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  • See you in court? Landowners battle Columbia Gas Transmission

  • Strawberry viruses found in Kentucky crop; Ohio crop looks good

  • USDA modifies mandatory COOL rule

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B100, 100 percent biodiesel, to fuel pulling tractors

New rule allows biodiesel to boost tractors this season.

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2012 Utica shale production results: Infrastructure in progress; ‘best is yet come’

SALEM, Ohio — As the Ohio Department of Natural Resources released its annual report of well production results May 16, many are getting the feeling that Ohio needs to be patient and build the infrastructure in order to see the true production results of some wells. There have been 660 horizontal permits issued by the [...]

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Purdue hopes to improve heat-stress tolerance of maize varieties

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University scientists will receive $1.1 million to find ways to increase maize’s tolerance to heat. Heat tolerance The work will be done through the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center to develop heat-tolerant maize for Asia with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development. Mitch Tuinstra, a Purdue professor, [...]

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A roundup of 4-H news for the week of May 23, 2013:

ALLIANCE, Ohio — The Country Folks and Country Barbwires 4-H club met April 15. The final Quality Assurance for Stark County is June 22 at the fairgrounds. The club picked the fundraiser purchases from Mancan Candles and Joe Corbies. The next meeting is May 27 in Marlboro, where the club will take part in the [...]

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A roundup of FFA news for the week of May 23, 2013:

CRESTON, Ohio — Norwayne FFA students Alex Miller, Derek Stoller, Christian Steiner, Michael Luccio, Garret Ball, Megan Geitgey, Liddi Atwood, Allison Mangun, Savannah Hartzler, Genny Hartley, Grant Holcomb, Jenna Stoller, Joel McKenzie, Paige Bellomy, Garrison Maxwell, Jon Geiser, and Greg Bachman attended the Ohio State FFA Convention in Columbus May 2. This year Norwayne had [...]

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Advance directives manage care issues, reduce end-of-life medical costs

BALTIMORE — A new article by two Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health faculty members makes a compelling case that end-of-life care issues need to become an integral part of the public health agenda. Dan Morhaim, MD, and Keshia Pollack, PhD, point out the low rate of completion of advance directives in the minority [...]

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One-millionth Jeep Wrangler JK rolls out of Toledo plant

TOLEDO — The Jeep Wrangler is one of the most iconic vehicles in the world and recently the one-millionth JK model rolled off the assembly line at Chrysler Group’s Toledo (Ohio) Assembly Complex. Chrysler executives, plant employees, UAW representatives and supplier partners gathered at the end of the line to mark the occasion. Mauro Pino, [...]

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Coshocton Co. farmer named OSU trustee

COLUMBUS —Ohio Gov. John Kasich has named Brent R. Porteus, of Coshocton County, to serve a nine-year term on The Ohio State University board of trustees. Porteus is a managing partner of the family-owned farm and business, Blair Porteus and Sons. Porteus served as president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation from 2008-2011 and prior [...]

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New York ag leadership program continues

The Empire State Food and Agricultural Leadership Institute, or LEAD New York, recently selected the members of its 15th class.

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Ecosystems work best when there’s diversity

Additional species in a plot contributed to a gradual increase in both soil fertility and biomass production over a 14-year period.

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