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Aug 7, 2017
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A researcher at The Ohio State University is conducting a multi-state study testing for flu among pigs at fairs as swine infected with a flu virus were confirmed at two recent county fairs in Ohio.
Andrew Bowman, a veterinarian with Ohio State’s Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, has found that, on average, one out of every four fairs he attends every year has at least one pig infected with the Influenza A Virus Infecting Swine (IAV-S). Some of the infected pigs don’t show clinical signs of the illness when they’re tested.
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Aug 1, 2017
LONDON, Ohio — Faced with a decades-long struggle to find laborers, farmers can still do a lot to attract and keep their staff and lighten their load with technology.
When the economy is healthy or at least improving, the search for farm employees becomes even more challenging even though farm wages, at $12 on average across Ohio, are well above the state’s minimum wage, said Gustavo Schuenemann, an Ohio State University Extension veterinarian. OSU Extension is the outreach arm of the university’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.
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Aug 1, 2017
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Healthy soil is one of those invaluable things that is often taken for granted. But the healthier the soil, the more nutrients a plant can soak up. Franklin Roosevelt recognized soil’s importance when he said, “The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.”
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Jul 31, 2017
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Record rain and extensive flooding and ponding have taken a toll on commodity fields across Ohio, leaving some growers facing diseased crops, the death of their plants and potential yield loss, according to agronomists in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University.
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Jul 31, 2017
SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio – Autumn will be here before you know it and if you are a pumpkin grower, you won’t want to miss the Aug. 17 Pumpkin Field Day.
The event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Western Agricultural Research Station, 7721 S. Charleston Pike South in Charleston. Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. The field day will offer beginning and experienced growers valuable research updates regarding disease management, insect management, weed control, and new pumpkin and winter squash varieties.
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Jul 27, 2017
Downy mildew in cucumbers was confirmed from samples collected yesterday from a small commercial field in Belmont County, near Barnesville. Disease incidence and severity were high in this field, which had not been treated with any fungicides. The outbreak followed several days of intense rainfall in the previous week.
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Jul 27, 2017
MANSFIELD, Ohio — A mystery illness is hitting northeast Ohio’s American beech trees.
Called beech leaf disease, it’s causing striped and curled leaves, weak buds, and sometimes the death of saplings.
It seems to be spreading fast, too.
“And we really don’t know what’s causing it,” said Kathy Smith, forestry program coordinator at The Ohio State University.
The less-bad news: An upcoming event will shed light on the disease, plus many other problems that can bug Ohio’s trees.
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Jul 21, 2017
NORTH JACKSON, Ohio – Farmers are always looking for ways to be more efficient and self-sustainable, and energy technology is one way to accomplish both.
The Mahoning County office of Ohio State University Extension is hosting a field day Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ward Campbell Farm, 11440 Palmyra Road in North Jackson. The focus of the event is how energy technology, such as solar and wind technology, can fit into a farm management plan.
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Jul 21, 2017
Downy mildew was confirmed on cucumber leaves from a commercial farm in Wayne County, OH on Wednesday June 28 and the next day in Monroe County, MI. This follows the first confirmed case in Ontario (Essex County) on June 27.
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Jul 21, 2017
WOOSTER, Ohio – Small and medium-sized farms often struggle to compete with larger farms, who can have a built-in advantage due to their size. Researchers at The Ohio State University are exploring how smaller farms can maximize their unique strengths and diversify what they produce, rather than expanding the size of their farm.
