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  1. New Test Simplifies Soil Quality Assessment

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-test-simplifies-soil-quality-assessment

    July 1, 2002 PIKETON, Ohio- Assessing soil organic matter for overall soil quality can now be done ... in an agricultural field, a greenhouse and even a homeowner's backyard garden. Ohio State ... Rafiq Islam, a soil and water specialist with Ohio State's South Centers at Piketon, said the ...

  2. Transgenics Could Pose Planting Challenges This Season

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/transgenics-could-pose-planting-challenges-season

    February 21, 2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The percentage of transgenic corn hybrids increasing in Ohio ... of Agriculture, over 40 percent of Ohio's corn acreage was planted to transgenic hybrids in ... 2007, up from 26 percent the previous year. Peter Thomison, an Ohio State University Extension ...

  3. Corn Condition a Mixed Bag Following Wind Storm

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/corn-condition-mixed-bag-following-wind-storm

    September 19, 2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- After the wind storm from Hurricane Ike, Ohio farmers are ... Peter Thomison, an Ohio State University Extension agronomist. "It's also remarkable how well ... with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, said that, while evidence of wind damage is ...

  4. Tilling the Soil? Vertical Tillage Offers the Most Benefits

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/tilling-soil-vertical-tillage-offers-most-benefits

    March 31, 2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Farmers may practice tillage to break up compacted soil, aid in ... tillage is usually more beneficial than horizontal tillage, says Randall Reeder, an Ohio State University ... well as their profits," said Reeder, who also holds an Ohio Agricultural Research and Development ...

  5. Chow Line: Don't alter recipes for home canning (for 4/20/08)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-dont-alter-recipes-home-canning-42008-1

    accuracy before each canning season. Contact your county office of Ohio State University Extension or ... Line is a service of Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development ...

  6. Proper Storage Important to Keeping Seeds Viable

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/proper-storage-important-keeping-seeds-viable

    July 12, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio- Keeping a plant seed dry is the most important storage rule in ... maintaining its viability. Susan Stieve, curator of the Ohio State University Ornamental Plant Germplasm ... various plants at the 2002 Ohio Florists' Association Short Course. Her presentation will be held on ...

  7. Strip Tillage an Option for No-Till Farmers with Continuous Corn

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/strip-tillage-option-no-till-farmers-continuous-corn

    March 12, 2007 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- No-till farmers looking to plant corn after corn this growing ... production issues associated with no-till monoculture crop systems. Randall Reeder, an Ohio State University ... the surface," said Reeder. Ohio leads the Midwest in no-till adoption. Currently over 20 percent ...

  8. Use Equipment/Technology to Manage Risk

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    March 19, 2010 COLUMBUS, Ohio – For farmers looking to manage weather-related economic risks, ... equipment and technology are their best friends. Randall Reeder, an Ohio State University Extension ... Tri-Rivers Career Center in Marion, Ohio. "Using bigger equipment offers risk benefits," said ...

  9. Chow Line: Fish from open Gulf areas safe, for now (for 7/25/10)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-fish-open-gulf-areas-safe-now-72510-0

    http://www.auburn.edu/research/oilspillblog/. Chow Line is a service of Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Research and ... and program specialist for Ohio State University Extension in the Department of Human Nutrition, in ...

  10. Family Fundamentals: With children, watch out for 'pretty poisons' (for July 2007)

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    a service of Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. Send ... a nearby regional center. (In Ohio, poison control centers are located in Cleveland, Columbus and ...

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