Mountain Grove Campus Task Force

Representative Research and Scholarly Initiatives

Fall 05

Horticulture

1. Gardening in a Bag for urbanites on rocky soils
2. Soil amendments utilizing poultry litter and other composted materials
3. Planting methods of drought tolerant plants
4. Variety trials of flowering annual plants
5. Entomological evaluation in forest trees.
6. Web Based Guide for weed and plant identification

Agronomy

1. Soil Fertility for Blueberries
2. Forages for year round forages and ground cover to reduce erosion and groundwater pollution (with Animal Sciences)
3. Natural Resources Conservation practices to accommodate animal waste challenges in an economical sustainable system (with Agri. Econ.)

Animal Sciences

1. Ultrasound technology to determine meat tenderness and taste (with Agri. Econ. and the Univ. of Missouri)
2. Techniques to increase longevity of stored stallion spermatozoa
3. Entophyte fescue’s effect on temperature regulation in exercising equine
4. Zoo and endangered species reproduction projects

Agricultural Business

1. Economic and Environmental Impacts in the aggregate and for individual sectors of agriculture (the Univ. of Mo. and with Missouri State animal sciences and agronomy)
2. Consumer preferences with foods

Agricultural Education

1. "Pathways Grant" to make an Agricultural Degree available to location restricted students who are in West Plains, Crowder College and beyond.
2. Ag in the Classroom Grant (with Mo. Farm Bureau) to develop learning units and make available for elementary teachers available on the web.
3. Agriculture Security Grant (with Mo. Farm Bureau) to develop learning units on the proper response to terrorism targeting agriculture

Major Grants Presently by Sought:

• Agribusiness Enterprise Program (with the University of Missouri). $2M
• Economic and Environmental Sustainability of the U.S. Beef Industry (with the University of Missouri) $2M