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Jul 21, 2017
This week, a newly formed Ohio-based company had two animals harvested and processed in The Ohio State University Meat Laboratory for photographs of meat cuts conforming to the Institutional Meat Purchase Specifications (IMPS). The IMPS is the standard used by hotels, restaurants, and other food service distributors when purchasing meat cuts. The work was being conducted by Ron Cramer, Manager of the Meat Laboratory, and Dr. Lyda Garcia, an Assistant Professor and Meat Scientist in the Department of Animal Sciences.
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Jul 19, 2017
Dr. Pasha Lyvers Peffer, Interim Associate Chair and Associate Professor, was awarded the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Educator Award during the NACTA Annual Conference. One of the central purposes of NACTA is to recognize those individuals whose efforts represent the very best in agricultural higher education. The NACTA Educator Award (previously called the NACTA Teacher Fellow Award) is a criterion based award and is reviewed by a committee of NACTA members.
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Jun 2, 2017
The Buckeye Dairy Club, in conjunction with John and Bonnie Ayars, launched the Austin Ayars Memorial Scholarship at the Buckeye Dairy Club’s annual awards reception banquet held at Der Dutchman in Plain City on April 22.
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Jun 2, 2017
The Buckeye Dairy Club held its annual awards reception on April 22 at the Der Dutchman in Plain City, with about 82 in attendance. Those recognized included the dairy judging and dairy challenge teams and the Club’s committee chairs and outgoing officers.
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Jun 1, 2017
This marked the fourth year for the OSU Dairy Industry Study Abroad, with the three previous trips occurring in 2007, 2011, and 2014. The first two trips were to the Netherlands, but the two most recent trips included the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.
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Jun 1, 2017
The Ohio State University placed second at the 16th annual North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge® (NAIDC) held March 30 – April 1 in Visalia, CA. There were 36 teams that participated in the national contest and 89 students that participated in the Dairy Challenge Academy. In total, 230 students from 25 states and three Canadian provinces, and from 37 colleges across the U.S. and Canada attended this educational event.
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May 22, 2017
The Ohio State University Dairy Judging Team had a successful trip to the Western National Spring Judging Contest, part of the 102nd Richmond Black & White Days. Team members Tanner Topp, Ella Jackson, and Lexie Nunes placed 2nd overall and 2nd in reasons.
Individual honors:
Tanner Topp – 3rd individual and 2nd placing, top 10 individual reasons
Ella Jackson – 7th individual, top 10 individual reasons
Lexie Nunes – top 10 individual reasons
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May 17, 2017
The Department of Animal Sciences’ Joan Galbraith Jerauld was one of 12 Ohio State staff members honored with the Distinguished Staff Award. As the university’s most prestigious staff recognition, the award celebrates staff members who have made a significant impact at Ohio State.
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May 16, 2017
The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences hosted the 14th Annual CFAES Undergraduate Research Forum on February 28 in the Nationwide/Farm Bureau 4-H building. Forty-four undergraduate student researchers from CFAES and the School of Environment and Natural Resources shared their research in a poster presentation format with faculty, staff, fellow students, and invited family members and guests, with 42 faculty judges evaluating and ranking the presentations.
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May 10, 2017
The Department of Animal Sciences had two poster competition winners during the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center's (OARDC) 2017 research conference on April 20. The competition, which drew 83 entries, recognized outstanding research posters by OARDC-supported graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and research assistants and associates. OARDC is the research arm of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University.
