Stories

two people with a lamb

Aug. 16, 2024

Catch Up With CAFNR – August 2024

CAFNR faculty and staff worked together to educate participants in Life Sciences Quest, a week-long summer academy held on the University of Missouri campus July 14-18, 2024. Cory Bromfield provided Missouri pork producers with an influenza update on July 31 at the 2024 Swine Health Symposium. The CAFNR Advancement Team showed their heart by volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House on July 12, 2024, preparing and serving a delicious meal for the guests. Wine researcher Stephan Sommer shows off the first juice of the 2024 winemaking season. The Northern Missouri Research, Extension and Education Center held their annual field day…

McKay working in lab

Aug. 14, 2024

MU animal sciences faculty members help transform agriculture and endangered species conservation with ruminant genome research

A University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) researcher is helping enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability while supporting the conservation of endangered species.

Two women pose on a small boat.

Aug. 8, 2024

San Diego Zoo Reproductive Sciences Lab attracts generations of Mizzou Animal Sciences graduates and students

Rachel Felton (M.S. ’14), Lindsey Fallon (B.S. ‘20, M.S. ’22) and Taylor VanDeVoorde followed their love of research from Columbia to San Diego.

Students in front of Mizzou Central sign

Aug. 5, 2024

CAFNR students learn real-world skills as Missouri State Fair Interns

Devyn Keller, Libby Kleinsorge and Claire Walker joined the staff making the 11-day event happen in Sedalia this August.

Scholars posing and smiling.

July 31, 2024

CAFNR Students Selected for Honors College Cherng Summer Scholars Program

The Cherng Summer Scholars program allows Honors College students at the University of Missouri to explore their passions through research projects aimed at questions they are interested in analyzing.

Six people pose for a photo.

July 31, 2024

Mizzou Student Chapter of the American Institute of Floral Designers Win Awards at AIFD National Symposium in Orlando, FL

The MU Student American Institute of Floral Designers (SAIFD) Chapter placed 2nd in the nation in the student competition during the American Institute of Floral Designers National Symposium in Orlando, July 2-6.

July 31, 2024

Biochemistry and School of Natural Resources advisors selected for UM System Advisor Development program for the 2024-25 school year

Alison Rutledge, senior academic advisor in biochemistry, and Jenna Fusinatto, senior student services coordinator in the School of Natural Resources, were selected to participate in the 6th annual cohort of the University of Missouri System Advisor Development Program (ADP).

Kelly McGowan

July 30, 2024

Q&A with Kelly McGowan

Kelly McGowan is an MU Extension field specialist in agronomy.

A female researcher stands in a peanut field with field day participants.

July 29, 2024

T.E. “Jake” Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center to host second annual Ag Research Expo

Angelica Crosby, research technician and plant science and technology graduate student, talks to participants about growing peanuts in Missouri during the 2023 Ag Research Expo. University of Missouri’s T.E. “Jake” Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center (FD-REEC) invites the public to its second annual Ag Research Expo Thursday, Aug. 22. Farmers and other individuals will have the opportunity for an in-person look at the latest research conducted at the REEC as well as an opportunity to talk to and see demonstrations from several industry partners. This event will combine the traditional field day experience with an indoor expo allowing…

Fisher Delta field day and tour

July 24, 2024

Mizzou field days set for sites across state

From August through October, events are planned across the state at Extension and Education Centers (EECs), administered by MU Extension, and at Research, Extension and Education Centers (REECs) that comprise the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station.