Stories
July 22, 2025
CAFNR Students Selected for Honors College 2025 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.
July 21, 2025
Mizzou Researcher Helps Map Global Threats to Marine Megafauna in Landmark UN-Backed Study
As part of a massive international research effort aimed at protecting the ocean’s most vulnerable wildlife, Mizzou researcher Michael Byrne contributed vital data on mako sharks to a landmark study recently published in Science.
July 18, 2025
A ‘first’ for Mizzou
The IFT FIRST conference ran July 13-16, and Mizzou was front and center, as CAFNR’s own Vice Chancellor and Dean Christopher Daubert helped host and kick off the event as IFT’s president, including sharing a welcome at the opening keynote, cutting the ribbon to officially open the expo, and much more.
July 17, 2025
Agricultural education student combines passion for sheep showmanship with classroom learning to help the next generation
Izzy Freymuth, senior in agricultural education – teacher certification, hosts a sheep showmanship camp on her farm each summer.
July 14, 2025
Back to the Farm – Q&A with Drake and Kaylee Minear
Drake Minear (B.S. Agricultural Systems Management '18) and his wife Kaylee (Michael) Minear (B.S. Elementary Education '18) graduated from Mizzou and returned to the farm.
July 14, 2025
CAFNR researchers engineer plants for optimal biofuel production
Arabidopsis may seem like a simple plant, but at the University of Missouri, plant biochemist Jay Thelen is using it as a powerful model to explore ways to boost oil production — an important step toward creating more sustainable, plant-based energy sources.
July 11, 2025
T.E. “Jake” Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center to host third annual Ag Research Expo
University of Missouri’s T.E. “Jake” Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center (FD-REEC) invites the public to its third annual Ag Research Expo Wednesday, Aug. 6, in Portageville, Mo.
July 9, 2025
2025 CAFNR Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (C-DRIG) winners announced
The CAFNR Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (C-DRIG) are offered through the CAFNR Office of Research. The C-DRIG grant supports up to $2,000 or partially support dissertation research projects proposed by doctoral students in the College.
July 9, 2025
2025 CAFNR Joy of Discovery seed grant program winners announced
The fourth batch of proposals funded by CAFNR’s Joy of Discovery Seed Grant Program has been announced.
July 9, 2025
Mizzou Torq’N Tigers find success at the International 1/4 Scale Tractor Design Competition
Torq’N Tigers had two teams competing in the ASABE International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition this summer.