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Food safety program helps prepare OSU students for food industry

Wed, Mar 13, 2019

Oklahoma State University students interested in food safety are taking advantage of a new program offered by the Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center. FAPC’s Food Safety Professional program recognizes current and future industry leaders specializing in food safety who have attended and completed a substantial number of workshops and trainings offered by the state-of-the-art food processing center.

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Celebrate Bake and Take Month during March

Tue, Mar 12, 2019

Oklahoma often is recognized for being a leading state in wheat production. Because of this, Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center is promoting and recognizing this commodity by celebrating Bake and Take Month in March.

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Spring-calving beef herds face nutritional challenges

Tue, Mar 12, 2019

Late winter and early spring is the most challenging time of the year relative to the nutrition of spring-calving beef cows.

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OSU event promotes student food and ag research

Fri, Mar 08, 2019

Oklahoma State University's Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center highlighted student research and awarded top winners during its annual Research Symposium. Sponsored by the Institute of Food Technologists-Oklahoma section, Stillwater Chamber of Commerce, Stillwater Centennial Rotary Club and Oklahoma Association for Food Protection, the Feb. 26 symposium featured student oral and poster presentations from OSU, Langston University and University of Central Oklahoma.

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Cattle cycle factors indicate prices should continue at mostly current levels

Thu, Mar 07, 2019

Future market conditions, good or bad, could prompt additional expansion or liquidation in 2020 and beyond,

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Oklahoma Proven celebrates 20 years helping gardeners with great plant selections

Wed, Mar 06, 2019

Oklahoma Proven has been helping gardeners make wise plant decisions for 20 years.

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Environmental law enforcement training available in Idabel

Fri, Mar 01, 2019

To help combat the problem of illegal dump sites, OSU Cooperative Extension is joining forces with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, to host the Oklahoma Environmental Law Enforcement Training Seminar slated April 4 in Idabel, Oklahoma.

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Have you considered raised bed gardening?

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

Raised bed gardens have multiple benefits for gardeners.

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From PB Slices to a bite-size PB snack, FAPC researchers are changing the way people eat peanut butter

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

Researchers at the Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center have developed a bite-size peanut butter product that is individually wrapped, high in protein and made from real peanut butter.

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The skinny on cow weight maintenance and forage intake, courtesy of OSU animal scientists

Wed, Feb 20, 2019

OSU researchers broke the study into two phases: Maintenance energy requirements and voluntary feed intake.

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FAPC assists with validation of South African dried meat product

Wed, Feb 20, 2019

Beef jerky a staple in the salty snack realm across the country, and the United States Department of Agriculture requires specifics during production to ensure the dried beef is safe to consume. However, those standards are not upheld around the globe. Researchers at Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center recently assisted Stormberg Foods, a family-owned South African company, with the validity process of producing biltong, a novel version of beef jerky.

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Former 4-H’er reunited with lost record book 60+ years later

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Thanks to the power of social media and the determination of an OSU Cooperative Extension 4-H educator, a former Bryan County 4-H'er has been reunited with her long-lost record book.

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