One of the goals of the Conservation Project partnership between Missouri State University and the Missouri Department of Conservation is outreach. Over the past couple of years, due to COVID-19, outreach has been very hard to accomplish. This year is starting out differently. On September 16th, 2021, Clint Dalbom, Conservation Project Coordinator with Missouri State … [Read more...] about Missouri State University’s Conservation Project through Journagan Ranch
In the year 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the first proclamation for farm safety due to the high injury in the agricultural industry. Since then, agriculturalists nationwide celebrate National Farm Safety and Health Week during the third week of September to raise awareness of the high occurrence of injuries that happen daily on the farm. On September 24th, … [Read more...] about Missouri State University Cattlemen’s Association hosts students on campus for Farm Safety Day
Pokin Around: The painting of Carrington Hall that found its way to building's 2nd floor. Steve Pokin - Springfield News-Leader: An artist has to create art, right? So painter Xuehua "Woody" Jin, a 2019 graduate of Missouri State University with a master of fine arts degree, looked out from the Campus Chinese Baptist Church on National Avenue, where he works part-time, … [Read more...] about The painting of Carrington Hall that found its way to building’s 2nd floor
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