05/31/2007

Media Advisory: State-of-the-art OARDC Feedstock Facility Groundbreaking is June 5 in Wooster

Writer:

Mauricio Espinoza
espinoza.15@osu.edu
(330) 202-3550

Source:

David Benfield, OARDC Associate Director
benfield.2@osu.edu
(330) 263-3703

WOOSTER, Ohio — A groundbreaking ceremony for the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center’s (OARDC) new, state-of-the-art Feedstock Processing Research Facility will be held Tuesday, June 5, at 2:30 p.m. in Wooster.

Transportation to the site will be available outside of Fisher Auditorium, 1680 Madison Ave., starting at 2 p.m.

The new facility — which replaces the current Grain Storage and Feed Processing Facility built in 1965 — will help develop and improve the nutritional value of feeds for Ohio State University’s internationally recognized livestock and poultry research programs. It will also play a key role in the processing of oils and proteins from crops for the production of renewable specialty chemicals, polymers and materials.

Present at the ceremony will be Carolyn Carmichael, wife of Ohio Rep. Jim Carmichael; Fred Shimp, Ohio’s 4th Congressional District; Brian Gwin, Wayne Development Council Inc.; Jamie Gentry, Ohio Department of Development; Greg Hargett, Ohio Department of Agriculture; John Lumpe, Ohio Soybean Association; and other university, commodity and industry representatives.

Funding for the $5.5 million facility was provided by the State of Ohio through capital funds and through the Third Frontier Project grant awarded to OARDC’s Ohio BioProducts Innovation Center (OBIC).

For questions, contact Mauricio Espinoza at (330) 202-3550 or espinoza.15@osu.edu.

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