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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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Oklahoma Peanut EXPO set for March 14 in Weatherford

Tue, Feb 12, 2019

EXPO will be the premier peanut education and training event in the region for 2019.

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Register now to attend March 8 OSU Experiment Station field day at Marshall

Tue, Feb 12, 2019

The 30th Anniversary Field Day at Marshall will provide overviews of valuable past and new research that will help producers remain on the cutting edge of production and efficiency.

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‘Oklahoma Gardening’ begins 45th season Feb. 16

Mon, Feb 11, 2019

"Oklahoma Gardening" kicks off its 45th season Feb. 16. Host Casey Hentges begins the season with starting transplants. (Photo by Kane Kinion, Agricultural Communications Services)

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OSU, KSU, Langston multi-institutional team tackling agricultural data use challenges

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Effort made possible through a four-year, $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

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Consider alternatives to the invasive callery pear

Mon, Feb 04, 2019

The invasive callery pear can quickly take ove ropen spaces such as pastures, grassland and open woodlands.

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Latest info, CEUs available through Feb. 28 Oklahoma Irrigation Conference in Goodwell

Fri, Feb 01, 2019

The conference will take place at the Oklahoma Panhandle Research and Extension Center southeast of Highway 54.

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