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Jan 8, 2025 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Kaia Tran
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Kaia Tran
Inside a laboratory at Tucker Hall at the University of Missouri, Rex Cocroft adjusts his headphones, fine-tuning a device that looks a bit like a DJ's mixing board. He clips sensors onto a plant that has tiny bugs on it. "Listen," he whispers, handing over a pair of headphones. Through them comes a loud, purring sound that goes "bdddddrrrr" over and over, like a clucking hen. It's the love song of the treehopper - an insect smaller than the size of your fingernail.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
maryvilleforum.com | Kaia Tran
Humans are not the only creatures who know how to invest. Plant communities have a secret “trust fund” buried underground: the soil seed bank. The soil seed bank is a natural reserve of seeds in the soil. Plants drop seeds that lie dormant, sometimes for a thousand years, and wait for favorable conditions to germinate and grow into a new plant. However, as the climate changes, this secret bank is no longer safe.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Kaia Tran
By Kaia Tran,Kate Cassady,Nick Sheaffer Humans are not the only creatures who know how to invest. Plant communities have a secret "trust fund" buried underground: the soil seed bank. The soil seed bank is a natural reserve of seeds in the soil. Plants drop seeds that lie dormant, sometimes for a thousand years, and wait for favorable conditions to germinate and grow into a new plant. However, as the climate changes, this secret bank is no longer safe.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Kate Cassady |Kaia Tran |Nick Sheaffer |Mark Horvit
On a family farm in Lawrence County, Matt Woodward waded through his lush ankle-high rows of corn, a vision of agricultural promise. The evenly spaced rows stretched toward the horizon line in tidy formation, the fertile soil between them dark and rich with possibility. Under this moist layer of soil is a complex system of drip lines with emitters, slowly dripping single drops of groundwater into the soil at the root zone. "More crop per drop, more crop per area," Woodward described his system.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
mycouriertribune.com | Kaia Tran
On a family farm in Lawrence County, Matt Woodward waded through his lush ankle-high rows of corn, a vision of agricultural promise. The evenly spaced rows stretched toward the horizon line in tidy formation, the fertile soil between them dark and rich with possibility. Under this moist layer of soil is a complex system of drip lines with emitters, slowly dripping single drops of groundwater into the soil at the root zone. “More crop per drop, more crop per area,” Woodward described his system.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
newspressnow.com | Kaia Tran
On a family farm in Lawrence County, Matt Woodward waded through his lush ankle-high rows of corn, a vision of agricultural promise. The evenly spaced rows stretched toward the horizon line in tidy formation, the fertile soil between them dark and rich with possibility. Under this moist layer of soil is a complex system of drip lines with emitters, slowly dripping single drops of groundwater into the soil at the root zone. “More crop per drop, more crop per area,” Woodward described his system.
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Jan 13, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Kaia Tran |Amelia Hurley
As a little girl, Bobbi Wilson would bring home any animal she could find. Her mom once found her with a snake she brought into the house, insisting it needed a home. Wilson's natural love for animals followed her into adulthood, where she owns a nonprofit organization focused on pet rescue and a certified pet-sitting business, Peace Love Paws Pet Sitters, LLC.
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Kaia Tran |Fred Anklam
By Kaia Tran,Fred Anklam Predictions of extremely low temperatures and high winds has prompted the City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility to revise curbside trash pickup plans for next week. According to a city news release, Tuesday trash collection routes will be cancelled. Monday's residential curbside trash pickup was already delayed to Tuesday due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Kaia Tran |Fred Anklam
Planning is underway for the Columbia Regional Airport's new master plan, which will help determine the future of the airport in the next 10-20 years. The last master plan was completed 15 years ago.
