Ohio Auctioneers Association changes its management team
The association board of directors has hired KJMB, LLC to manage the affairs of the association.
Wildlife is resilient in a storm, even during Hurricane Sandy
As I write this, Hurricane Sandy has claimed more than 70 American lives and done an estimated $50 billion in damage, and those numbers...
Stalk lodging and ear drop impact corn yields
By Peter Thomison(The following is reprinted from the OSU Extension C.O.R.N. newsletter for Oct. 30-Nov. 6.)COLUMBUS -- The heavy rains and strong winds (plus...
OEFFA launches new investment fund: $500,000 to grow Ohio’s sustainable ag
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association has partnered with a group of socially-motivated local investors who are making $500,000 available to...
Pilot plant in Wooster helps drive domestic natural rubber project forward
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The 6,000-square-foot pilot plant in Wooster makes gloves and a variety of other latex and rubber products. This is nothing new...
Researchers create potatoes with higher levels of carotenoids
Potatoes with higher levels of beneficial carotenoids are the result of U.S. Department of Agriculture studies to improve one of America’s most popular vegetables.
Longer crop rotations have benefits
AMES, Iowa -- What would you think if a farmer could grow corn and soybeans with lower costs, fewer chemicals, less environmental impact, all...
To rotate, or not to rotate crops in 2013
By JOE LAUER
MADISON, Wis. -- Crop rotation is a universal management practice that has been recognized and exploited for centuries and is a proven...
Drought devastating to beef industry; herd numbers dropping
High feed prices and large financial losses brought on by a combination of multi-year drought in the Southern Plains and the 2012 Midwestern drought will continue their stranglehold on the nation's beef industry in the coming months, a Purdue Extension agricultural economist says.
Marlington High School: New program hopes to open doors in oil and gas industry...
A pilot program between the Ohio Department of Education and Marlington High School began this year, and there are 22 students in the program.
