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Jan. 30, 2024
Grant to expand water testing capabilities for northern Missourians
A USDA grant is funding a new water testing facility at MU’s Lee Greenley Jr. Memorial Farm

Jan. 29, 2024
MU to expand outreach and technical assistance to Missouri land-owners for conservation practices through NRCS grant
A pair of grants totaling $1.4 million will fund eight new positions located throughout the state and impact more than 20,000 acres of Missouri farmland.

Jan. 26, 2024
Three CAFNR faculty awarded MU Research Council Grants
The University of Missouri’s Division of Research, Innovation and Impact awarded the second round of Research Council Grants in December to 16 faculty members, three of which call CAFNR home. The CAFNR faculty awarded and their projects are: Lesa Beamer, Professor, Biochemistry, Obtaining Preliminary Data on Enzyme Structure for CryoEM StudiesGlyphosate Dreams Samniqueka Halsey, Assistant Professor, Natural Resources, Identifying Tick-Borne Pathogen Prevalence Among Prairies in Central Missouri Zipei Zhang, Assistant Professor, Food Science, Development of Novel Bioflim Inactivation Adjuvants to Enhance Food Safety This internal funding of up to $15,000 supports research, scholarship and creative endeavors that lead to book…

Jan. 10, 2024
MU Center for Agroforestry to host 15th Annual Symposium
The University of Missouri’s Center for Agroforestry’s 2024 symposium, Silvopasture in Practice, is slated for Wednesday, Jan. 17, and will feature a full day of presentations, panels and discussions on long-term silvopasture research, early adopters and innovators, intergenerational land management approaches, regional insights and challenges, and the environmental, economic and social impacts of silvopasture as a land-management strategy.

Jan. 10, 2024
CAFNR Ag-celerator for Agricultural Technologies (CAAT) winners announced
The CAFNR Ag-celerator for Agricultural Technologies (CAAT) is a translational research funding opportunity for faculty in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR).

Jan. 10, 2024
Biofuel boost
As the climate continues to change and the landscape of the agriculture industry also shifts in response, one CAFNR researcher’s work is making strides that support the health of the planet and the farming families that feed us.

Jan. 2, 2024
Q&A with David Brown
Get to know livestock field specialist David Brown.

Dec. 18, 2023
Jessica Orsini Named Driver to Distinction
Award based on CAFNR's Drive to Distinction Strategic Plan.

Dec. 18, 2023
CAFNR Students Selected as Missouri Farm Bureau Ambassadors
Madison Meyer, sophomore plant sciences major, and Caleb Simpson, freshman agribusiness management major, were named the 2024 Missouri Farm Bureau Ambassadors at the 109th Missouri Farm Bureau annual meeting at the Lake of the Ozarks during the first weekend in December.

Dec. 18, 2023
CAFNR Student Award Gilman Scholarship to Study Abroad
Carlee Long, senior in agribusiness management, and Kenny Henk, sophomore in plant sciences, have received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.