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01/11/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: The Eagle Has Landed ... on a Monkey (for the Week of Jan. 11, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: Is there really something called a monkey-eating eagle?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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09/19/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dude, What's with the (Recycled) Pencils? (for the Week of Sept. 21, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: I know something else they make pencils out of. It isn't plastic, either. It's paper!
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Kurt Knebusch |
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08/26/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Send in the Clown Loaches (for the Week of Aug. 31, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: Erm, what's a clown loach?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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10/25/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Pacific Trash Vortex (for the Week of Oct. 28, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: Here's what my friend Steve said at lunch: that there's a great big pile of plastic garbage floating in the middle of the ocean. True?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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05/01/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: When Raccoons Want Your Corn (for the Week of May 6, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: Every spring we plant sweet corn in our garden. And every summer, right before we pick it, it gets eaten up by raccoons. What can we do?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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06/01/2011 |
Media Advisory: Unique Highway Tree Planting Project Kicks Off Tomorrow (6/2) in Gahanna |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Reporters are invited tomorrow (6/2) at 10 a.m. to the kickoff of “Greening the Highways” -- a binational project that seeks to increase the survival rate and environmental benefits of trees planted in urban areas in Ontario, Canada, and Ohio. The project's first tree planting in Ohio will take place in Gahanna, at the intersection of I-270 South and Hamilton Road.
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03/05/2012 |
Workshop to Address Legal Risks for Livestock and Dairy Producers |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Farmers who raise livestock and dairy can learn more about legal risks and what they can do to reduce their risks in a workshop hosted by Ohio State University Extension and the National Agricultural Law Center.
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Peggy Hall |
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04/13/2012 |
Micki Zartman Scarlet and Gray Ag Day to Recognize, Inspire Superheroes in Our Fields |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The 2012 Micki Zartman Scarlet and Gray Ag Day, Superheroes in Our Fields, will showcase the impact that agricultural professionals have on the world.
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Stephanie Verhoff |
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01/18/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: See Cow? No, Sea Cow (for the Week of Jan. 18, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: What's a sea cow?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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09/24/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Again with the Recycled Pencils (for the Week of Sept. 28, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: So what are those recycled pencils like?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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04/25/2012 |
Ohio State Food, Ag, Env Calendar Listings as of April 25 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Here are upcoming events involving Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences as of April 25.
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Kaitlyn Riemenschneider |
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01/18/2012 |
Spreading Manure on Frozen Ground Option for Producers, But Proper Application Crucial |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Saturated field conditions last fall and early this winter have made it difficult for livestock producers in Ohio and the Midwest to apply manure. As a result, most farmers are beginning to run out of manure storage room right now.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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05/14/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Someone Cut the Grass (for the Week of May 20, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: Why does cut grass smell like it does?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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07/01/2011 |
Down-Under Digestive Microbes Could Help Lower Methane Gas From Livestock |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The discovery that a bacterial species in the Australian Tammar wallaby gut is responsible for keeping the animal’s methane emissions relatively low suggests a potential new strategy may exist to try to reduce methane emissions from livestock, according to a new study.
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05/04/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: When, Why Geese Act Crazy (for the Week of May 13, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: Why do some Canada geese act so crazy?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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11/14/2000 |
Ohio State Experts on Emerald Ash Borer (Updated February 2007) |
WOOSTER, Ohio — Experts with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) and Ohio State University Extension are available to speak with the media about emerald ash borer (EAB) — an invasive pest that is threatening to wipe out native ash trees and cause significant losses to the state's wood manufacturing, landscaping and nursery industries. |
Mauricio Espinoza |
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09/02/2011 |
Ohio State’s Dean of Food, Ag, Environment to Step Down |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The longest-tenured dean at The Ohio State University announced his transition plans today.
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Suzanne Steel |
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04/17/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Under a Squirrel's Umbrella (for the Week of April 19, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: I saw a squirrel use its tail as an umbrella.
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Kurt Knebusch |
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11/30/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Any Reindeer Games? (for the Week of Nov. 30, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: Do reindeer really play games?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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08/12/2011 |
Corn, Soybeans: Attend SW Ohio Field Day For Expert Advice Aug. 16 in Washington Court House |
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio -- The Southwest Ohio Corn Growers and the Fayette County Agronomy Committee will hold their annual field day and test plot demonstrations on Tuesday, Aug. 16, from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Fayette County Demonstration Farm just north of Washington Court House.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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12/07/2012 |
Media Advisory: OARDC in Wooster to Help Launch State's 100 Gbps Broadband Network Tuesday, Dec. 11 |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Reporters are invited to the inauguration of Ohio's 100-Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) statewide broadband network, which will take place Tuesday, Dec. 11, at various university sites -- including the Wooster campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC).
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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01/17/2012 |
Feb. 20: How to Grow, Sell Safer Produce |
HOMERVILLE, Ohio -- A program on preventing microbial contamination on fruit and vegetable farms takes place in northern Ohio on Feb. 20.
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Ashley Kulhanek |
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05/24/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bee Good! But Why? (for the Week of June 3, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: Alright, I'll ask. How do native bees help us?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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10/26/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Locking Deer Antlers (for the Week of Nov. 4, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: Do deer ever get their antlers stuck together?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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01/29/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: People Behind Climate Change? (for the Week of Feb. 4, 2007) |
Dear Twig: What's causing global climate change? Some people say it's people. Some people say that's bunk.
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Kurt Knebusch |
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03/02/2012 |
Ohio State Food, Ag, Env Calendar Listings as of March 3 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Here are upcoming events involving Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences as of March 3.
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Kaitlyn Riemenschneider |
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10/20/2011 |
Bucking Hardwood Logs for Urban Tree Professionals: Sign Up for Nov. 15 Workshop in Bowling Green |
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- Urban foresters and other tree professionals will learn the best ways to utilize tree stems to their highest potential and find better markets at a one-day, hands-on workshop scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 15, in Bowling Green, northwest Ohio.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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11/06/2012 |
Ohio State Food, Ag, Env Calendar Listings as of Nov. 7 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Here are upcoming events involving Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences as of Nov. 7.
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Kaitlyn Riemenschneider |
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06/07/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Carnivorous Chipmunks? (for the Week of June 7, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: Do chipmunks eat meat
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Kurt Knebusch |
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01/05/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Deer Me: Where to Sleep? (for the Week of Jan. 5, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: Where do deer sleep during winter?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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