. 11, 2013

Secret of the Legume

Researchers take a step toward engineering crops to use less nitrogen.

Aug. 26, 2013

Unknown Losses

Beef herd owners would be shocked to learn they’d lost 25 percent of cow pregnancies in two weeks.

Aug. 22, 2013

Toxic Nanoparticles?

Researchers have developed a reliable method for detecting dangerous silver nanoparticles in food.

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.

July 22, 2013

Saving the Bacon

A University of Missouri and Kansas State University team is working to find a cure for a specific virus that affects pigs and costs the hog industry $800 million annually.

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 14, 2013

That Certain Glow

Research at CAFNR is investigating how plants glow. Called delayed fluorescence, this may someday help farmers monitor the health of their crops to more accurately apply fertilizers, water and pesticides.

June 14, 2013

Nanoparticles-Yummy

CAFNR researchers are investigating the toxicity of nanoparticles and a detection method to be able to identify nanoparticles in our food

June 5, 2013

Gentleman Dean

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