OSU Has a New Ag Facility

OSU Has New Ag Facility

Oregon State University will dedicate a new teaching and research facility for animal sciences next week. After the break we’ll learn more this exciting new facility, I’m KayDee Gilkey with Open Range.

A vision that was began in 1999 has turned reality now with the grand opening of the $8 million facility. The first of four buildings completed is the James E. Oldfield Animal Teaching Facility. It includes two classrooms which open into a multi-purpose arena, a teaching laboratory, as well as an egg incubation and small poultry processing area.

Dr. Jim Males, Emeritus Professor of OSU’s Animal and Rangeland Sciences, shares more details about the grand opening next Friday, Oct. 19th.

Males: “So starting at 3 p.m. on Friday, the day before Homecoming, we have a open to the world dedication and invite everyone to come in. Dr. Jim Oldfield former department head and a really important animal nutritionist will be there at the event. Then that will be followed by tours of the facility and the chance to see what has been built.”

Dr. Oldfield discovered the role of selenium in eliminating white muscle disease, a degenerative disease of cardiac and skeletal muscles in sheep and other ruminants.

So if you are headed to Corvallis next week for OSU’s Homecoming football weekend, make sure you stop by and see this amazing new facility.

I’m KayDee Gilkey with Open Range on the Ag Information Network.