Soybean Research Selected as Carr Endowed Creative Inquiry Project. A Creative Inquiry (CI) project looking at one of the biggest crops in the U.S. The endowment, which was established with a gift from Chalmers and Lori Anne Carr, owners and operators of Titan Farms, provides support for CI projects related to fruit and vegetable crop production, agriculture industries and rural economic development. The project, titled “Dissecting Plant Complexity: From Arabidopsis Mutants to Soybean Drought Mechanisms,” is led by Shahid Mukhtar, professor of genetics and biochemistry. It gives students hands-on research experience focusing on soybean anatomy and physiology under stress, such as drought. “The Carr Family Endowed Fund will allow us to provide students with a richer,more immersive research experience as they investigate how soybean plants respond to environmental stress,” said Mukhtar. A third look at American ag history. ## Business News by Better Farming. Image 26: A third look at American ag history. ## Crop News by Better Farming.