Stories

A group of international scholars poses in front of the columns with a Brazilian flag

Aug. 19, 2025

University of Missouri hosts Beef Camp for Brazilian industry leaders

Thiago Martins organized the recent Beef Camp, a two-week immersive workshop focused on developing high-performance professionals for the agricultural sector. The program was specifically designed to expose Brazilian beef industry leaders to the U.S. beef production system, academic excellence and research innovation.
Portrait of Dylan Hoyt

Aug. 14, 2025

Q&A with Summer Welcome leader Dylan Hoyt

Dylan Hoyt, a sophomore from Martinsburg, Missouri, majoring in plant sciences, served as a Summer Welcome Leader.
Jackie Limberg

Aug. 13, 2025

Limberg awarded Millsap Distinguished Professorship

Jacqueline Limberg, associate professor, Division of Food, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences, is one of three faculty from across Mizzou awarded the Millsap Distinguished Professorship.
John Driver poses in Bond Life Sciences Center.

Aug. 13, 2025

Flu fighters: Mizzou researchers getting a closer look at immune response to influenza

A team of researchers at Mizzou is on a mission to better understand which immune cells in pigs are most responsive to an influenza infection. Because swine and humans share genetic similarities, their research could lay the groundwork for improved therapies or vaccines against influenza.
Lindley Bennett smiling in sunglasses.

Aug. 12, 2025

Get to Know Lindley Bennett

Q&A with the senior manager of donor relations in CAFNR Advancement.
CAFNR Advancement team members pose behind the dinner spread they made at the local Ronald McDonald House.

Aug. 12, 2025

Catch Up with CAFNR – August 2025

Catch up with CAFNR, August 2025: A photo gallery of CAFNR happenings.
A conceptual graphic showing biochar being added to soil.

Aug. 12, 2025

Biochar improves soil health for cotton production, study confirms

A team of researchers led by the University of Missouri is giving new purpose to an established material — biochar, a charcoal-like substance made from leftover plant waste — and showing how it can address challenges facing today’s cotton growers.
Fengkai Tian flies a drone

Aug. 12, 2025

Drones can more efficiently measure the health of corn plants, study finds

Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a mix of drones and AI can help farmers measure the health of their corn more efficiently.

Aug. 11, 2025

Message from Heike Bücking

Dear Alumni and Friends, Welcome to the Fall semester. I am delighted to share with you some of the remarkable achievements in 2024 from the Division of Plant Science and Technology (DPST). Our faculty and staff continue to provide learning and leadership opportunities for our students in classrooms, research laboratories, field, and international settings. Our mission is to keep students on track towards graduation, and to provide them with high quality education and the foundation for life-long career success. Recent investments into a new teaching space enabled us to equip a new digital teaching lab with computers and software packages…

July 30, 2025

Researchers identify key survival strategy for soybeans during heat and drought

María Ángeles Peláez-Vico, Ron Mittler and Ranjita Sinha It’s a hot, dry summer afternoon, and the skies offer no relief for a field of soybeans. But within those green leaves, these plants are quietly fighting back. Researchers at the University of Missouri recently discovered that soybeans have a natural defense strategy — called differential transpiration — that helps protect the plant’s reproductive tissues (flowers and seed pods) during extreme weather conditions. Think of it as nature’s version of targeted air conditioning. Ron Mittler “Soybeans keep their stomata — tiny pores used for plant breathing and cooling by evaporation — open…