Stories
June 7, 2024
Torq’N Tigers Team takes 5th place at ASABE Quarter-Scale Tractor Competition
The University of Missouri Torq'N Tigers team competed in the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition this month. The team placed 5th overall and placed 1st in the Overall Performance Event and Durability Competition.
June 6, 2024
Mizzou Water Center receives more than $700,000 in EPA seed grant funding
Cross-disciplinary researchers to look at water quality issues through eight research and education projects
June 3, 2024
Landowners and tenants invited to respond to 2024 Missouri Cash Rental Rate Survey
MU Extension researchers invite Missouri landowners, farmers, ranchers and hunters to participate in the 2024 Missouri Cash Rental Rate Survey.
May 31, 2024
Secley Kennedy Honored with Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award
CAFNR Colleagues gather to celebrate Secley Kennedy. President Mun Choi and staff advisory council members present award to Secley Kennedy during Staff Recognition Week. This spring, Staff Advisory Council and CAFNR colleagues gathered in Buck’s Ice Cream Place to surprise Secley Kennedy with the news that she had received the 2024 Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award – Clerical/Office. Kennedy, FNES Director & Chair’s Assistant and FNES Division Coordinator, also serves as the CAFNR Staff Advisory Council Chair. The University of Missouri recently presented the 12 Outstanding Staff Awards during Staff Recognition Week. Recipients were nominated by peers for their exemplary…
May 31, 2024
Matt Fleming Named Driver to Distinction
CAFNR Vice Chancellor and Dean Christopher Daubert presented Matt Fleming, CAFNR coordinator of facilities and operations, with the Driver to Distinction award May 30, 2024, in recognition of his efforts toward the strategic plan goals over the past two years.
May 29, 2024
DASS faculty member honored by Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City
The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City honored Scott Brown, associate extension professor in the Division of Applied Social Sciences, with the group’s prestigious Jay B. Dillingham Award for Agricultural Leadership and Excellence at a luncheon held May 16 in Kansas City’s historic Union Station.
May 29, 2024
Grant Spotlight: Jaume Padilla
Jaume Padilla, Associate Professor of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology receives American Heart Association Established Investigator Award.
May 28, 2024
MU Digital Agriculture Research and Extension Center to host first Digital Agriculture Symposium
The University of Missouri’s Digital Agriculture Research and Extension Center (DAREC) is hosting its first-ever Digital Agriculture Symposium, “Cultivating a Resilient Future: Harnessing Digital Innovation for a Climate-Smart Agriculture” in June.
May 13, 2024
MU Center for Agroforestry research aims to standardize and grow chestnut industry in Missouri and other middle states
Researchers at the University of Missouri’s Center for Agroforestry, which has studied Chinese Chestnuts for decades, are working to harness the good qualities of the industry's rich legacy while providing the standardization and reliability sought in any crop for large-scale commercial production in hopes of sparking a regional industry.
May 13, 2024
FAPRI looks back on 40 years
Abner Womack speaks during the the 10th Annual Abner Womack Missouri Agriculture Outlook Conference in Columbia, Mo. In the early 1980s, a small group of mathematicians and agricultural economists saw a need that few others acknowledged — objective analysis of agricultural markets and policies. With perseverance to find funding and an academic home — both of which were challenging — that small group of people brought the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri to life in 1984. Today, FAPRI is a valuable resource for a wide range of stakeholders including the U.S. Congress, USDA,…