The endowment agreement between Matthew Wommack, representative of the Agriculture Alumni Association, and the Missouri State University Foundation was signed this fall for the creation of the Wayne Schnelle Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship was created to memorialize Wayne Schnelle and his contribution to the College of Agriculture and the Missouri agricultural … [Read more...] about College of Agriculture establishes the Wayne Schnelle Memorial Scholarship
Roy Blunt currently serves as Missouri’s U.S. Senator. Senator Blunt has served in office since 2010 and continues to make an impact on both, rural and urban citizens within the Show-Me state. This past week, Senator Blunt visited Missouri State University’s award-winning Fruit Experiment Station, located on the Mountain Grove campus. Accompanying Senator Blunt was Ms. Sonya … [Read more...] about Senator Roy Blunt visits Darr College of Agriculture’s Mountain Grove Campus
The Missouri State University State Fruit Experiment Station will host two workshops in March that are open to the public. The workshops will demonstrate different techniques that are related to dormant season plant management. The first workshop is free to the public, and will be a tree and small fruit pruning demonstration held on Saturday, Mar. 7, 2015 from 9a.m. to noon. … [Read more...] about Mountain Grove Plans Community Workshops
Written by: Laura Wolfe A group of student leaders from the William H. Darr School of Agriculture has been traveling to FFA area banquets to debut a new partnership with PFI Western Wear to support the Missouri FFA Association. The opportunity to show support for agricultural education at the high school and university levels began with a campaign by Durango Boots. With … [Read more...] about Durango Boot Sales Will Benefit FFA
By Family of John Schatz, reprinted from Springfield News-Leader March 17, 2013 John Dewey Schatz was born February 15, 1921, and passed away February 3, 2013. A Cape Girardeau native, John studied at the University of Toledo for a year before joining the US Navy. After World War II, he completed his education and taught at UMC. In 1950 John came to SMS, now … [Read more...] about Dr. John Schatz Passes Away, Former Department Head and Lifelong Supporter of Education