The MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) was chartered as a land-grant institution in 1870.
Timeline Highlights from 1870-2020In 2020, your College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources is thrilled to celebrate 150 years of serving Missouri and the world! We thank CAFNR’s alumni and friends who have helped build the college’s rock-solid foundation. This Golden Legacy has prepared us well for the next 150 years — our Bold Future.
History
Mizzou Magazine
CAFNR Dean History Series
- How Mizzou Got Ag: the Morrill Act Gets Things Started
- Border Ruffian Savant: MU’s First Dean of Agriculture
- Academic Co-Stars: Tribulations of Ag’s Second Dean
- Change Agent: The Third Dean Begins to Fix the Place
- Henry Waters: Missouri Soil in his Veins
- Mission Excellence: Mumford Makes the College a Top School
- Gentleman Dean: Roger Mitchell 1932-2013
- A Man for All Seasons: Tom Payne reflects on his time as vice chancellor and dean, the relationships he built along the way
Other Stories About CAFNR History
- Deep Roots: CAFNR’s Colorful Wine History
- Cows on the Lawn: Eckles Hall Was a Big Boost to Missouri Dairy
- A Concrete Pedigree: the Ag Building’s Connection to a Political Boss
- Sam’s Slab Lab: the Unique Architecture of the Ag Building
- Fort MU: Higher Education’s 1946 Housing Crisis
- From the Soil, Medicine
- No Men Upstairs: Gentry Hall
- Legacy of Success: Entomology was MU’s Early Global Research Leader
- C.V. Riley Wrote the Birth Certificate of Modern Entomology
- A Century of CAFNR in Photos
- An Agriculture Graduate’s Plea Inspired MU’s Memorial Union
- CAFNR’s World War I Mack Truck
- Fever Fighters: MU and Texas A&M Partner to Cure a Cattle Disease
- J.C. Penney, Missouri Farmer
- A Whale of a Journey, MU’s Whale Jaw
- The 1872 Plow Trial
- HARC’s Hickman House is Still Standing
- CAFNR’s Three William Henry Hatch Artifacts
- Mizzou’s Air Force
- Mizzou From the Air, 1919
- Farmers’ Week, 1910-1957
- The Bidding War for CAFNR
- Last Quarter Acre of the Horticulture Farm