Specialist helps combat pests

Benjamin Herrold
Mar 15, 2025
Mar 15, 2025

Chase Floyd works as an Extension crop protection specialist for MU, studying crop pest control.
Photo courtesy Chase Floyd/University of Missouri

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Benjamin Herrold

Editor’s note: This is part of a feature series on university crop research specialists.

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