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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.
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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…
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Dec. 9, 2024

CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Dawn Sherman

Sherman is a senior graduating in December with a degree in agribusiness management.
A student poses for a portrait in front of the Columns.

Dec. 9, 2024

CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Anna Buchanan

Buchanan is a senior graduating in December with a degree in agribusiness management.
A student poses for a portrait.

Dec. 9, 2024

CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Mason Locke

Locke is a senior graduating in December with a degree in agribusiness management.
A student poses for a portrait.

Dec. 9, 2024

CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Fiona Heeney

Heeney is a senior graduating in December with a degree in hospitality management.
Goats, cows, combine and silage.

Nov. 18, 2024

MU Extension releases enterprise budgets for 2025

Missouri farmers and ranchers can plan ahead with new enterprise budgets.
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Nov. 18, 2024

Hospitality Management alumna provides unique real-world opportunity to current CAFNR students

Kelly Gillespie, B.S. ’23, Operations Director of Eclipse Catering and Events, supervised current hospitality management students as they executed a public event, “Murder at the Speakeasy,” for their senior capstone.
Column Award recipients

Nov. 12, 2024

Celebrating our distinguished alumni: CAFNR Column Awards 2024

From left to right: David Larsen, Jonathan Dyer, Blake Hurst, Joel Spencer and Julian Lenis. Not pictured: Kendra Kattelmann. The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources honored six recipients with the 2024 CAFNR Column Award for Distinguished Alumni. This is the only award specifically for alumni presented by the college – the highest honor bestowed by the College in celebration of outstanding alumni. The awardee class includes one graduate from each of CAFNR’s six divisions, reflecting the six historic columns at the University of Missouri. View the event photo album. School of Natural ResourcesDavid LarsenB.S. Forestry ’78, M.S.
A student poses for a portrait.

Nov. 11, 2024

Q&A with first-generation student Laci Fuhlage

In honor of National First-Generation Student Week, Laci Fuhlage, junior agricultural education major from New Franklin, Missouri, discusses her experience as a first-generation college student.