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  1. Precision Agriculture Not Just for Conventional Farming

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/precision-agriculture-not-just-conventional-farming

    October 2, 2001 Editor: Photos are available. Please contact Candace Pollock at (330) 202-3550 or pollock.58@osu.edu. COLUMBUS, Ohio- Precision agriculture techniques, generally applied to field crops such as corn and soybeans, are being used to improve p ...

  2. Prepare for Slugs/Aphids; Learn How at Conservation Tillage Event

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/prepare-slugsaphids-learn-how-conservation-tillage-event

    January 29, 2007 ADA, Ohio-- Growers participating in Ohio State University Extension's Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference will get the latest information on two recurring field crop pests: slugs and soybean aphids.   Ron Hammond, an OSU ...

  3. Recycling Program Launches at Farm Science Review

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/recycling-program-launches-farm-science-review

    August 22, 2007 LONDON, Ohio-- Ohio State University's Farm Science Review is getting greener.   The North Central Ohio Solid Waste District is implementing a recycling program on the Review grounds to collect and recycle cardboard, plastic bottles a ...

  4. Proposed Research Facility to Focus on Plant/Animal Diseases

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/proposed-research-facility-focus-plantanimal-diseases

    March 6, 2002 WOOSTER, Ohio- Processing and health problems associated with pathogenic organisms cost the food industry $8.5 billion a year. With roughly 20 percent of the population suffering from pathogen-related illnesses with about 5,000 deaths occurr ...

  5. Putnam County to Celebrate 10 Years of Farm Safety Education

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/putnam-county-celebrate-10-years-farm-safety-education

    April 3, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- With Ohio youth among the demographics with the highest number of injuries and fatalities per year for rural hazards, safety education both on and off the farm has become an annual effort for Ohio State University Extension. ...

  6. Plant Germplasm Center Steadily Building Collection

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/plant-germplasm-center-steadily-building-collection

    October 14, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio- The Ohio State University Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center has come a long way since its grand opening a little more than a year ago. The center, whose main purpose is to save, assess and promote the use of ornamental pla ...

  7. Piketon Business Incubator Receives Additional Funds

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/piketon-business-incubator-receives-additional-funds

    August 11, 2004 PIKETON, Ohio — Ohio State University South Centers at Piketon has received a grant to aid in the continuation of the development of the Endeavor Center Business Incubator and Training Facility — a business tool designed to increase jobs a ...

  8. OSU Soil Scientist Gets Glimpse of Soviet Ag System; Receives Honorary Degree

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-soil-scientist-gets-glimpse-soviet-ag-system-receives-honorary-degree

    October 26, 2010 COLUMBUS, Ohio – It's not everyday one gets the chance to view agricultural life of a former Soviet nation.   But Ohio State University soil scientist Rattan Lal was given that opportunity when he recently traveled to the Republic of ...

  9. OSU Plant Pathologist Awarded for Excellence in Extension Outreach and Education

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-plant-pathologist-awarded-excellence-extension-outreach-and-education

    July 29, 2009 WOOSTER, Ohio – An Ohio State University Extension plant pathologist has been awarded the American Phytopathological Society Excellence in Extension Award, in part for furthering national educational efforts on soybean rust.   Anne Dorrance, ...

  10. OSU Outreach Program Teaches Central Ohio Youth About Agriculture

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-outreach-program-teaches-central-ohio-youth-about-agriculture

    May 27, 2010 COLUMBUS, Ohio – George Keeney, manager of Ohio State University's Insectary in the Department of Entomology, pulls an insect from a clear plastic container for a group of attentive fourth-and fifth-grade students.   "It's a sc ...

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