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Public Input Wanted on Plan to Improve Ohio Agriculture
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A farmer-led group that aims to improve Ohio farm profitability while increasing the number of Ohioans who can afford to buy nutritious meals will meet next week to receive public feedback on its recommendations. In Ohio, nearly 1 in 7 ho ...
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World's Largest Script Ohio Shows the Power of Precision Agriculture
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LONDON, Ohio — On their way to the 56th annual Farm Science Review, Sept. 18-20, some 130,000 visitors will likely pass hundreds of acres of soybean fields. But one field in particular is sporting more Buckeye pride than any other. From an aerial view, th ...
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World's Largest Script Ohio Shows the Power of Precision Agriculture
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/worlds-largest-script-ohio-shows-power-precision-agriculture-0
LONDON, Ohio — On their way to the 56th annual Farm Science Review, Sept. 18-20, some 130,000 visitors will likely pass hundreds of acres of soybean fields. But one field in particular is sporting more Buckeye pride than any other. From an aerial view, th ...
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Marketing Local Foods? How to Stand Out from the Competition
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/marketing-local-foods-how-stand-out-competition
LONDON, Ohio – As the demand for local foods continues to increase, more farmers, growers and food producers are taking advantage of the increasing opportunities to sell their products at farmers markets and directly to restaurants. But making their produ ...
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When Weed Killers Miss Their Mark
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The field appears as a checkerboard: thriving green crops beside squares of shriveling beige stalks. This was not a farmer’s bad luck. Instead the field was intentionally sprayed with 13 different weed killers to show their effects on var ...
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Ohio State Professor’s New Animal Welfare Designation Shows Compassion, Expertise
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A veterinarian and assistant professor of animal sciences in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University (CFAES) has been named a Diplomate of the American College of Animal Welfare, the only ...
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Antibiotics Resistance: From Animals to People
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — It can be tough to stop using antibiotics on a farm. Farmers need them to prevent and treat diseases in their animals. But increasingly, certain antibiotics used to treat illnesses in farm animals and humans are not working, said Greg Hab ...
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Field Day Features Oldest No-Till Fields
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WOOSTER, Ohio – A field day scheduled for Aug. 29 will look at the old and the new in tillage practices. The Ohio No-Till Field Day will feature panelists with a combined 250 years of no-till experience, as well as a tour of the historic Triplett-Van Dore ...
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Online Class Improves Workplace Communication with Latinos
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new online class can help non-Latino managers of Spanish-speaking employees communicate more clearly with their Latino workers – but not by learning a new language. Claudio Pasian, associate professor in the College of Food, Agricultura ...
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Farmers Must Prepare for the Unthinkable
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/farmers-must-prepare-unthinkable
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tony Nye is a man on a mission. A serious heart-related illness in late 2017 shook him to his core. It also convinced him that many farmers, both small-scale and large-scale, need to hear what he has to say. “I was as close to knocking on ...