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  1. New Study Seeks to Document Organic Dairy Herd Health Practices

    https://offer.osu.edu/dairy

    How do organic dairy farmers make decisions around dairy herd health?  What are their disease ... include a research summary report, a complimentary milk culture, disease protocols (if requested), and ...

  2. Organic Farmer Researcher Network: Blue Owl Hollow vs. Ailanthus altissima: Lessons from the Fray

    https://offer.osu.edu/events/organic-farmer-researcher-network-blue-owl-hollow-vs-ailanthus-altissima-lessons-fray

    When Janell Baran and her husband purchased their forest farm property in the late 1990s, it came with some unwelcome guests: large infestations of invasive woody plants such as Ailanthus (aka Tree-of-Heaven), Japanese barberry, Oriental bittersweet, and ...

  3. Transitioning to organic? A three-year project studies the effects of different transitional strategies

    https://offer.osu.edu/news/transitioning-organic-three-year-project

    successful in reducing disease-causing pathogens in the soil. Highest available N and yields occurred in the ... strategies, but had an inconsistent effect on suppression of soil-borne diseases. Transition cropping strategy ... Bacterial communities involved in disease suppression were more abundant in soil previously cropped with hay ...

  4. OEFFA Diversified Permaculture Farm Tour, Hudson, Ohio

    https://offer.osu.edu/events/oeffa-diversified-permaculture-farm-tour-hudson-ohio

    a brown bag lunch if you’d like to stay to eat and have a discussion beginning at 12 p.m. Registration:  ...

  5. Ohio State Agroecosystem Management Program

    https://offer.osu.edu/relatedlinks/ohio-state-agroecosystem-management-program

    Ohio State Agroecosystem Management Program Home ...

  6. DIY On-Farm Research Workshop

    https://offer.osu.edu/news/diy-farm-research-workshop

    Registration is open for the Do-It-Yourself On-Farm Research Workshop, to be held on February 16, 2023 as part of the 2023 OEFFA Conference in Newark, Ohio. This all-day workshop will gather researchers, educators, and farmers who are interested or experi ...

  7. Organic Farmer Researcher Network: Climate Resilient Silvopasture

    https://offer.osu.edu/events/organic-farmer-researcher-network-climate-resilient-silvopasture

    Climate Resilient Silvopasture Project in Ross County Animal heat stress stands to become a more common problem as our average temperatures and weather extremes increase. Charlie Eselgroth, an organic dairy farmer in Ross County, Ohio, has been working wi ...

  8. Central State Anaerobic Soil Disenfection (ASD) workshop

    https://offer.osu.edu/events/central-state-anaerobic-soil-disenfection-asd-workshop

    method for eliminating soil-borne diseases in a high tunnel environment. Register at ...

  9. OSU Extension to Host Organic Grains Conference in January 2023

    https://offer.osu.edu/news/osu-organic-grains-conference-january-2023

    Are you a current, transitioning, new-to organic grain farmer, or a crop consultant? Registration is LIVE for the 2023 Ohio Organic Grains Conference on January 4th & 5th in Archbold, OH. We have an exceptional line-up of speakers for the event includ ...

  10. OFFER Staffing Updates

    https://offer.osu.edu/news/offer-staffing-updates

    from Doug Doohan who most recently served as Director of OFFER.  Kathy Bielek and Cassandra Brown will ... Agroecosystem Management Program. Cassandra (Cassy) Brown is newer to the program, beginning in 2018. She ...

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