Tag: Agriculture
Mizzou researcher is recognized by industry
February 4, 2013
Story: Randy Mertens
Leon Schumacher will be honored with an Innovation Award from the National Biodiesel Board. The award recognizes his early research using plant material as liquid fuel.
Tags: Agriculture, biofuel, CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Leon Schumacher, Missouri, soybeans, University of Missouri
Categories: CAFNR, Evidence of Excellence, Feature •
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Plant Science researcher is honored in Nottingham
January 30, 2013
Story: Randy Mertens
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.
Tags: agricultural and applied economics, Agriculture, CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, International Agriculture, University of Missouri, USDA
Categories: Feature, Plant Sciences •
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Meat prices expected to rise due to higher feed costs
January 25, 2013 . Story: Jason Vance
Cattle prices could set a new record due to high feed costs that have led to fewer animals being produced.
Tags: Agriculture, CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Missouri, University of Missouri
Categories: Animal Sciences, CAFNR, Feature •
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There'll be at least two more years of drought -- six feet down
January 22, 2013
Story: Randy Mertens
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.
Tags: Agriculture, Atmospheric Sciences, CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Randy Miles, Soil, Soil Research, Soil science, University of Missouri
Categories: Atmospheric Science, CAFNR, Environmental Science, Feature, Featured, Innovative Thinking, School of Natural Resources, Soil Science, Soil, Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences •
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Online tool is an interactive budgeting resource
January 17, 2013 . Story: Jason Vance
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.
Tags: Agriculture, CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, FAPRI
Categories: CAFNR, Feature, Innovative Thinking •
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MU to foster food pantry capacity, education in rural Missouri
January 15, 2013 . Story: Jerett Rion
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.
Tags: Agriculture, CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Food bank, University of Missouri
Categories: CAFNR, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Feature, Featured •
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