The CAFNR Ag-celerator for Agricultural Technologies (CAAT) is a new translational research funding opportunity for faculty in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR). The CAFNR Strategic Plan established an ambitious goal to double intellectual property metrics such as invention disclosures, patents and start-up companies based on translational research done in the college. CAAT is designed to accelerate…
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Unexpected Events Impact Agricultural Markets
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) releases annual U.S. Baseline Outlook report
Unexpected events such as trade disputes, the COVID-19 pandemic and now the war in Ukraine have added great uncertainty and volatility in agricultural markets. Farm commodity prices, production costs and consumer food prices are higher than would have been expected a few months ago. Economists from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri prepare…
Cultivating Future Leaders
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded 54 Predoctoral Fellowship grants including 2 CAFNR students
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently awarded 54 predoctoral fellowship grants to develop new scientists and professionals to enter research, education and/or Extension fields within the food and agricultural sciences. The aim of these fellowships is to cultivate future leaders who can solve emerging agricultural challenges of the 21st century. These grants are part of NIFA’s Agriculture…
George Washington Carver Fellows Announced
Chantelle Wimms and Kendra Esparaza-Harris named George Washington Carver Fellows
The George Washington Carver Fellowship for Graduate Studies helps support under-represented scholars in MS and PhD degree programs in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) at the University of Missouri (MU). The assistantship honors George Washington Carver, a native Missourian, who gained international recognition in the early 20th century for his teaching and research in agriculture. Finding Passions…
Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center Announced
The new center will take a regional approach to policy and market analysis
The University of Missouri (MU) College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) has formed a new Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center (RaFF). The center will study how policies and agricultural markets affect farm and rural finances by U.S. region. RaFF will work closely with the College’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), a CAFNR Program of…
Cotton Specialist Joins the Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center
Bradley Wilson joins as an assistant research professor
Bradley Wilson joined CAFNR as an assistant research professor at the Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center (FD-REEC) on Jan. 2. In this role, he will focus on developing, funding and conducting field experiments that improve cotton production practices in southeast Missouri. “We are so glad to welcome Bradley to the Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center,” said Shibu…
The Bench-Bedside Interface
Finding new strategies to improve vascular health in diabetes
Over the past couple of decades, new diabetes cases have tripled in the U.S., and 80 percent of patients with type 2 diabetes eventually succumb to cardiovascular disease. Jaume Padilla, associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology (NEP), is working to solve this important problem. Padilla received his PhD in exercise physiology at Indiana University before he…
New Growth
David Braun named director of IPG
David Braun, professor of plant science and technology at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR), has been named director of the Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG), effective Feb. 1, 2022. “I am humbled and excited to lead this incredibly talented group of creative and world-class plant biologists,” Braun said. “The IPG is part of my…
Central Missouri Research, Extension and Education Center Director Named
Dusty Walter named director
Dusty Walter has been named director of the Central Missouri Research, Extension and Education Center (REEC), effective Tuesday, Feb. 1. The Central Missouri REEC is one of the four research, Extension and education centers of the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) in the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR). Walter has been the director of…
A Focus on Food, Fire & Agroforestry
Free, virtual Agroforestry Symposium scheduled for Jan. 24
The annual Agroforestry Symposium returns in 2022 with a focus on diverse ecological knowledges that contribute to climate resilience. The symposium, led by the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) Center for Agroforestry, will again be completely virtual this year – and free of charge. This is the 13th year of the event and registration is currently…