Stories

June 11, 2024

Catch Up With CAFNR – June 2024

Grazing School at the Southwest Research, Extension and Education Center, held May 15-17, was a success! Students participated in a pasture allocation exercise, learned proper fencing techniques and gained an understanding of forage quality and persistence. 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 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. She was presented with the award during Staff Recognition Week. Scott Brown (center), associate extension…

June 10, 2024

Get to know Stephen Evans

Meier is a strategic communications associate in the School of Natural Resources.

A group of students pose for a photo.

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.

A view of the Missouri River from above. The river is bending to the left with a heavy, green treeline to the right. The sun is setting in colors of orange and yellow at the horizon.

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

Graphic for MO Cash Rental Rate Survey 2024

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.

Secley Kennedy receives award

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…

Matt Fleming

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.

Historic columns in sunlight

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.

Drone flying over field

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.