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News for: 05/01/2005 - 6/01/2005
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5/31/2005 2005 Manure Science Review is Aug. 31 in Reynoldsburg COLUMBUS, Ohio — Separating things is a part of farming. Wheat from chaff. Cream from milk. And now there’s something else on the list. Manure from water. Ohio State University’s 2005 Manure Science Review is Wednesday, Aug. 31, near Columbus, and the topic is liquid-solid separation.
5/29/2005 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Spittlebugs (for the Week of May 29, 2005) Dear Twig: I went on a walk through a field. The plants looked like someone had spit on them. Gross! But no one could spit that much. At least, I hope not. What did I see?
5/27/2005 Northwest Ohio Critical in Campaign Against Ash Killer WOOSTER, Ohio — Three years after emerald ash borer (EAB) was found near Detroit and put to death millions of southeast Michigan ash trees, the leading edge in the war against this exotic wood-boring insect has shifted to the Toledo area in northwest Ohio. There, says Ohio State University scientist Dan Herms, is "where the battle will be won or lost."
5/27/2005 Career Choice of Researcher a Benefit to Millions COLUMBUS, Ohio — Rattan Lal’s education in agriculture—soil science more specifically—was more about opportunity than design, but his years of research contributions have changed farming for millions worldwide.
5/27/2005 Flowering Wheat Turns Attention to Head Scab WOOSTER, Ohio — As Ohio wheat enters the flowering stage - a critical time for potential head scab infection — growers are being encouraged to stay on top of the latest predictions from the Fusarium Head Blight Prediction Center.
5/27/2005 Chow Line: Diabetes can launch a sneak attack (for 6/5/05) I read that many people who have diabetes don’t know it. How can that be?
5/27/2005 Chow Line: For quality, store oil, vinegar properly (for 6/12/05) Should oil (such as canola and olive oil) be refrigerated after opening? What about vinegar, such as apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar?
5/24/2005 Wheat Production Field Day is June 21 in Custar CUSTAR, Ohio — Visit the Wheat Production Field Day on Tuesday, June 21, at the Northwest Agricultural Research Station in Custar, Ohio, to glean the latest information on disease control, variety selection, nutrient management and more.
5/23/2005 Cost Share Available for Sugar Creek Conservation Crop Rotations WOOSTER, Ohio — The Sugar Creek Headwaters Project is offering cost-share incentives — up to $10 per acre — for using conservation crop rotations.
5/23/2005 Sugar Creek Farmers: Get Late Spring Nitrate Test Help Free WOOSTER, Ohio — Take the guesswork out of fertilizing corn with a Late Spring Nitrate Test (LSNT), which shows how much nitrogen a field needs or not, ensures the crop is fed enough, and prevents unnecessary applications.
5/22/2005 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Toad Warts (for the Week of May 22, 2005) Dear Twig: My sister caught a toad. Her friend said it will give her warts. True? I said it wasn’t.
5/19/2005 College's Focus on Social Responsibility Draws Attention COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A renewed focus on social responsibility issues is taking the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences by storm.
5/19/2005 Chow Line: Know your cuts when choosing meat (for 5/29/05) I had dinner at a friend's house last week and ate pork for the first time in a long time. I was surprised at how lean it seemed. How does pork stand nutritionally compared with beef and chicken?
5/13/2005 Chow Line: Choose fish wisely for omega-3s (for 5/22/05) We eat low-fat fish about twice a week. To get more omega-3 fatty acids, should we choose higher-fat fish?
5/12/2005 Ohio State Receives $11.6 Million Third Frontier Award To Turn Crops Into Industrial Products COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) has received an $11.6 million Third Frontier Project award to create the Ohio BioProducts Innovation Center (OBIC), which will develop chemical conversion technologies to generate industrial products such as lubricants and adhesives from raw materials grown in the state, including corn and soybeans.
5/9/2005 Nearly All Ohioans Concerned About Animal Welfare COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Nearly all Ohioans say they care about the welfare of farm animals.
5/7/2005 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Rhododendrons (for the Week of May 15, 2005) Dear Twig: My dad just planted a shrub by our house. It’s called a rhodo ... dodo ... dododo. Or something like that. What is it?
5/6/2005 Chow Line: Reduce cancer risk by grilling safely (for 5/15/05) My husband loves to barbecue food on the grill in the summer, but I'm worried about the cancer risk. How often is safe?
5/6/2005 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: 'The Universe Around Us' (Rachel Carson) (for the Week of May 8, 2005) Dear Twig: Who was Rachel Carson? [Note: May 27 is her birthday.]
5/5/2005 'Runaway Bride' Shows Focus Needs to Be on Marriage, Not Wedding COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The recent national news story of a "runaway bride" is an indicator of a tendency for couples to focus more on planning a wedding than preparing for a marriage, says a family life specialist with Ohio State University Extension.
5/4/2005 Secrest Arboretum Crabapples Begin ‘Best Bloom in Decades’ WOOSTER, Ohio — A “perfect storm” of crabapple flowering will converge this weekend, May 7-8, in Wooster as the world’s greatest collection of crabapple trees reaches full bloom at Secrest Arboretum on the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC).
5/4/2005 Corn Rebounding from Cool, Wet Weather WOOSTER, Ohio — Early planted corn throughout Ohio is beginning to germinate and, in some cases, is already emerging above-ground, signaling that the crop may have escaped serious disease problems potentially brought about by cold, wet conditions soon after planting.
5/4/2005 No Worries About Wheat WOOSTER, Ohio — While corn growers continue to fret over potential disease issues with their crop, wheat growers are sitting pretty.
5/2/2005 Piketon Endeavor Center Now Open PIKETON, Ohio — Construction of a new Ohio State University business facility, designed to increase jobs and boost economic development throughout southern Ohio, is now complete and open for business.
5/2/2005 Sneak Peek: See Plant Discovery Day Sale Lists Online WOOSTER, Ohio — Get a sneak peek at what you can get at Saturday’s Plant Discovery Day. Lists of all the plants to be sold — at least 58 different types of herbs, 141 annuals, 177 perennials and 190 woody plants — are now online at secrest.osu.edu. Click on “Plant Discovery Day.”
5/1/2005 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bloomin' Crabapples (for the Week of May 1, 2005) Dear Twig: The crabapple trees in our yard are in bloom. My mother really likes them. Tell me: What’s so special about crabapple trees?
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