For Missouri State University graduate student Paige Bossaller, agriculture isn’t just a field of study; it’s a legacy. As a sixth-generation member of her family to work in agriculture, Bossaller has deep ties to the agriculture industry. “I grew up on a farm in Owensville, Missouri, so I’ve been involved in agriculture my whole life,” she said. Bossaller … [Read more...] about Combining tradition, passion and action
Adam Uhls graduated from the Darr College of Agriculture with his Master’s degree in Plant Science. Uhls recently wrote a thank you letter to President Smart to extend his gratitude for the influence Dr. Wenping Qiu, Director of the Center for Grapevine Biotechnology, and Sylvia Petersen, Research Specialist II Environmental Plant Sciences and Natural Resources, had on his life … [Read more...] about A letter of thanks from a former Missouri State University student to President Smart
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
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
Missouri State University Darr College of Agriculture alumna, Tayler McLane, from Broseley, Missouri, became the first woman to receive the Precision Impact Award at the 2016 Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) meeting in Orlando, Florida, after being nominated by the Missouri home office, MFA Inc. at Columbia. Raised on a nearly 5,000-acre row crop farm in the Missouri … [Read more...] about College of Agriculture alumna is first woman to win Precision Impact Award