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Oklahoma State University Faculty Members Honored for Research Excellence

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Eight Oklahoma State University faculty members were named recipients of the Regents Distinguished Research Award for 2013-14 during the September meeting of the Oklahoma State University/A&M Board of Regents Friday. Receiving the prestigious award were:
·   Leon Spicer, professor and Harrington Chair, animal science (College of...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces 2015 Wildfires Burned Record Acres, Urges...

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2016 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that in 2015, wildfires burned a record 10,125,149 acres across the United States, surpassing the previous record set in 2006. The Secretary renewed the call for Congress to pass the bi-partisan Wildfire Disaster Funding Act....

USDA Announces Programs to Conserve Sensitive Land and Help Beginning Farmers

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WASHINGTON, June 4, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that farmers, ranchers and landowners committed to protecting and conserving environmentally sensitive land may now sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The Secretary also announced that retiring farmers enrolled in CRP could receive incentives to transfer a...

Cattle continue to trend higher; hog markets ‘yo-yo’

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Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Ron Plain, 573-882-0134

COLUMBIA, Mo.– The song remains the same for the cattle market: tight supplies and high prices.

“Supplies are going to remain tight for some time, and domestic and export demand for beef...

Philanthropic alumni returns to speak with students

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Oklahoma State University alumni Alyssa Peterson will return to Stillwater Feb. 4-5 as part of the Center for Ethical Leadership’s Leaders in Residence speaker series.
Peterson is the co-founder and executive director of the Ubuntu Youth Project headquartered in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The after-school program provides local students...

Clayton to be keynote speaker at Missouri Livestock Symposium, Dec. 7-8

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Media contact:
Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Tony Clayton of Clayton Agri-Marketing will be the keynote speaker at the free two-day Missouri Livestock Symposium, Dec. 7-8 at Kirksville Middle School.

Clayton, of Jefferson...

4-H mom says her blood runs green

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Media contact:
Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]

BIBLE GROVE, Mo. - Alisa Forrester Kigar’s blood runs 4-H green.

The former State 4-H Council officer became a 4-H “mom” Oct. 17 when her oldest child attended a meeting of...

Growing sweet peppers

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Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The colorful sweet pepper is the Christmas ornament of the vegetable garden, bearing fruit that ranges from red, orange, yellow and white to purple and chocolate black.

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Fact Sheet: USDA Invests in New Market Opportunities in Local and...

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Over the course of the Administration, USDA has created new economic opportunities in the growing market for local and regional foods for new and established farmers, ranchers and small food business entrepreneurs. Through investments at the farm level in the form of production research, credit and conservation assistance; infrastructure...

OSU employees honored in Oklahoma Magazine’s ‘40 Under 40’

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Whitney Bailey Oklahoma Magazine has recognized two Oklahoma State University employees, Dr. Whitney Bailey and Eric Polak, among Oklahoma’s hardest-working professionals in its “40 Under 40” issue for 2014. 

Bailey is an associate professor in human development and family science in the College of Human Sciences. She is the Bryan Close Professor in...

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