2008 Archive
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August 2008 |
| 8-26 |
Deadlines looming for farmers interested in farm bill disaster program
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| 8-26 |
Forum to help farmers prepare for emergency situations
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| 8-26 |
New exhibit at Farm Science Review showcases corn evolution
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| 8-26 |
Sweet corn and pumpkin varieties featured at twilight meeting
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| 8-26 |
Training day helps producers unravel forage issues
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| 8-21 |
Indiana farmland value, cash rents increase by double digits
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| 8-21 |
A good year for Ohio wheat
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| 8-21 |
Aug. 26 meeting to address concerns about Goss' bacterial wilt
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| 8-21 |
Ag rescue demos at Farm Science Review stress farm safety
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| 8-19 |
Goss' bacterial wilt confirmed for first time in Indiana
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| 8-19 |
OSU drainage water management field day demonstrates technology
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| 8-19 |
Northeast Purdue Agricultural Center to host annual field day
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| 8-19 |
Organic farming focus of field day
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| 8-14 |
Protecting aquaculture operations with biosecurity seminar
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| 8-14 |
Pinney-Purdue Field Day to highlight crop research
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| 8-14 |
Experts to debate rising food prices at Farm Science Review
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| 8-14 |
Drainage water management featured at field day
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| 8-14 |
Tour emphasizes relationships; connecting with the consumer
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| 8-12 |
Ohio Ag Law Symposium set for Sept. 19
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| 8-12 |
U.S. corn and soybean crop recovered beyond expectations
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| 8-7 |
Davis-Purdue Agricultural Center to host field day
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| 8-7 |
Purdue experts leave N detection to optical reflectance sensors
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| 8-7 |
Ohio Grazing Expo helps growers fine tune their operation
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| 8-7 |
Purple panel trap detects emerald ash borer near Louisville
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| 8-7 |
Pests of the rare and the familiar at Farm Science Review
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| 8-5 |
OSU Field Day looks at squash, pumpkin production
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| 8-5 |
Producers no need to worry about soybean rust, experts scouting by land and air
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| 8-5 |
Engineer: Plan carefully when closing manure storages
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| 8-5 |
New farm bill option aids producers in managing crop risk
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July 2008 |
| 7-31 |
Ag experts to discuss projected 2008 crop yields at state fair
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| 7-31 |
Farm management tips offered at 2008 Farm Science Review
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| 7-31 |
Workshop offered to help farmers write a successful grant
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| 7-31 |
Project focusing on pawpaw for preservation and niche crop
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| 7-31 |
OSU South Centers to host Horticulture Field Day Aug. 14
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| 7-29 |
Grains, fruits and vegetables are focus of organic transition guide
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| 7-29 |
Pick up pickle, pepper info on Walking the Fields Tour Aug. 6
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| 7-29 |
Grazing program helps growers to increase pasture efficiency
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| 7-23 |
Purdue ag economists analyze high commodity and food prices
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| 7-22 |
Flooding damaged cropland, but reduced pesky insects
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| 7-22 |
Farming green all year ‘round emphasized at Ohio No-till Field Day
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| 7-22 |
Ohio Forest Tax Program helps landowners and trustees better manage woodlands
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| 7-17 |
Expert to train farmers to think like a cow for better handling
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| 7-17 |
New bio-based composite materials focus of July 23 forum
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| 7-17 |
OSU Farmland Policy Innovation Center request proposals from Ohio communities
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| 7-17 |
CCA College will be offered at Farm Science Review
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| 7-17 |
Teff gaining ground with Hoosier forage producers
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| 7-15 |
Employee retention, if not good, shocks pocket book
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| 7-15 |
OSU offers Aug. 5 Beef Cattle Marketing Seminar
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| 7-15 |
Organic production and processing focus of farm tour
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| 7-15 |
Researchers eyeing new small fruit opportunities
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| 7-10 |
Learn how good bugs can help soybeans at field day
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| 7-10 |
Average shoppers are willing to pay a premium for locally produced food
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| 7-10 |
New days, new discoveries at Farm Science Review
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| 7-10 |
Take 'stalk' in corn stover as Indiana's ethanol future
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| 7-8 |
Lighten up: Now's not the time to market heavier pigs, expert says
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| 7-8 |
Safety important even with manure management
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| 7-8 |
Kentuckiana Dairy Exchange focuses on management strategies
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| 7-8 |
2008 Farm Focus Field Day slated July 29 in Van Wert
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| 7-3 |
Soils at risk from compaction when spreading manure
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| 7-3 |
Purdue Weed Day focuses on performance of new herbicides
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| 7-3 |
Everything crops covered at Top Farmer Crop Workshop
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| 7-3 |
Ag economist summarizes themes of new farm bill
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| 7-3 |
Bio-energy crops, cover crops and more on tap at OSU field night
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| 7-1 |
Learn about recycling manure at July 9 expo
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| 7-1 |
Workshop to offer information on how to start business in aquaculture
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| 7-1 |
Get latest corn, soybean info at July 24 Field Crops Day
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| 7-1 |
Researchers release natural enemy of emerald ash borer
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| 7-1 |
GPS, grazing, fencing, more at July 12 Ohio Sheep Day
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| 7-1 |
Detection program continues with purple panel traps
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June 2008 |
| 6-26 |
Handbook helps producers improve efficiency in lean times
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| 6-26 |
Get latest field-crop info at OSU Agronomy Field Day July 8
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| 6-26 |
Extensive spring floods delay Indiana soybean planting
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| 6-26 |
National Webcasts on air quality in animal agriculture begin June 27
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| 6-26 |
U.S. food scraps a big, wasted waste; explore how to compost them
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| 6-24 |
Mosquitoes may be early and numerous due to floods
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| 6-24 |
Who can afford corn? Almost no one, economist says
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| 6-24 |
OSU Extension offers meat goat field day
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| 6-24 |
Feldun Field Day examines crops, insects, soil sampling
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| 6-24 |
Use glyphosate properly to protect woody plants
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| 6-19 |
OPGMA fruit and veggie summer tour set for Wooster June 25
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| 6-19 |
Purdue experts offer options for replanting flooded cornfields
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| 6-19 |
No-till integral in ethanol-based corn production
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| 6-19 |
Weeds out of control across Indiana fields
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| 6-19 |
Purdue experts and ISDA offer advice to farmers intending to replant
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| 6-19 |
Sweet corn growers beware of corn earworm; scout frequently
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| 6-17 |
Economist estimates record value for wheat crop, despite floods
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| 6-17 |
New management tools for wheat growers featured at Ohio Wheat Field Day
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| 6-17 |
Modified relay intercropping featured at Ohio workshop
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| 6-17 |
Flooded vegetables, fruits present health risk
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| 6-17 |
OSU Extension to offer bramble production workshop
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| 6-17 |
USDA report shows 9 percent of Indiana’s corn crop flooded
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| 6-10 |
Flooding could injure corn crop
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| 6-10 |
Decisions await farmers with crop insurance, economist says
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| 6-10 |
Important to maximize forage production and expand pasture season, experts say
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| 6-10 |
Specialist: Don't take chances with tap water during floods
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| 6-5 |
Ethanol only part of story behind high corn prices
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| 6-5 |
Southern Ohio to see 17-year periodical cicadas
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| 6-5 |
Survey says precision guidance tops for Ohio farmers
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| 6-5 |
Cooler weather playing a positive role in wheat development
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| 6-5 |
Indiana farm tour to sample local cuisine
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| 6-3 |
Weather slowing corn, increasing chances for pest problems
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| 6-3 |
Test soils to insure most from hay
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| 6-3 |
OSU Extension to educate youth on ATV safety
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| 6-3 |
Pond management workshop explores pesky water pests
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May 2008 |
| 5-29 |
Improve soil quality with new OSU Extension tool
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| 5-29 |
Tour to showcase farmers’ unique farm management perspectives
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| 5-29 |
MRI, meat goats and more: OSU Sustainable Ag Team announces summer tours
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| 5-27 |
Surprisingly, despite surplus supplies, pork prices increase
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| 5-27 |
Specialist: Little changes can mean gas savings down the road
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| 5-27 |
Researchers look at emerald ash borer damage, impact of invasive plants
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| 5-22 |
Guilt by association--critters and dead or dying seedlings
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| 5-22 |
Geneticist inducted into Animal Science Hall of Fame
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| 5-22 |
Ohio State Researchers developing resistant ash hybrid for future reforestation
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| 5-20 |
Perfect storm: Late planting, rain and big investments
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| 5-20 |
Firewood can be a risk to the environment, said Ohio State University experts
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| 5-20 |
National biotech conference will discuss biofuels and biopolymers
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| 5-15 |
Delayed planting may be blessing in disguise for soybeans
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| 5-15 |
Successful indoor spawning may lead to Ohio baitfish industry
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| 5-15 |
Workshop teaches woodland and forestry management skills
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| 5-15 |
Indiana joins multistate effort to fight emerald ash borer
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| 5-13 |
Wet soils delaying Ohio corn planting
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| 5-13 |
Purdue University Forage Day: hay today, money tomorrow
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| 5-13 |
Yields inconsistent with fungicide-treated corn plots, study finds
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| 5-13 |
Biofuels Symposium 2008 highlights sustainability, policy issues
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| 5-8 |
Applications being accepted for outstanding women in agriculture
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| 5-8 |
Conference to highlight wind's economic potential in the state
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| 5-8 |
Ag economist: Look to long-term sustainability to solve food crisis
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| 5-8 |
Purple traps to be placed around state to detect emerald ash borer
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| 5-6 |
Expert gives 10 strategies for farmers to reduce diesel fuel costs
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| 5-6 |
Some fall cover crops can reduce SCN populations
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| 5-6 |
Tour to stress importance of e-marketing to farm sustainability
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| 5-6 |
Using new genetic techniques to raise bigger yellow perch
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| 5-1 |
Rumen expert named 2008 OARDC Senior Faculty Research Award
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| 5-1 |
New OSU book helps farmers make switch to organic
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| 5-1 |
Three Purdue specialists to speak at 2008 fruit growers meeting
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April 2008 |
| 4-29 |
Online tool aids in local planning, economic development
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| 4-29 |
New rules for getting around at Farm Science Review
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| 4-29 |
Carbon storage in no-till varies with soil type/depth
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| 4-29 |
Purdue Crop Diagnostic Training and Research Center wins award
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| 4-24 |
Researcher deepens understanding of soil science, hydrology
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| 4-24 |
Time to assess rapidly developing wheat
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| 4-24 |
Green menace returns to haunt ash trees in Indiana counties
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| 4-24 |
Solution to global food crisis is managing natural resources
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| 4-22 |
Renewable energy meetings to focus on rural possibilities
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| 4-22 |
Researchers domesticating Amazonian fish for conservation
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| 4-22 |
Window to topdress wheat with nitrogen fertilizer closing
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| 4-22 |
Tips to get corn off to a good start
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| 4-17 |
Researchers exploring ways to convert manure gas into fertilizer
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| 4-17 |
Soybean contest teaches entrepreneurship to student inventors
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| 4-17 |
Summer class to focus on contemporary agricultural issues
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| 4-17 |
Bigger Profits Through Targeted Sales workshop April 23
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| 4-17 |
Treatment approved to fight emerald ash borer in Indiana
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| 4-15 |
Expert gives tips to put damaged pastures back into production
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| 4-15 |
Using nutrition to maximize milk production with rising feed costs featured at conference
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| 4-15 |
Purdue expert explains three pricing alternatives for farmers
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| 4-15 |
April 16 Talk at OSU: Grade-A ways for Grade-A dairies to handle their manure
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| 4-10 |
Managing soybean seed supply when quality comes into question
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| 4-10 |
Workshop aims to help producers get pastures back into shape
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| 4-10 |
High input costs, cheap equipment: Finding the value in precision ag technology
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| 4-10 |
WANTED: Indiana farmers to take online survey about best management practices
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| 4-10 |
Largemouth bass production and marketing focus of workshop
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| 4-8 |
When weed killers fail: OSU talk will look at weeds’ growing resistance
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| 4-8 |
Program fishing for students hungry for natural resources info
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| 4-8 |
Milk Quality Professionals Workshop to include CAFO information
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| 4-8 |
High market prices, low production costs drive planting decisions
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| 4-8 |
Farm sustainability tour to focus on season extending techniques
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| 4-3 |
Manure management focus of one-day summer event
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| 4-3 |
Timber marketing and management focus of workshop
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| 4-3 |
Central Hardwood Forests Conference will be April 7-9
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| 4-3 |
Workshop to help entrepreneurs and hopefuls start a specialty food business
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| 4-1 |
Tilling the soil? Vertical tillage offers the most benefits
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| 4-1 |
OARDC's Jackson Ag Research Station has new manager
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| 4-1 |
Tips to help producers manage wheat as a forage
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| 4-1 |
Report shows U.S. crop acreage is back to soybeans, but economist says to hold on
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| 4-1 |
Ag marketing course offered online
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March 2008 |
| 3-27 |
Purdue research may help prevent dangerous toxins found in corn
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| 3-27 |
Stand establishment and soil compaction challenges may crop up this spring
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| 3-27 |
Baertsche says farewell, but not before touting organization's successes
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| 3-27 |
Purdue dean of agriculture named provost
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| 3-25 |
Expert advises farmers to plant corn in fields not yet committed
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| 3-25 |
Workshop set for landowners interested in conservation
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| 3-25 |
OSU Extension conference targets new farm opportunities
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| 3-25 |
Soybean varieties viable in southern Indiana, resistant to root-knot nematode
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| 3-25 |
Ohio State crop scientists discover gene that controls fruit shape
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| 3-20 |
Field trials help expand knowledge of organic corn hybrids
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| 3-20 |
Estate taxes and succession planning focus of Purdue workshop
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| 3-20 |
Ohio MarketMaker officially launches; Resource offers access to local, fresh foods
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| 3-20 |
Farmers’ market workshops to feature benefits of WIC program
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| 3-19 |
Ag outlook meeting will feature grain-pricing strategies
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| 3-18 |
Pathologist: Be wary of fungicide yield boost claims
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| 3-18 |
Southern Ohio corn may be at risk for Stewart's wilt
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| 3-18 |
Tours explore innovative farm systems for sustainable ag
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| 3-18 |
How to compost dead livestock: Certification workshop is March 28
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| 3-18 |
Purdue Agriculture funding Indiana-targeted research
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| 3-18 |
Energy official will highlight energy trends and incentives on Earth Day
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| 3-13 |
Workshop aims to help farmers become better employee managers
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| 3-13 |
Wood, paper, more into ethanol? Talk will look at engineering progress, challenges
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| 3-13 |
New tool links consumers, businesses with farmers to ease search for local foods
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| 3-13 |
Hoophouses and high tunnels focus of videoconference
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| 3-13 |
Talk will focus on how biofiltration can keep nitrates out of our water
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| 3-11 |
Pork industry facing twin horrors, says Purdue expert
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| 3-11 |
Communities gear up for farm safety
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| 3-11 |
Newly defined signaling pathway could mean better biofuel sources
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| 3-11 |
‘Sustainability, resilience, adaptation’: Students plan future of NE Ohio family farm
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| 3-11 |
WIRED survey finds weak links in agribusiness supply chain
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| 3-6 |
Polyculture expert to speak at Scarlet, Gray, Green Fair
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| 3-6 |
Breeding soundness exams for bulls offered at Purdue clinics
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| 3-6 |
OSU Extension to offer home winemaking workshop
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| 3-4 |
High yields and cost savings with liquid manure
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| 3-4 |
Farmers need to clean fields up before spring, says expert
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| 3-4 |
Organics 101 Workshop to share how to profit from organic farming
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| 3-4 |
Workshops emphasize identifying and developing markets
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| 3-4 |
U.S. Senators discuss farm bill at Ohio Farm Forum
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February 2008 |
| 2-28 |
Deadline extended for farmers to nominate soybean variety
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| 2-28 |
South Centers at Piketon to hold yellow perch workshop
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| 2-28 |
Course helps combat disaster in the face of animal emergencies
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| 2-28 |
OSU Extension bulletins focus on managing field crop diseases
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| 2-28 |
More food grown near home, less oil: OSU tests plots for small farms serving cities
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| 2-26 |
Two workshops will be held on work force expectations
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| 2-26 |
Transgenics could pose planting challenges this season
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| 2-26 |
Jr. Pork Day gives hands-on opportunity to learn about swine
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| 2-26 |
Ag economist analyzes farm bill at upcoming farm forum
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| 2-26 |
Energy efficiency workshops to be held around the state
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| 2-21 |
Economist: World grain demand straining U.S. supply
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| 2-21 |
See how it's easy being green: Scarlet, Gray, Green Fair slated April 22 in Wooster
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| 2-21 |
Poinsettias, Ecke Ranch Both Rank No. 1; Learn more at talk
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| 2-21 |
Policies key as ethanol 'revolution' links agriculture, energy sectors
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| 2-19 |
Ballots out to Indiana growers for mint check-off program
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| 2-19 |
Five regional dairy meetings to be held across Indiana
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| 2-19 |
On-farm savings not hard to come by, if you know where to look
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| 2-19 |
Prospective dairy goat producers target for workshop
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| 2-19 |
Management, research focus of Emerald ash borer program
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| 2-14 |
OSU Extension offering Beginning Beekeeping Workshop
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| 2-14 |
New program helps growers compare soybean varieties
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| 2-14 |
OSU Extension offers cheese-making workshop
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| 2-12 |
Combined viruses cause more deadly disease in pigs researchers discover
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| 2-12 |
Take an IPM approach to preventing wheat disease
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| 2-12 |
Workshop will focus on woodland management
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| 2-12 |
OSU Extension holds first Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist conference
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| 2-7 |
Workshop helps farmers apply for agricultural grants
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| 2-7 |
Using manure as fertilizer? Learn more at the Manure Expo
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| 2-7 |
OSU Extension programs target livestock forage management
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| 2-7 |
Marketing conference will teach producers value-added agriculture
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| 2-5 |
Tanks a lot: Publication full of fuel container tips
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| 2-5 |
Learn about sheep/goat management with OSU Extension programs
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| 2-5 |
Women in Agriculture Conference offers farm management tips
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| 2-5 |
Conference will focus on direct marketing strategies
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| 2-5 |
Workshop to focus on growing aquaculture in Indiana
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January 2008 |
| 1-31 |
Want to save on fertilizer? Run a soil test
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| 1-31 |
Bigger Profits Through Targeted Sales Workshop set Feb. 6
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| 1-31 |
Loss of milk production booster could cost dairy farmers, consumers
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| 1-31 |
Bi-state Livestock Conference to feature animal welfare expert
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| 1-31 |
Grow what you know about composting at Ohio Compost Operator Course
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| 1-29 |
Ventilation trailer helps manage livestock environment
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| 1-29 |
Infrastructure not ready for all the ethanol to be produced in '08
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| 1-29 |
Getting the edge over insects and diseases with training program
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| 1-29 |
Seminar to focus on northern Indiana soil management
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| 1-24 |
Lambing school will help producers deliver success
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| 1-24 |
Updated weed management resources now available
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| 1-22 |
OSU Extension offers intensive crop production workshops
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| 1-22 |
Learn about ag enterprises at Small Farm College
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| 1-22 |
Pork symposium focuses on responsibility
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| 1-22 |
Workshop will make marketing easy for agricultural producers
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| 1-22 |
Woodland owners: Learn about ash pest impact
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| 1-17 |
Conference covers breadth of conservation tillage topics
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| 1-17 |
Nitrogen rules change, new recommendations help increase profits
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| 1-17 |
Management key to getting the most out of manure
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| 1-17 |
Purdue professor shares secret to more productive forage harvest
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| 1-15 |
Purdue speakers featured at the Midwest Organic Conference
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| 1-15 |
OSU Extension offers fact sheets on estate planning
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| 1-15 |
Purdue workshop opens eyes to farm succession issues
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| 1-15 |
Conference to help pork producers cope with tough year
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| 1-15 |
OSU Extension workshops to aid in transition planning
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| 1-10 |
Demand for agricultural products brings profits and problems
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| 1-10 |
OSU Extension offering dairy management workshops
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| 1-10 |
Program to teach attractive, low-maintenance landscaping
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| 1-10 |
OSU Extension forage specialists part of drought recovery workshop
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| 1-8 |
DHS working with farm groups to improve security of high-risk chemicals
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| 1-8 |
Several Purdue seminars to take place at Fort Wayne Farm Show
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| 1-8 |
High tunnels, season Extension topics of workshop Jan. 8 in Toledo
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| 1-8 |
Crop production input costs to increase in 2008
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| 1-8 |
The 2008 edition of the Corn and Soybean Field Guide is available
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| 1-3 |
Two Israeli experts to visit Ohio State University
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| 1-3 |
Entomologist: Don't let volunteer corn report for duty
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| 1-3 |
Ohio producers: Reach your customers with MarketMaker
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| 1-3 |
Census gives voice to agriculture, affects government policy
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