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CAFNR professors receive MU Excellence in Education Award
April 24, 2013
Story: Amy Zuroweste
Scott Brown, research assistant professor, agricultural and applied economics, and Trista Strauch, assistant teaching professor of animal science and fisheries and wildlife sciences, received the MU Excellence in Education Award on April 16.
Tags: CAFNR, College of Agriculture, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, excellence in education, Scott Brown, Trista Strauch, University of Missouri
Categories: Achievement, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Animal Sciences, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty, School of Natural Resources •
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Cattle and crop prices lower, a bullish dairy market
April 17, 2013 . Story: Jason Vance
University of Missouri agricultural economists predict a mixed bag of cattle, diary and crop prices in 2013.
Tags: agricultural and applied economics, Agriculture, animal sciences, Beef, CAFNR, cattle, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Corn, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Drought, food, Outlook, plant sciences, Soybean, soybeans, University of Missouri
Categories: Agricultural and Applied Economics, Animal Sciences, CAFNR, Extension, Feature, Plant Sciences •
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MU study shows economic impact of Missouri's dairy industry
March 18, 2013 . Story: Michelle Proctor
Missouri’s dairy industry revenues translated into annual statewide economic output worth $7.7 billion, contributing more than $2 billion to the state’s gross domestic product.
Categories: Agricultural and Applied Economics, CAFNR, Division of Applied Social Sciences •
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Ben Burditt, co-founder of furniture company, tells his own tale
March 12, 2013
Story: Amy Zuroweste
MU Alumnus Ben Burditt, B.S. AgEcon ’00, has taken his passion for preserving history and working with his hands to the west coast.
Tags: alumni feature
Categories: Agricultural and Applied Economics, CAFNR •
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Budget issues continue to delay farm policy
February 22, 2013 . Story: Jason Vance.
During a CAFNR farm bill outlook and policy briefing, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute director Pat Westhoff said current budget debates will determine whether there will be a farm bill and what it will look like.
Tags: CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri
Categories: Agricultural and Applied Economics, CAFNR, Feature •
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Missouri is steadily moving from a rural to an urban state
December 17, 2012
Story: Randy Mertens
Missouri’s northern rural counties continue to lose population while cities and a few small towns are steadily growing.
Tags: agricultural and applied economics, Agriculture, CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Missouri, Missouri population, Rex Campbell, rural sociology
Categories: Agricultural and Applied Economics, CAFNR, Feature, Featured, Rural Sociology •
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