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Ohio 4-H has strength in (volunteer) numbers
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/ohio-4-h-has-strength-in-volunteer-numbers
The positive youth development activities of 4-H uniquely prepare young people for success. All 4-H programs focus on active involvement and quality experiences that stimulate lifelong learning of values and skills, and Ohio is home to one of the largest ...
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Giving mosquitoes 'kidney' failure could help fight spread of malaria
A CFAES scientist and his collaborators have discovered a chemical that causes "kidney" failure in mosquitoes, which may pave the way to the development of new insecticides to fight potentially deadly mosquito-transmitted diseases such as malari ...
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'It's a great way to get your feet wet if you're just starting out in the business'
When Lea Richards first stepped into the pilot food processing plant of CFAES's Food Industries Center, she was taken aback. "I was really amazed at the breadth of equipment that you have under one roof," said Richards, owner and operator ...
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New lab to help fight the (algae-fueled) battle of Lake Erie
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/new-lab-help-fight-the-algae-fueled-battle-lake-erie
Last year already saw a number of improvements at Stone Laboratory, but renovations and updates continue on South Bass and Gibraltar Islands. The newest addition to Stone Lab's facilities will be an Algae and Water Quality Lab, housed in the Stone ...
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ATI students designing bee-friendly landscape for A.I. Root
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/ati-students-designing-bee-friendly-landscape-for-ai-root
What do candles and flowers have in common (besides romantic candlelight dinners)? Bees, of course, and the A.I. Root Company in Medina has sought to bring its history as a candle maker and bee steward together in a project involving ATI's landscap ...
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Oilseed crops bring back history, look toward future at Mellinger Farm
Flax is blooming again at OARDC's Mellinger Farm near Wooster. The crop is one of four oilseed crops that will be studied on the property this summer-- the first research plots at the farm since Patricia Quinby and Virginia Reed generously donated ...
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OSU Students in Borlaug Summer Institute
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/osu-students-in-borlaug-summer-institute
Godwill Chewachong, Matthew Kost and Brian Pace were among 35 graduate students selected from across the U.S. to participate in the Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security at Purdue University, May 28-June 8, 2013. Chewachong is a Plant Pathology ...
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Upcoming Weather
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-09/upcoming-weather
April has been a warmer and wetter month across most of the state of Ohio. Temperatures are averaging 3-7 degrees above normal with precipitation ranging from 100-200 percent of normal. The wettest and warmest areas have been across the southern part of t ...
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Identifying Feekes Growth Stage 6: Jointing
1- Pull, or better yet, dig up, several clusters of tillers with roots and soil from multiple locations in the field; 2- Identify and select three to four primary tillers from each cluster – usually the largest tillers with the thickest stem, but size can ...
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Corn Planting Progress in Ohio: A “Historical” Perspective
How much corn is typically planted in Ohio by the third week of April? According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Ohio/Publications/Crop_Prog...), for the week ending April 13 no appreciable ac ...