Stories

March 31, 2025
Theory and Practice: Program development class gives students real-world work with stakeholders
In AG_ED_LD 4340: Designing and Delivering Educational/Leadership Programs, students get to build real programs for agricultural industry stakeholders.

March 31, 2025
Women in Financial Planning look to grow their club and career opportunities
The club was officially chartered in 2023 and wants to introduce more young women to career opportunities in financial planning.

March 5, 2025
CAFNR students earn Mizzou 18 and Mizzou ’39 honors
This week, the Mizzou Alumni Association and Alumni Association Student Board named the 2025 Mizzou 18 Award and Mizzou ’39 Award recipients.

Feb. 5, 2025
Mizzou expert predicts Super Bowl menu price hikes, but savvy shoppers can score deals
Mizzou researcher Hoa Hoang offers expert tips for creating the perfect game day spread on a budget.

Jan. 7, 2025
DASS faculty launch fellowship program to grow public utility policy scholars
Division of Applied Social Sciences faculty members Adrienne Ohler and Michael Sykuta are leveraging a $250,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to create a fellowship program to connect early-career energy economics researchers with energy industry partners while fostering more academics in the public utility policy analysis space. “The goal is to create an ecosystem of people who are doing applied policy analysis work,” Sykuta said of the program. Adrienne Ohler The fellowship program, named the FRI Utility Policy Fellows program, is under the umbrella of CAFNR’s Financial Research Institute (FRI) and aims to bring four early-career energy economics…

Dec. 16, 2024
Young Alumna Kate Thompson pursued old passions and found new ones at CAFNR
While obtaining her degree in agribusiness management (December ’22), Kate Thompson found her passion for commodity training and expanded on her previous agricultural experience.

Dec. 12, 2024
CAFNR Students Selected as Missouri Farm Bureau Ambassadors
Claire Walker, sophomore agribusiness management major, and Karson Calvin, junior agricultural education major, were named the 2025 Missouri Farm Bureau Ambassadors at the 110th Missouri Farm Bureau annual meeting at the Lake of the Ozarks during the second weekend in December.

Dec. 11, 2024
Farmers gain financial insights through innovative database, personalized education
For more than a decade, Division of Applied Social Sciences faculty Jon Simonsen and Bruce Fowler have been working to create a robust financial database tool for farmers, while also helping producers hone their own financial skills. “The ultimate goal is to be able to go out there and get the best financial information to enable producers to make the best decisions for their farms and their families,” said Simonsen, professor of agricultural education. Jon Simonsen The project makes use of dozens of agricultural education teachers at high schools and technical schools across the Midwest. These teachers offer adult classes…

Dec. 9, 2024
CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Dawn Sherman
Sherman is a senior graduating in December with a degree in agribusiness management.

Dec. 9, 2024
CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Anna Buchanan
Buchanan is a senior graduating in December with a degree in agribusiness management.