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Researcher Improving Plant Production One Seed at a Time
December 10, 2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Plant production starts with the seed and Miller McDonald has spent his Ohio State University career furthering research, education and technology in seed germination, vigor and viability. The seed physiologist with th ...
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Rains Arrive Too Late To Help Corn Crop
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/rains-arrive-too-late-help-corn-crop
October 1, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio- Recent scattered rainfall and saturated conditions generated from the remnants of Tropical Storm Isidore have arrived too late to pull Ohio's corn out its drought-stressed state, and may even prove detrimental for farm ...
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Putnam County Extension Educator Honored for His Work
January 15, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The unique connection that a county Extension educator has with the farm family is the backbone of any state Extension organization and the driving concept behind the Ohio State University Extension Steve D. Ruhl Agricult ...
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Properly Manage Invasive Plant Species at Farm Science Review
August 5, 2010 Editor's note: Photo captions: No. 1: Honeysuckle spreads across a forest floor. The invasive plant is the first to green up in the spring and the last to die off in the fall, preventing native plants from taking hold. No. 2: A grove o ...
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Producers Can Add Yellow Vine to the Long List of Pumpkin Diseases
November 6, 2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- When it comes to pumpkins, damaging pests and diseases are never in short supply. And this year, amid a drought and more common disease issues, some producers experienced the impact of a relatively new foe. Celeste Welt ...
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Prepare for Slugs/Aphids; Learn How at Conservation Tillage Event
January 29, 2007 ADA, Ohio-- Growers participating in Ohio State University Extension's Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference will get the latest information on two recurring field crop pests: slugs and soybean aphids. Ron Hammond, an OSU ...
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Precision Agriculture Not Just for Conventional Farming
October 2, 2001 Editor: Photos are available. Please contact Candace Pollock at (330) 202-3550 or pollock.58@osu.edu. COLUMBUS, Ohio- Precision agriculture techniques, generally applied to field crops such as corn and soybeans, are being used to improve p ...
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Proposed Research Facility to Focus on Plant/Animal Diseases
March 6, 2002 WOOSTER, Ohio- Processing and health problems associated with pathogenic organisms cost the food industry $8.5 billion a year. With roughly 20 percent of the population suffering from pathogen-related illnesses with about 5,000 deaths occurr ...
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Recycling Program Launches at Farm Science Review
August 22, 2007 LONDON, Ohio-- Ohio State University's Farm Science Review is getting greener. The North Central Ohio Solid Waste District is implementing a recycling program on the Review grounds to collect and recycle cardboard, plastic bottles a ...
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Putnam County to Celebrate 10 Years of Farm Safety Education
April 3, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- With Ohio youth among the demographics with the highest number of injuries and fatalities per year for rural hazards, safety education both on and off the farm has become an annual effort for Ohio State University Extension. ...