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Andrew Labit, a junior environmental sciences major, is one of the students who is already taking advantage of the WAV Lab. Labit began his collegiate career at MU with a desire to share timely weather forecasts with his fellow Tigers. Dubbed the Mizzou Weatherman, Labit sent weekly updates to nearly 800 students during his first two years at MU through a group text messaging app. Now, Labit and several of his peers will share daily mid-Missouri weather forecasts with the MU student body through the new lab.

Sep. 15, 2022

A huge opportunity

Updated WAV Lab provides unique opportunities for meteorology students.
Ron Mittler poses in the Life Sciences Building on the Mizzou campus.

Sep. 15, 2022

Ron Mittler Named Curators’ Distinguished Professor

A Curators' Distinguished Professorship is the highest and most prestigious academic rank awarded by the Board of Curators.
The Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station (MOAES) Research, Extension and Education Centers (REECs) have played and continue to play an important role in helping each of CAFNR's Programs of Distinction on its drive to distinction.

Sep. 15, 2022

CAFNR/MOAES Research Magazine: Making a Major Impact

This story appears in our MU CAFNR/Agricultural Experiment Station Research Magazine. When CAFNR unveiled its strategic plan, Drive to Distinction, in 2019, it established criteria for Programs of Distinction, a select collection of programs that exemplify CAFNR’s drive to distinction. Those programs, together with CAFNR’s academic programs, define CAFNR’s impact on Missouri’s agriculture and natural resource economies, providing understanding for how CAFNR is addressing challenges facing Missouri agriculture, food and natural resources. There are seven programs that have earned Program of Distinction status (as of 2022): Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG) Interdisciplinary Reproduction…
A major focus of the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station (MOAES) has been finding unique collaborations and partnerships to take research projects to the next level. Those partnerships come in many forms – and seeking out collaborations of all types is a primary goal of the newly restructured MOAES. The more than 500 acres that make up the Land of the Osages Research Farm, located on the western edge of the Lake of the Ozarks, were an estate gift from Doug Allen, who also established MU’s H.E. Garrett Endowed Chair Professorship in 2006 and passed away in 2017.

Sep. 15, 2022

CAFNR/MOAES Research Magazine: Finding the Perfect Partner

MOAES partnerships allow for unique research opportunities.
Among its many strengths, the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station (MOAES) provides research faculty with a wide variety of real-world conditions to test and develop strategies for agricultural production, based on the geographical and climatic differences in Missouri. These CAFNR laboratories also provide graduate students with ample opportunities to lead their own projects, while still providing the same important research findings for farmers and producers across the state. For example, Haylee Schreier, a senior research associate who defended her thesis and earned her graduate degree in May 2022, has used electricity to rid fields of weeds. Photo courtesy of Haylee Schreier.

Sep. 15, 2022

CAFNR/MOAES Research Magazine: ‘A Major Part of the Research Engine’

Graduate students play a vital role in the research enterprise at the MOAES REECs.
It was 30 years ago when Pat Guinan, with the help of the University of Missouri’s Extension Commercial Agriculture Program, established the first of a small network of automated weather stations in northwest Missouri. The network, known as the Missouri Mesonet, now includes 40 weather stations – 32 of which provide real-time weather updates. The network covers 30 counties in Missouri.

Sep. 15, 2022

CAFNR/MOAES Research Magazine: Weather Updates at Your Fingertips

Missouri Mesonet offers real-time weather updates across the state.
CAFNR’s research farms offer area farmers and producers region-specific information and data. Because the sites are spread throughout the state, each farm does unique research. The Career Exploration Days showcase how that uniqueness translates into possible careers.

Sep. 15, 2022

CAFNR/MOAES Research Magazine: Exploring Careers

Career Exploration Days offer students a look at careers in agriculture, food and natural resources.
The Fisher Delta REEC was established in 1959 in Portageville, Mo., and was created to provide research and educational programs unique to the Missouri Bootheel region. In addition to a number of new hires to lead the research programs at the REEC, Fisher Delta has also invested in new infrastructure in an effort to continue its research excellence. A newly renovated soybean breeding laboratory and an updated greenhouse facility are the two biggest improvements. Photo courtesy of Aaron Brandt.

Sep. 15, 2022

CAFNR/MOAES Research Magazine: A Community Asset

Infrastructure improvements, new faculty allow Fisher Delta REEC to build on its strong community relationships.
CAFNR serves as a regular collaborator with USDA-ARS, including numerous current projects within the Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit. One of those projects is focused on improving upon traditional soil carbon modeling approaches by incorporating measurements from multiple soil sensors. Part of the funding for the project is coming from the USDA-ARS Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center of Excellence. Photo courtesy of Ken Sudduth.

Sep. 15, 2022

CAFNR/MOAES Research Magazine: Farm of the Future — The Digital Age of Agriculture

CAFNR, USDA-ARS collaboration helps farmers adopt digital technologies to improve their operations.
Thompson, part of the Northern Missouri Research, Extension and Education Center (REEC) is continuing to build on its prestigious research resume. With the help of a USDA Rural Business Development Grant, the Research Farm has developed its own feedlot, allowing specialists the opportunity to feed and keep cattle in the state and build Missouri’s economic impact.

Sep. 15, 2022

CAFNR/MOAES Research Magazine: Building Missouri’s Economic Impact

Thompson's feedlot allows specialists the opportunity to feed and keep cattle in the state.