Agriculture has always been a part of Megan Richner’s life. She was born into a farming and ranching family in Southwest Missouri. She currently raises beef cattle with her family under the Red Cedar Ranch, LLC name. Located in El Dorado Springs, the ranch is about 300 acres with 50 herd of cows. “I’m the fifth generation in my family to farm and raise livestock,” Richner … [Read more...] about Advocating for agriculture
Thanks to an alumna, Missouri State University now owns land for row crops for the first time in the university’s history. The land was given to the William H. Darr College of Agriculture in spring 2017 by the Rev. Dr. Paula Kindrick Hartsfield, a 1976 alumna, and her husband, George. Read the full story. … [Read more...] about Introducing the Kindrick Family Farm
It’s a win for molecular grape breeding. New funding has been approved for a research project that uses genomic technology to create better varieties of grapes faster. The VitisGen2 project led by Cornell University, is a collaboration of 25 scientists from 11 different institutions, including Missouri State University. They are working in multidisciplinary teams to … [Read more...] about Helping to create the next generation of grapes
Congratulations to Dr. Arbindra Rimal! His work is being featured in the university’s 2017 edition of Mind’s Eye. Here’s a sneak peek at the story: Dr. Arbindra Rimal would probably still be an accountant or banker today if not for his memorable encounters with farmers back in his native Nepal while working at a rural development bank in the 1980s. Their work and … [Read more...] about Arbindra Rimal featured in Mind’s Eye
Dr. Chin-Feng Hwang, professor of agriculture at Darr College of Agriculture at Missouri State University (MSU), Li-Ling Chen, research specialist in the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station at Darr College of Agriculture at MSU, and three students; Surya Sapkota, an MSU/University of Missouri collaborative Ph.D. student, and Jacob Schneider and Will Knuckles, both plant … [Read more...] about Agriculture students present grape breeding research at conference