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The Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station (MOAES) Research, Extension and Education Centers (REECs) have played and continue to play an important role in helping each of CAFNR's Programs of Distinction on its drive to distinction.

Sep. 15, 2022

CAFNR/MOAES Research Magazine: Making a Major Impact

This story appears in our MU CAFNR/Agricultural Experiment Station Research Magazine. When CAFNR unveiled its strategic plan, Drive to Distinction, in 2019, it established criteria for Programs of Distinction, a select collection of programs that exemplify CAFNR’s drive to distinction. Those programs, together with CAFNR’s academic programs, define CAFNR’s impact on Missouri’s agriculture and natural resource economies, providing understanding for how CAFNR is addressing challenges facing Missouri agriculture, food and natural resources. There are seven programs that have earned Program of Distinction status (as of 2022): Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG) Interdisciplinary Reproduction…
Among its many strengths, the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station (MOAES) provides research faculty with a wide variety of real-world conditions to test and develop strategies for agricultural production, based on the geographical and climatic differences in Missouri. These CAFNR laboratories also provide graduate students with ample opportunities to lead their own projects, while still providing the same important research findings for farmers and producers across the state. For example, Haylee Schreier, a senior research associate who defended her thesis and earned her graduate degree in May 2022, has used electricity to rid fields of weeds. Photo courtesy of Haylee Schreier.

Sep. 15, 2022

CAFNR/MOAES Research Magazine: ‘A Major Part of the Research Engine’

Graduate students play a vital role in the research enterprise at the MOAES REECs.
The Fisher Delta REEC was established in 1959 in Portageville, Mo., and was created to provide research and educational programs unique to the Missouri Bootheel region. In addition to a number of new hires to lead the research programs at the REEC, Fisher Delta has also invested in new infrastructure in an effort to continue its research excellence. A newly renovated soybean breeding laboratory and an updated greenhouse facility are the two biggest improvements. Photo courtesy of Aaron Brandt.

Sep. 15, 2022

CAFNR/MOAES Research Magazine: A Community Asset

Infrastructure improvements, new faculty allow Fisher Delta REEC to build on its strong community relationships.
White man with glasses with dark hair and beard, wearing a light button up shirt, standing in front of a wall of green plants

Sep. 8, 2022

Small RNA Have Big Implications for Crop Growth

Learn more about Blake Meyers, the 12th MU faculty member to be elected to prestigious National Academy of Sciences.
Peng and a student are in a lab holding some plants together.

Sep. 2, 2022

Q&A with Peng Tian

Peng is a plant pathologist and director of the MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic.
Soy plants in field.

Aug. 5, 2022

Signaling ‘Stressed-Out’ Plants

For more than 30 years, Ron Mittler has studied a chemical compound called reactive oxygen species, and his ongoing work is uncovering a new view on its importance.

July 13, 2022

Rob Myers Wins the 2022 Agronomic Education and Extension Award

Rob Myers, adjunct professor of plant science and technology and director of the MU Center for Regenerative Agriculture, was awarded the Agronomic Education and Extension Award from the American Society of Agronomy. The Agronomic Education and Extension Award recognizes career excellence in education and/or extension. The emphasis of the award is on the individual’s educational innovations or unique approaches developed and used successfully to encourage learning. This includes demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly, influence attitudes, and motivate change in audience action.
Ag Building

July 13, 2022

CAFNR Ag-celerator for Agricultural Technologies (CAAT) Winners Announced

Two CAFNR faculty and their teams were recently awarded inaugural CAAT grants.

June 27, 2022

SCN Coalition Receives Public Relations Honor

The SCN Coalition is a national public-private partnership that includes the University of Missouri Plant Science and Technology Extension.
Book co-edited by Jiafeng Zhou titled, Unmanned Aerial Systems in Precision Agriculture

June 1, 2022

Jianfeng Zhou Co-edited a Book on Precision Ag and UAV

Jianfeng Zhou is an assistant professor in plant science and technology.