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Roots of Conservation: A soil legacy is returned home to OSU soil science teaching labs

Little glass bottles nestle inside a wooden box with well-worn hinges. Rolled up canvas maps outline the boundaries of Oklahoma’s red soils. Together, these relics of soil science from Oklahoma’s Dust Bowl days have made their way back home to Oklahoma State University’s Agricultural Hall.
A wooden box labeled “Isaac Warner Soil Testing Kit,” displayed on a table with an engraved plaque describing its history and donation. On either side of the box sit two vintage black-and-white photographs: one showing a man standing in a field with soil sampling tools, and the other showing a man in a graduation cap and gown posing beside an earl-model car. Emily Warner rests her hand softly on the top of the box.
New OSU wheat varieties could lead to more natural bread with fewer additives

Thu, Jun 26, 2025

Flour from the OSU varieties Paradox, Breadbox and Firebox (dubbed the OX varieties) appears to provide an uncommonly high level of dough strength while maintaining varying levels of extensibility. OSU has partnered with Oklahoma-based Shawnee Milling Company and Farm Strategy, a food supply chain consultant, to research the potential of these three wheat varieties as a natural flour-based alternative to wheat gluten additives, such as vital wheat gluten

OSU Wheat Improvement TeamDepartment of Plant and Soil SciencesOSU AgricultureOSU Ag Research#OrangeIsTheAnswer
LaBar receives Ferguson College Early Career Excellence in Teaching Award

Mon, Jun 16, 2025

Julie LaBar is the 2025 recipient of the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture’s Early Career Excellence in Teaching Award.

OSU AgricultureDepartment of Plant and Soil SciencesFerguson College of Agriculture
New OSU Orange Blossom CL+ wheat variety brings a strong resistance package to Oklahoma fields

Mon, Apr 28, 2025

Oklahoma State University Agriculture will launch Orange Blossom CL+ this summer, a new wheat variety with high yield potential, strong tolerance to leaf rust, stripe rust and spring freezes, and good milling quality.

AgronomyOSU Wheat Improvement TeamwheatOSU AgricultureDepartment of Plant and Soil SciencesOSU Ag Research#OrangeIsTheAnswerDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology
OSU researchers seeking environmental solutions through cover cropping

Thu, Apr 24, 2025

OSU researchers are studying using legume cover crops in the summer to fix nitrogen in the soil to minimize the amount of fertilizer producers need to put down for planting wheat in the fall. They are using chambers to capture and measure carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions in wheat fields.

OSU AgricultureOSU ExtensionSchool of Civil Engineering and Environmental EngineeringDepartment of Animal and Food SciencesDepartment of Agricultural EconomicsDepartment of Plant and Soil SciencesOSU Ag Research
OSU Wheat Improvement Team feeds the world

Mon, Feb 17, 2025

The Oklahoma State University Wheat Improvement Team has released 37 wheat varieties since 2000 with higher disease tolerance and stronger yields.

OSU AgricultureDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOSU ExtensionDepartment of Entomology and Plant PathologyDepartment of Plant and Soil SciencesOSU Ag ResearchOSU Wheat Improvement Team
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