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Ohio State Receives $2.6M NSF Grant for Unique Research in Africa's Threatened Sahel Region
Environmental Sciences (CFAES) has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study ... a professor of soil microbial ecology in CFAES’s School of Environment and Natural Resources. “As a result of ... turn maintains a more diverse and potentially beneficial microbial community and may aid crops during ...
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Media Advisory: U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur Joins OSU Extension Tomorrow (5/21) in Toledo to Kick Off EAB Awareness Week
May 20, 2011 TOLEDO, Ohio-- U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur will join OSU Extension educators and officials ... For more information, contact Amy Stone at 419-392-1308 or stone.91@cfaes.osu.edu. -30- False False ...
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Unusual Weather Yields Variable Berry Production
August 12, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio- An unseasonably warm winter may have contributed to what's ... thornless blackberry production indicate that early warm winter 2002 temperatures may have resulted in the ... in May, damaged the strawberry crop, resulting in at least a 50 percent drop in yields compared to ...
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National Speakers Headline Carbon Sequestration Symposium April 14
social, economic and land-use inputs during a carbon sequestration symposium on April 14. "Carbon ... social attributes. Speakers will share information on what carbon sequestration is, the current knowledge ... carbon exchange from an economic perspective, green space contributions to the climate debate, the role ...
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Growers to Get Grain Markets Outlook at Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference
producers may be questioning how they should handle their excess corn in 2010 while balancing input costs ... and still make a profit. They may find answers at Ohio State University's Conservation Tillage ... a profit-margin perspective. They can no longer assume that any given price will be profitable. They need to ask ...
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Make Safety Priority as Motorists, Farmers Share Roads This Fall
recommended pressure for long-distance travel. When traveling on public roads: • Watch for potholes or ... impossible to avoid operating on the roads during these times, it may be possible to limit road ... operators may not be able to see you because the large equipment or a load can block part of their rear ...
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Proper Nutrition Vital for Livestock in Late Gestation
discussed the issue in a recent Ohio Beef Cattle newsletter, available online at ... late gestation. For more, see the Dec. 28, 2011, BEEF newsletter at ... http://beef.osu.edu/beef/beefDec2811.html. To subscribe to the free weekly newsletter, send an email to editor Stan Smith at ...
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Make Sure Alternative Forages Contain Adequate Nutrients
• If heifers and young cows are not separated from older cattle, they may be pushed aside when given ... supplemental feeds, and they may not receive the protein or energy they require. • With low-quality feeds, it ... source with low-quality forages, because approximately 80 percent of the soybean meal is degraded in the ...
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OSU Extension Tax Management Factsheets Available
Income Tax Management factsheets for producers and landowners who may need tax management tips. The ... USDA-sponsored soil and water conservation programs that make available cost-share payments, which may be ... that may affect the allowable depreciation of a farm truck, including the vehicle's gross weight ...
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GPS Guidance System May Replace Industry Standard
within a six-to-10 inch distance from each application, eliminating skips, preventing overlay, and ... foam at various distances in the field for farmers to eyeball when applying chemicals. "Some of ... modification, then he may only have to spend $2,000 to get the guidance system." Sullivan said that some ...