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Poor Forage Quality Requires Solid Nutrition Management This Winter
November 9, 2011 ATHENS, Ohio – Concerned with forage quality, particularly over late-made first cutting hay, an Ohio State University Extension specialist said farmers need to diligently manage livestock nutrition needs this fall and winter. “We have pre ...
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Chow Line: Spread cheer, not illness, for holidays (for 11/20/11)
December 23, 2014 Last year, we had a party during the holidays and several guests became ill afterward. We’re not sure if it was food poisoning or not, but this year we want to be extra cautious about food safety. What are the most important things to ke ...
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December 4-H Science Saturdays Program on 'Amazing Magnets'
November 16, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Kids are certain to be drawn to the next "Science Saturdays" program offered by Ohio State University Extension 4-H Youth Development. "What's the Attraction? Amazing Magnets!" runs from 9:30 a.m ...
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Ohio State Food, Ag, Env Calendar Listings as of Nov. 16
November 16, 2011 Editor: Events that are new or have been revised since the previous update are indicated. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Here are upcoming events involving Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences as of Nov. 16 ...
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Family Fundamentals: It's never too early to teach kids about money (for Nov. 2011)
November 16, 2011 Our children are still young (ages 4 and 6) but we want to teach them good money management practices that will last a lifetime. What can we do now and over the next few years to give them a good, solid base? Your instincts are right on ...
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Ohio State’s Hall to Lead American Agricultural Law Association
November 17, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Members of the American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) elected Peggy Kirk Hall of The Ohio State University as its next president during the organization’s annual conference in late October. Hall is the director of ...
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Post-USDA Reports, Market Focus Likely Shifts to 2012
November 17, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio – After a November U.S. Department of Agriculture crop report described as “pretty boring,” Ohio State University Extension economist Matt Roberts said the grain markets are largely watching other markets and awaiting thou ...
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Following Harvest, Farmers Have Plenty of Work Ahead
November 17, 2011 URBANA, Ohio – As farmers wrap up harvesting corn and soybeans across the Eastern Corn Belt, the work is just getting started on many farms, with fertilizer, herbicide and tillage applications planned in the waning weeks of productivity ...
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Kudzu Presents Problems, Not Yet Running Rampant in the North
November 17, 2011 WOOSTER, Ohio – An invasive species synonymous with the South has taken root in the Eastern Corn Belt, but according to Ohio State University Extension field crop pathologist Anne Dorrance, it doesn’t yet present quite the headaches for ...
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Chow Line: Close, but broccoli beats cauliflower (for 11/27/11)
November 18, 2011 Do broccoli and cauliflower offer similar nutrients? My husband says they do, but I think he just doesn’t like broccoli. (I prefer broccoli over cauliflower, so I might be biased, too.) Broccoli and cauliflower are both from the cabbage ...