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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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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
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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 ...
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Two Green Places to Visit When You Go to Farm Science Review
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LONDON, Ohio — Farm Science Review, the major agricultural trade show set for Sept. 18-20 in London, will share what’s new with trees, fish, wildlife, pastures, ponds and gardening, too. How-to talks scheduled for the Review’s Gwynne Conservation Area a ...
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Farm Science Review Inducts Two More into Hall of Fame
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Farm Science Review will induct Clayton W. Rose III and Jerry Ardrey into the 29th class of honorees for the Review’s Hall of Fame, an honor held by 76 others for their contribution to the event. The Farm Science Review, which will ta ...
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Online Tickets for Farm Science Review Available
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tickets for the 2018 Farm Science Review, a three-day agricultural trade show Sept. 18-20, are now available for purchase online at fsr.osu.edu. This year’s show at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center near London will have a larger exhibi ...
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Federal Aid to Offset Trade War Impacts
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Weeks before Ohio corn and soybean farmers put seed in the ground this past spring, the threat of a trade war loomed. Now both crops are thriving amid a trade war that’s likely bringing down prices of the two commodities. “I hear about it ...
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Jump-Starting Rural Economies
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Many rural counties in Ohio and across the nation are facing dwindling populations, reduced agricultural income and lagging job growth. Since the nationwide recession ended in 2009, economic recovery in rural communities has not matched t ...
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Farmers Flocking to Meet the Demand for Lamb
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The high slopes of southeast Ohio and other parts of the state are suited more for grazing animals than for row crops. “You can put cattle and sheep across those areas and make it productive land,” said Roger High, executive director of t ...