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National Drink Wine Day

February 18, 2022 by Mackensie Darst

Happy national Drink Wine Day from the Darr College of Agriculture! Many may find ways to celebrate this special occasion, but our faculty celebrates in a way to honor our very own wine processing facility at the Fruit Experiment Station, located on the Mountain Grove campus. The Fruit Experiment Station has processed numerous award-winning wines from their grapes that are … [Read more...] about National Drink Wine Day

Filed Under: fruit, grapes, Horticulture, wine Tagged With: agriculture, fruit, grapes, horticulture, research, school of agriculture, wine

Missouri State Winery and Distillery receive awards in international competition

October 7, 2021 by Mackensie Darst

Located on the Mountain Grove campus of Missouri State University is the Missouri State Winery and Distillery. This facility is recognized for its award-winning spirits and wines that have steep competition against other wineries and distilleries in years past. This year, the facility competed in the 2021 New York World International Wine & Spirits competition. This … [Read more...] about Missouri State Winery and Distillery receive awards in international competition

Filed Under: Accomplishments, Faculty & Staff Accomplishments, fruit, grapes, wine Tagged With: award, faculty, Faculty News, fruit, Missouri State, News, research, wine

Making a name in wines and spirits

December 3, 2020 by Rakshith Harish

Nestled on the Missouri State University-Mountain Grove campus is the Missouri State Winery and Distillery. It's a licensed, award-winning facility. One man whose dedication and expertise have advanced the facility’s operations is Dr. Karl Wilker. He serves as manager, winemaker, and distiller. He’s also a research professor at the Darr College of Agriculture. The college … [Read more...] about Making a name in wines and spirits

Filed Under: Accomplishments, Faculty & Staff Accomplishments, grapes, wine

Helping to create the next generation of grapes

October 19, 2017 by Emily Yeap

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

Filed Under: Faculty & Staff Accomplishments, grapes Tagged With: agriculture, Dr. Chin-Feng Hwang, faculty, News, plant science, research, sustainability

Agriculture students present grape breeding research at conference

July 24, 2017 by Emily Yeap

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

Filed Under: grapes, student achievement Tagged With: agriculture, Dr. Chin-Feng Hwang, faculty, News, plant science, research

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