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Achieving Ferguson's Highest Honor: Ferguson College of Agriculture honors 2024 Outstanding Senior

Tue, May 28, 2024

Growing up on a farm in southwest Oklahoma, Erin Slagell learned what it meant to work hard, show integrity, and think critically. During her four years at Oklahoma State University, she applied those skills in a way that earned her the 2024 Louis and Betty Gardner Outstanding Senior award for the OSU Ferguson College of Agriculture.

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International Initiatives: MIAP alumnus promotes global trade

Tue, May 28, 2024

In his adopted home state of Nevada, Oklahoma State University alumnus Dillon Davidson continues what he started in Stillwater, Oklahoma: a mission to expand awareness and elevate the agricultural industry.

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Global Impact: A journey from Peace Corps service to a doctorate

Tue, May 28, 2024

In a world where wanderlust tugs at the hearts of many, Haley Butler’s adventurous life path stands out. Butler’s roots run deep at Oklahoma State University, where she not only earned her undergraduate degree in natural resource ecology and management but also completed her master’s in entomology and plant pathology.

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Bringing Back the Beef: OSU Extension resources help rebuild the Oklahoma cow herd

Tue, May 28, 2024

Within OSU Agriculture, numerous OSU Extension specialists work with beef producers to evaluate the market outlook and production possibilities to take advantage of the cattle market opportunities and potential for herd rebuilding, said Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University agricultural economics professor.

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The Path to Game Warden: NREM provides curriculum to prepare graduates to protect wildlife

Tue, May 28, 2024

An Oklahoma game warden’s primary job is to enforce the fish and wildlife laws of the state, but becoming one takes more than a love for the outdoors.

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Purposeful Pancakes: OSU alumnus uses family farm to help FFA chapters

Tue, May 28, 2024

Within 10 miles of the Kansas-Oklahoma border, the DeWitt family operates Willow Creek Farms, a fifth-generation family farm that helps FFA chapters raise money for their programs and activities.

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