密苏里大学四座农业研究设施同日启用：州府4500万美元投入大豆、牛肉与葡萄酒研究
哥伦比亚消息：密苏里大学农学、食品与自然资源学院10月9日为四座新研究设施举行剪彩：密苏里基金会种子中心、国家应用繁殖与基因组学中心、葡萄与葡萄酒研究所发酵实验室，以及迈克尔·L·帕森肉类科学教育与培训实验室。州农业厅长克里斯·钦表示，州政府为这批研究设施投入了4500万美元，作为支持农民的投资方式之一。
学院副校长兼院长克里斯托弗·多伯特介绍，新设施分别面向大豆、牛肉生产者和葡萄酒酿造者面临的现实挑战：研究人员可以设计和培育能抵御这些挑战的新大豆品种，把技术带给全州的大豆种植者。密苏里州养牛者协会的安妮塔·范德韦特表示，生产者正面对利润收紧、需求上升的新挑战——农用车辆的柴油价格已涨到每加仑6美元以上，天气在干旱和洪水之间反复。
她说：「我们要么被动应对变化，要么引领变化，而密苏里应该永远选择引领。」新设施启用之际，州长迈克·基霍同日还签署了缓解农民和卡车司机柴油成本的行政令，州级层面的农业支持动作在同一天集中落地。
信息来源：KCTV（经 Gray Media 刊载）https://gray-kctv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/2026/10/09/state-aids-farmers-kehoe-signs-diesel-fuel-order/
University of Missouri Opens Four Agriculture Research Facilities Backed by $45 Million State Investment
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources cut the ribbons on four new research facilities on Oct. 9: Missouri Foundation Seed, the National Center for Applied Reproduction and Genomics, the Grape and Wine Institute Fermentation Lab, and the Michael L. Parson Meat Science Education and Training Laboratory. Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Chris Chinn said the $45 million the state put toward the facilities is one way it is investing in farmers.
Christopher Daubert, the college's vice chancellor and dean, said the facilities target challenges across soybeans, beef and wine — researchers can design and engineer new soybean varieties that withstand drought, flood and other stresses, and deliver that technology to Missouri growers. Anita Vanderwert of the Missouri Cattlemen's Association said producers face tighter margins and rising demands, with diesel for farm vehicles above $6 a gallon and weather swinging between droughts and floods.
"We can either react to this change or we can lead it, and Missouri should always lead," Vanderwert said. The openings came the same day Gov. Mike Kehoe signed an executive order easing diesel costs for farmers and truckers, concentrating the state's agricultural support actions on a single day.
Source: KCTV (via Gray Media) https://gray-kctv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/2026/10/09/state-aids-farmers-kehoe-signs-diesel-fuel-order/
图片来源：图：成行生长的绿色大豆试验田。摄影：United Soybean Board，CC BY 2.0，取自 Wikimedia Commons
