Mizzou CAFNR

KBIA’s Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Bryon Wiegand, Division Director of Animal Sciences at CAFNR-MU on the long-awaited opening of the new Michael L. Parson Meats Education & Training Lab – or Meat Lab – and the long and winding journey that took this vision from its previous iteration as the Mizzou Meat Market, to the state of the art learning facility and public market that formally opens in July.

KBIA’s Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Kantha Channaiah, Assistant Professor of Food Science and State Extension Specialist of Food Processing and Safety at CAFNR on the food safety training programs offered through CAFNR and the importance of proper food handling - not only for manufacturers and businesses, but also individuals who work with popular methods of food handling such as canning.

In an episode dedicated to all things bugs, KBIA’s Rachael Norden is joined by KBIA Health Reporter Rebecca Smith to speak with Dr. Emily Althoff, Assistant Extension Professor and State Extension Specialist of Urban Entomology at CAFNR on the relationships between pollinators and pests – how they’re often one and the same – and how people can play a vital role in stewarding local environments to not only help our flying friends survive, but thrive.

KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Rick Relyea, inaugural director of the Johnny Morris Institute of Fisheries, Wetlands, and Aquatic Systems at CAFNR-MU on his vision in workforce development and regional collaboration as he sets the stage for this new institute at Mizzou.

The University of Missouri hosted a discussion and Q&A with the Gov. Mike Kehoe, who spoke on topics relating to agriculture technology, funding and education.

KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Jamie Courter, Director of the National Center for Applied Reproduction (NCARG) and advisor the Show Me Select Replacement Heifer Program on the evolving reproductive technologies of the American cattle industry.

KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Ron Revord, Director of the MU Center for Agroforestry on the numerous ways the Center contributes to the science and practice underlying agroforestry, which combines trees and shrubs with crops or livestock.

KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Michael Stambaugh, Director of CAFNR-MU's Center for Tree Rings Science on their research, and how the science of tree rings studies, or dendrochronology, helps us understand our world through climate change and more.

KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. David Braun, Director of CAFNR-MU's Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG) on their research, the Missouri Maize and Missouri Soybean Centers, and how the IPG fosters scientific collaboration in this uniquely MU program.

KBIA’s Rachael Norden interviews Dr. Patrick Westhoff, Director of CAFNR’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute.