On Oct. 19, 2019, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt announced that a plant bioscience laboratory building will be constructed at the University of Missouri (MU) with $24.8 million in the new Federal budget. The building will house USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists based at MU. These scientists have joint appointments in the Food and Natural Resourcesﾒ Division of Plant Sciences, and conduct research in collaboration with other MU scientists.