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  1. New Ohio Tax Good for Economy, Economists Say

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-ohio-tax-good-economy-economists-say

    August 24, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new Ohio tax, part of a sweeping tax reform, may bring about ... Environmental, and Development Economics. "One of the reasons was that our previous tax code was not viewed ... Last year, the state ranked a paltry 47th in economic growth, according to the U.S. Department of ...

  2. Ohio State Receives $24M USAID Grant to Boost Agriculture, Food Security in Tanzania

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-state-receives-24m-usaid-grant-boost-agriculture-food-security-tanzania

    Agriculture. “Funding available for this project will allow us to expand our collaborative research, graduate ... Environmental Sciences (CFAES) has been awarded a $24 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International ... other U.S. land-grant universities under Ohio State’s leadership: Michigan State University, Tuskegee ...

  3. Project Cultivates Tanzanian Agricultural Expertise for Future

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/project-cultivates-tanzanian-agricultural-expertise-future

    Africa, is undergoing a sea change demographically. Currently, about one-third of Tanzanians live below ... country of Feed the Future, the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative of the U.S. government. And ... "Although we will be sending some technical people to Tanzania to provide assistance in the agricultural ...

  4. Agricultural Exports Add Significant Value to Ohio Farmers’ Revenue

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/agricultural-exports-add-significant-value-ohio-farmers%E2%80%99-revenue

    citing data from the Economic Research Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “If you look at the ... receipts in the state, if we do the math our total export value is about a third of our total income,” he ... distinguish in the ERS data. Taiwan has long been a political and trading partner of the U.S.”-30- Andy Vance ...

  5. Renovations at Ohio State Wetland Aim to Ramp Up Its Programs and Impact

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/renovations-ohio-state-wetland-aim-ramp-its-programs-and-impact

    that equipment. But it also allows us to start thinking about webinars and expanding our outreach. ... people. Water from the adjacent Olentangy River fills two main experimental wetlands at the site, which ... are each about the size of two football fields. Ohio State officials call it the only facility like it ...

  6. Join the 'Buckthorn Watch': Citizens Needed to Track Invasive Plant in Ohio, Mich., Iowa

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/join-buckthorn-watch-citizens-needed-track-invasive-plant-ohio-mich-iowa

    seek to expand our community of volunteers and collect as much data as possible regarding the ... edges of forests. "We really want people to go out in the nice fall weather and look for buckthorn ... people to join this program and report buckthorn sites during the months of September and October, as we ...

  7. Ohio State University experts research new, innovative, sustainable ways to manage pests

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-state-university-experts-research-new-innovative-sustainable-ways-manage-pests

    have,” Kovach said. “Our goal is to improve Ohioans’ knowledge about pests. “We’re trying to benefit as ... a multi-year research project looking to find ways to help growers, producers, consumers, and just about any ... a recently renewed, three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of ...

  8. Study: Consumers Value Safer Food More Than Current Analyses Suggest

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/study-consumers-value-safer-food-more-current-analyses-suggest

    is this is not just about people who got sick, it's about everyone who could become sick and is ... according to this model, that would be about an equal tradeoff for the U.S. population. And if the ... see if our work and others' work in this area will eventually change the way people attack these ...

  9. $320,000 Tractor Donated; Another on the Way

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/320000-tractor-donated-another-way

    loan of this tractor upgrades our teaching capabilities substantially," said Scott Shearer, ... department chair. "Previously, our teaching aids were nearly 25 years old and void of modern ... lecturer, research assistant and adviser to the Agricultural Systems Management Club, is excited about the ...

  10. Chow Line: Limit sodium, boost potassium for health (1/6/12)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-limit-sodium-boost-potassium-health-1612

    people who are salt-sensitive-- estimated at about 10 percent of the population-- recent research has ... time, people who ate a diet high in sodium and low in potassium had about a 50 percent increased risk of ... say, people should consume about twice as much potassium as they do sodium. Reduce sodium and increase ...

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