Trans-Atlantic Honor

Trans-Atlantic Honor

Plant Science researcher is honored in Nottingham

J. Perry Gustafson, adjunct professor in the Division of Plant Sciences, will be honored by the University of Nottingham, UK, with a glasshouse complex named in his honor.

Brain-In-A-Box

Brain-In-A-Box

Innovative program puts fun in learning about health care

The Show-Me-in-a-Box initiative is a just-started project by the University of Missouri to acquaint Missouri K-12 students with medical science concepts and career opportunities through a fun curriculum.

Going Up

Going Up

Meat prices expected to rise due to higher feed costs

Cattle prices could set a new record due to high feed costs that have led to fewer animals being produced.

Parched Deep

Parched Deep

There'll be at least two more years of drought -- six feet down

Even if the Midwest gets normal rain and snow, it will take almost two years for soil moisture deep in the earth to recharge and sustain normal crop growth, said a soil scientist.

What-If Farming

What-If Farming

Online tool is an interactive budgeting resource

An online tool to help young farmers build projected budgets for their operations has been developed by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri.

A Community of Food

A Community of Food

MU to foster food pantry capacity, education in rural Missouri

The Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, and the Health Communication Research Center housed in the University of Missouri School of Journalism, will work to increase the availability of healthy foods and nutrition education in food pantries in Missouri.