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OSU researchers seeking environmental solutions through cover cropping

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.
A group of five students prepare the chambers for capturing greenhouse gas emissions in a wheat field.
OSU’s Ranchers Thursday Lunchtime Series to feature legendary beef producer Minnie Lou Bradley

Mon, Sep 23, 2024

Cattle producers are invited to join the one-time Zoom session and learn about beef production from pioneering rancher Minnie Lou Bradley.

BeefFerguson College of AgricultureOSU AgricultureDepartment of Animal and Food SciencesCattleOSU Extension
Southern land-grant universities conduct research for food security

Thu, Sep 12, 2024

Studying the discoloration of meat is one of the many ways that southern land-grant universities are helping to prevent food waste.

Department of Animal and Food SciencesOSU Ag ResearchOSU Agriculture
OSU expanding molecular research through national fellowship

Wed, Sep 11, 2024

The National Needs Fellowship supports bringing students into the study of omics, a branch of science that includes the study of molecules and their structures.

Department of Animal and Food SciencesOSU AgricultureOSU Ag Research
Mafi receives Ferguson College of Agriculture Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring Award

Wed, Jul 03, 2024

Gretchen Mafi, professor in the Oklahoma State University Department of Animal and Food Sciences, is the recipient of the 2024 Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring Award.

Ferguson College of AgricultureDepartment of Animal and Food SciencesOSU Agriculture
Got Pecans?: FAPC researchers work to develop pecan-based products

Tue, May 28, 2024

What do milk, ice cream, yogurt and butter have in common? Although dairy might be your first guess, the answer is pecans. Food scientists in the Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center at Oklahoma State University are developing these pecan-based products as a new alternative to traditional dairy products.

pecansOSU AgricultureCowboy JournalMagazineFerguson College of AgricultureDepartment of Animal and Food SciencesRobert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center
Slagell named 2024 Ferguson College of Agriculture Outstanding Senior

Wed, Apr 03, 2024

Erin Slagell of Hydro, Oklahoma, was recently named Oklahoma State University’s Ferguson College of Agriculture 2024 Louis and Betty Gardner Outstanding Senior.

2024 Spring Orange GownOSU AgricultureDepartment of Animal and Food SciencesFerguson College of Agriculture

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