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Workshop to Address Legal Risks for Livestock and Dairy Producers
March 5, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Farmers who raise livestock and dairy can learn more about legal ... Peggy Hall, OSU Extension’s agricultural attorney. “Our goal is to focus on some of the new and most ... pressing legal risk areas to help our producers minimize potential liability.” The workshop will be offered ...
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Researchers: Ohio in Prime Position to Fill Green Energy Gaps
smell test, then maybe we should redirect our resources." Martha Filipic Amanda Weinstein, Mark ... January 18, 2011 Editor: A video clip of Amanda Weinstein discussing Ohio's best options in ... http://aede.osu.edu/programs/Swank/, was written by research assistant Amanda Weinstein and Mark Partridge, Swank Professor of Urban ...
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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dead Tree Standing (for the Week of Sept. 30, 2007)
our house. My dad says he won't cut it down. A.: Good for him! A dead tree actually does lots of ... nesting and shelter. So says the U.S. Forest Service, which runs a program called "Animal Inn" ... to get more people to keep dead trees instead of cutting them down for firewood. Learn more at ...
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Ohio State University experts research new, innovative, sustainable ways to 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 ...
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Management Tips Highlight Dairy Conference
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/management-tips-highlight-dairy-conference
refreshments and an invitation to the reception on Dec. 16. Amanda Hargett, an Ohio State Extension animal ... Agriculture, Ohio Department of Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture ... said Hargett. This is the third conference that has been held since 1998, with about 200-250 dairy ...
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Chow Line: Limit sodium, boost potassium for health (1/6/12)
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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USDA Secretary Vilsack: 'Agriculture is Cool Again'
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/usda-secretary-vilsack-agriculture-cool-again
U.S. “That’s what a Land-Grant university is all about,” said Bobby Moser, vice president for ... attracting the attention of young, talented people interested in a career in food and resource production and ... related sciences, according to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. “Agriculture is cool again,” said Tom ...
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Sentinel Plots to Aid in Soybean Rust Detection
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/sentinel-plots-aid-soybean-rust-detection
"Extension has been really good about teaching us to be some of the first detectors of the disease. We have ... everyday. Extension needs people who are dedicated enough to get out and check their fields." ... Lust, a grower in Marion, Ohio, and a seed dealer for Midwest Seed Genetics. Lust is also monitoring ...
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Family Fundamentals: If summer is stressful, plan now to slow down
May 19, 2008 I'm getting more tense as summer approaches. When our family gets out of its ... Psychological Association suggests thinking about how you experience stress and identifying situations that ... trigger stressful feelings. Once you understand your triggers, evaluate how you usually react. People ...
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Ohio State Scientist to Speak at Midwest Birding Symposium
August 18, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio State University wildlife ecologist Amanda Rodewald, an ... sky-blue color and ranked as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ââ¬Åspecies of concern as an example of ... research center in the United States.- 30- Kurt Knebusch Amanda Rodewald amanda_rodewald_OSU.jpg False True ...