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OSU Extension Conference Targets New Farm Opportunities
Types, Culture and Use • How to Get Higher Prices for Your Products • Specialty Pork and Poultry ... March 24, 2008 MARIETTA, Ohio-- New on-farm opportunities, from raising meat goats to starting ... a vineyard to managing honey bees, will be the focus of an Ohio State University Extension-sponsored event ...
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Easter Chicks and Ducklings: Cute Presents Could Carry Dangerous Salmonella
April 2, 2007 WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Chicks and ducklings can bring smiles to kids this Easter ... that is particularly dangerous to young children. So says Jeff LeJeune, an Ohio State University ... explained parents need to be aware of the risks associated with handling young poultry or fowl and make sure ...
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Highest Acreage of Corn to Be Planted in Six Decades
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/highest-acreage-corn-be-planted-six-decades
through harvest is ideal. "The focus of the market is to ensure availability of corn for all users-- ... March 30, 2007 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- U.S. corn growers intend to plant a whopping 90.5 million acres of ... has seen in over 60 years, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Ohio growers intend to ...
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Despite Summer Drought, Corn Yields Heading for Record Books
drought, Ohio's corn harvest is wrapping up with better-than-expected yields, much to the surprise of ... growers and agronomists alike. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's October production ... report, average statewide yield is anticipated to top 150 bushels per acre. If realized, it will be the ...
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Ohio Master Gardeners Look to the Future
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-master-gardeners-look-future
there for this drive to be completely successful." The goal of the endowment is to raise $2 million ... theme for the Ohio Master Gardener Conference, an event that attracts more than 400 state Master ... horticulture and gardening. Such tours will include visits to rural areas in Wayne and Holmes Counties, public ...
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Climate Change Panel Being Held at Farm Science Review
Bailey Building. Log on to http://fsr.osu.edu/schedule.html for a complete schedule of events. In ... who come for three days to peruse 4,000 product lines from 600 commercial exhibitors, and learn the ... and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 24. For more information on Farm Science Review, log on to ...
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Ohio Drought Impacting Potential Corn Yields
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-drought-impacting-potential-corn-yields
might be best cut for animal feed than harvested for grain." According to the Ohio Agricultural ... Statistics Service, corn is 73 percent in fair to excellent condition (compared to 92 percent in 2006). The ... that much of the crop will generate respectable yields. "If it wasn't for the mild ...
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Soybean Yields May Plummet in Absence of Rain
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-yields-may-plummet-absence-rain
yield. For each week fields go without rain, the number drops 10 percent to 15 percent. "In terms of ... setting few pods due to lack of rain. As a result, said Beuerlein, yields for such varieties, especially ... struggling to make lemonade out of a lemon of a crop, but their efforts may be fruitless. Neither ...
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Rodewald Receives 2007 OARDC Junior Faculty Research Award; Wildlife Ecologist Tackles Emerging Conservation Issues
emerging issues in conservation, Rodewald seeks to identify the ecological mechanisms that govern ... multi-scale responses of animal communities to disturbances, especially those resulting from forest-management ... activities and urbanization. The annual research award ââ¬â consisting of a plaque, $1,000 to the winner ...
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Prospective Plantings Not a Surprise. It's Weather that Could Shape Grower Decisions
plans, but ultimately the weather may make the decision for them. U.S. growers are projected to plant ... fall prevented a lot of growers from harvesting at a normal time and allowing for timely wheat ... out to be what analysts were predicting. Corn growers intend to plant 88.8 million acres of corn, ...