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CAFNR and the Psychic Dog
In the 1930s a media sensation was centered in little Marshall, Missouri. A hunting dog named Jim was astounding townspeople and press alike with an uncanny ability to identify objects and people,...
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Agribusiness Star
Brothers Austin and Dustin Stanton of Centralia have hatched one of the nation's largest free-range chicken operations. Dustin Stanton, an agribusiness major who will graduate from CAFNR in December,...
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Big River, Big Data
A project at the University of Missouri is taking existing Midwestern river resources research data and retasking it to predict future problems, helping conservationists prepare for changes caused by...
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Q&A With John Boyer
National Academy of Sciences member John Boyer has begun his appointment at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources as a Distinguished Research Professor. He works...
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The Switch(grass) to Bales
Scientists all over the world are looking for ways to use switchgrass as an effective biofuel. They should speak with Tim Reinbott, who has been doing that all winter. Reinbott, superintendent of the...
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The Art of Plant Science
There can be great beauty in plant science, something researchers see and appreciate but seldom have a chance to share. An agricultural biochemistry postdoctoral researcher at the University of...
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Float for Food, Part Four
Registration has opened for boat builders wanting to compete in the fourth annual Float Your Boat for the Food Bank cardboard boat regatta. The race will take place April 25 at the Bass Pro Shops Lake...
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Taking a Bite Out of Carp
Is a troublesome fish in the U.S. ready for prime dinner time? A taste test at the University of Missouri suggests it is. MU Campus Dining Services, in collaboration with Mark Morgan, an associate...
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Healthy Shelves, Healthy Lives
Every day, food pantries and their partners must find new and innovative ways to get healthy food to Missourians who are food insecure. The Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security at the University...
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Computers Come to CAFNR
Computers today are ubiquitous, living not only on every desktop but in most people’s pockets. Only retirees remember the earliest days when the machines filled rooms and researchers had to write their...
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Call for Excellence
Nominations have opened for the 2015 Celebration of Excellence, the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources’ annual event that honors outstanding faculty, staff, students, alumni and...
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Tasia Taxis, graduate student in animal sciences at the University of Missouri, was among 25 finalists nationally considered for the 2015 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. The award recognizes...
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Ag Skills Update
Kent Shannon, natural resource engineer for Missouri Extension, shows an educational teaching model of a system that can … Expand ▸Kent Shannon, natural resource engineer for Missouri Extension, shows...
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Closing a Radar Gap
Residents in mid- and eastern-Missouri will soon get better warning of dangerous weather, and scientists will have a new tool to help agriculture cope with changes in climate. Early this summer a new...
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Save the Quail
Bobwhite Quail, known for their whistle-like bob-bob-white song, are a critical indicator of the health of a habitat. Their numbers are declining in the Midwest. A project at the University of Missouri...
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Big Number, Little Calf
If it wasn’t for genomic testing, Mogul Pastel would be just another heifer calf valued around $750. But her Holstein Association’s USA’s Genetic Total Performance Index (GTPI) is so far beyond average...
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Gloves for Ghana
During a visit to help some of the poorest farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa adopt soybeans as a new crop to boost their nutrition, income and soil quality, University of Missouri researchers came across...
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CAFNR Barnwarming
Barnwarming, a staple of CAFNR Week until a few years ago, started in 1906 at the request of Dean Frederick Mumford who wanted to bring agricultural students together in a fun social event. It was an...
View ArticleLucy Honored by Dairy Industry
Matt Lucy, professor of Animal Science at the University of Missouri, won the Midwest Innovation in Dairy Research Award presented by the American Dairy Science Association and the American Society of...
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My Brother's Beekeeper
A program developed by Moneen Jones, University of Missouri research entomologist at the Fisher Delta Research Center in Portageville, is offering beekeepers new ways to reduce bee kills due to...
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