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Informative program will help develop farmers market managers

Wed, Nov 20, 2019

The 2019 Market Manager Certification Program will provide learning opportunities for farmers market managers.

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Fact or fiction: Turkey makes you sleepy

Tue, Nov 19, 2019

When the last bite of turkey is consumed and the plates are cleared, the next item on the Thanksgiving agenda is a nap. Because turkey makes you sleepy, right? Darren Scott, food scientist at Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center, debunks this myth.

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Students win awards at CAS Three Minute Thesis Finals

Mon, Nov 18, 2019

After 32 College of Arts and Sciences graduate students competed in the preliminary rounds and 13 advanced to the championship round, four impressed the judges enough to win awards during the college’s Three Minute Thesis Finals on Oct. 30. Ph.D. students Benjamin Nelson (Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) and Erin Wood (Department of Psychology) tied for the win, with each receiving a $300 prize. Wood also earned an additional $300 as the People’s Choice Award winner. Sarah Elzay, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Integrative Biology, placed second and received $200. Meagan Bourne, a master’s student in the Department of Political Science, placed third to earn $100.

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Food innovations unveiled during product development competition

Mon, Nov 18, 2019

Seventeen new food product creations were unveiled during the Oklahoma State University Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center’s third annual Food Product Innovation Competition.

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FAPC serves up food safety tips for the Thanksgiving table

Thu, Nov 14, 2019

The holiday season is officially here, and Thanksgiving Day is quickly approaching. While many Oklahomans will be preparing holiday meals for their families and friends, the risk of food poisoning is lurking. FAPC offers food safety tips to keep your family safe and make sure food poisoning is not on the menu this Thanksgiving.

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Turkey safety tips to help ensure a safe holiday meal

Mon, Nov 11, 2019

Food handling and safety tips for preparing turkey this Thanksgiving.

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Oklahoma producers face start of hay feeding season

Wed, Nov 06, 2019

Several Oklahoma counties have experienced snowfall already, heralding the start of hay feeding season that will expand to other counties in the coming weeks, and the need for producers to employ some value-adding mathematics.

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Beef product demand throwing in a few surprises

Tue, Nov 05, 2019

Strong demand and tighter Choice beef supplies are contributing to sharply higher Choice beef product prices in the fourth quarter.

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OSU’s Zhang receives national research award from American Society of Landscape Architects

Tue, Nov 05, 2019

Bo Zhang, assistant professor in OSU’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, has been named the recipient of the most prestigious honor in the profession of landscape architecture.

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Annie’s Project course benefits women in agricultural industry

Tue, Oct 15, 2019

At Annie’s Project courses, farm/ranch women become empowered to be better business partners or sole operators through networks and by managing and organizing critical information.

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Register now to attend Nov. 1 OSU Crop Insurance Workshop in Enid

Wed, Oct 09, 2019

The workshop is part of a multi-state Cooperative Extension effort being conducted in Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.

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A new Drought Index helps agriculture in Oklahoma

Fri, Oct 04, 2019

A new agricultural drought index has been developed using Oklahoma Mesonet’s soil moisture and weather data by Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Ph.D. student Ali Ajaz and Assistant Professor Dr. Saleh Taghvaeian.

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