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Project Cultivates Tanzanian Agricultural Expertise for Future
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/project-cultivates-tanzanian-agricultural-expertise-for-future
COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Tanzania, a country of 42 million nestled on the east coast of Africa, is undergoing a sea change demographically. Currently, about one-third of Tanzanians live below the poverty line, and more than 4 of 10 Tanzanian children suffer from ...
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Chow Line: Watch sugar intake over holidays
https://cfaes.osu.edu/node/885
I have a sweet tooth. I’ve been cutting back on sugar lately, but I’m worried about the holidays and all the extra sweets. Do you have any guidance? ...
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Armageddon or Not, Now's an Opportune Time to Prepare for Emergency
https://cfaes.osu.edu/node/884
COLUMBUS, Ohio-- If doomsday-- or, alternatively, winter-- is approaching, you'd better be prepared. ...
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Media Advisory: Ohio State Experts Available to Speak on Thousand Cankers Disease in Walnut Trees
COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The following experts in Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences are available to speak with reporters about the first discovery in Ohio of the walnut twig beetle. The insect is known to carry t ...
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OSU Expert: Farmland Value Projected to Increase in 2013
https://cfaes.osu.edu/node/881
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Cropland values in Ohio increased in 2012 and are expected to continue on an upward trend in 2013, despite the drought that devastated growers this year, an Ohio State University Extension expert said. ...
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OSU Extension Expert: Cold Weather Increases Livestock Energy Needs
https://cfaes.osu.edu/node/880
WOOSTER, Ohio – While colder temperatures now experienced throughout the region mean livestock producers need to be aware of increased livestock energy requirements, those animals that may be thinner because of the drought could need extra energy supple ...
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OSU Extension Ag Economics Expert to Offer Market Update During Annual Grain Farmers Symposium
https://cfaes.osu.edu/node/879
WILMINGTON, Ohio – With the U.S. Agriculture Department’s forecast that corn production this year will drop to its lowest point since 2006 as a result of the historic drought nationwide, growers can expect to see tight supplies next year and lower grain p ...
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OSU Extension to Host Informational Meeting on Bovine Anaplasmosis
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/osu-extension-host-informational-meeting-bovine-anaplasmosis
MCCONNELSVILLE, Ohio – A disease that could cause death in cattle but hasn’t gotten much attention in Ohio is being reported to veterinarians, indicating a need to get more producers to understand what the disease is and how to combat it, a pair of Ohio S ...
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Chow Line: Focus on safety with mailed food gifts
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/chow-line-focus-safety-with-mailed-food-gifts
Last year we received a gift in the mail and didn’t open it until Christmas Eve. The box contained cheese spreads that said “Keep refrigerated” on the label. They had been at room temperature for more than a week, so we threw them out. But since then, I’v ...
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Poinsettia's Poisonous Reputation Persists, Despite Proof to the Contrary
https://cfaes.osu.edu/node/876
WOOSTER, Ohio-- Perhaps it has happened to you: You present a friend with a beautiful poinsettia for the holidays, and she shrinks in horror. How could you possibly give her something that could be deadly to Fifi or Fluff or little Freddy? The good news i ...