Tag: Division of Applied Social Sciences
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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Kitchel receives national recognition
March 21, 2013
Story: Amy Zuroweste
Tracy Kitchel, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of agricultural education and leadership, has received the 2013 Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (IDEA) Faculty Excellence award. Kitchel is not only coordinator for MU’s agricultural education program with Great Plains IDEA, AG*IDEA, he also chairs the national group for ag education. [...]
Tags: Agricultural Education, CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Division of Applied Social Sciences
Categories: Agricultural Education, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty •
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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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Professor describes importance of Morrill Act of 1862 to NPR
July 6, 2012
Story: Randy Mertens
Sandy Rikoon, professor and Curators Distinguished Teaching Professor of Rural Sociology in the Division of Applied Social Sciences at CAFNR, was interviewed by NPR about the importance of the Morrill Act of 1862.
Tags: College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Morrill Land-Grant Acts, NPR, rural sociology, Sandy Rikoon, University of Missouri
Categories: CAFNR, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Evidence of Excellence, News You Can Use, Rural Sociology •
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CAFNR professor speaks before House Financial Services Committee
May 9, 2012
Story: Randy Mertens
Peter Klein, director of the McQuinn Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at CAFNR, testified to the Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology. The subcommittee is examining six legislative proposals that either reform or abolish the Federal Reserve System.
Tags: CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Federal Reserve System, McQuinn Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Peter Klein, University of Missouri
Categories: Agricultural and Applied Economics, CAFNR, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Feature •
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CDC recognizes CARES for innovative obesity prevention
May 9, 2012
Story: Randy Mertens
Christopher Fulcher, Co-Director of the Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES) in the Division of Applied Social Sciences at CAFNR, received the Weight of the Nation 2012 Pioneering Innovation Award by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He received the award on behalf of his center’s work with Community Commons, a website [...]
Tags: Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Community Commons, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Geographic information system, obesity, rural sociology, Social science
Categories: Achievement, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Feature, Innovative Thinking, Inside CAFNR, Rural Sociology •
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