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03/03/2006 |
Ohio State Research Looks into Value of Cover Crops |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Incorporating cover crops into a production rotation may have conservational benefits, but their short-and long-term agronomic value is still being evaluated. With new research, Ohio State University soil fertility specialists are hoping to provide more concrete results. |
Candace Pollock |
Robert Mullen |
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01/30/2008 |
Want to Save on Fertilizer? Run a Soil Test |
ADA, Ohio -- With fertilizer prices continuing their upward trend, a soil test is the best tool available to farmers that can help them manage their crops while leaving more money in their pockets. |
Candace Pollock |
Robert Mullen |
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08/08/2001 |
Ample Profitable Crop Enterprises Exist for Ohio Growers |
LONDON, Ohio -- From traditional field crops to specialty fruits and vegetables, ample economic opportunities abound for Ohio growers looking to grow something different or who just want a supplemental income. |
Candace Pollock |
Robert Moore |
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12/07/2012 |
Poinsettia's Poisonous Reputation Persists, Despite Proof to the Contrary |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Perhaps it has happened to you: You present a friend with a beautiful poinsettia for the holidays, and she shrinks in horror.
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Frances Whited |
Robert McMahon |
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11/15/2012 |
New Bio-fertilizer Can Increase Hydroponic Vegetable Growth: Ohio State Trials |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- A new organic-based fertilizer for commercial hydroponic production can boost lettuce growth by about 13 percent, according to preliminary trials conducted by Ohio State University's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Robert Hansen, Bill Diederich, Paul Brentlinger |
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07/29/2010 |
Grow Lettuce Using Hydroponics. Learn More at Farm Science Review |
LONDON, Ohio – Ohio lettuce growers looking for new, innovative ways of growing produce year-round have hydroponics as a viable alternative. The technology will be demonstrated during Farm Science Review, Sept. 21-23 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, Ohio.
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Candace Pollock |
Robert Hansen |
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09/02/2009 |
Growing Produce Using Hydroponics Showcased at Farm Science Review |
LONDON, Ohio – Ohio lettuce growers looking for new, innovative ways of growing produce year-round have hydroponics as a viable alternative. The technology will be demonstrated during Farm Science Review, Sept. 22-24 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, Ohio.
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Candace Pollock |
Robert Hansen |
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08/30/2007 |
Save on Fuel Costs with Natural-Air Grain Drying |
LONDON, Ohio -- A decades-old grain-drying technique is getting a renewed push in the face of today's higher energy costs. |
Candace Pollock |
Robert Hansen |
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08/29/2008 |
Low-Energy Grain Drying System to be Demonstrated at Farm Science Review |
LONDON, Ohio -- A decades-old grain-drying technique is getting a renewed push in the face of today's higher energy costs. |
Candace Pollock |
Robert Hansen |
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01/29/2002 |
OSU Extension Tax Management Factsheets Available |
FINDLAY, Ohio - Ohio State University Extension has made available several Farm Income Tax Management factsheets for producers and landowners who may need tax management tips. |
Candace Pollock |
Robert Fleming |
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01/17/2008 |
Chow Line: Focus on folate for health, not the blues (for 1/27/08) |
I've heard that taking folate can help combat depression. Is that true? |
Martha Filipic |
Robert Disilvestro |
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05/10/2012 |
Curcumin Extract Lowers Triglycerides, Boosts Antioxidant Activity: Ohio State Study |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A low dose of a curcumin extract from the spice turmeric can have a variety of positive health effects on healthy middle-aged individuals, according to an Ohio State University study presented at the 2012 Experimental Biology meeting April 23 in San Diego.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Robert DiSilvestro |
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05/16/2008 |
Chow Line: Calcium difficult for body to absorb (for 5/25/08) |
I always have milk in the morning with my high-fiber cereal. But a friend told me that fiber prevents the body from absorbing calcium. If that's true, what should I do? |
Martha Filipic |
Robert DiSilvestro |
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10/02/2012 |
Study: An Apple a Day Lowers Level of Blood Chemical Linked to Hardening of the Arteries |
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Eating an apple a day might in fact help keep the cardiologist away, new research suggests. In a study of healthy, middle-aged adults, consumption of one apple a day for four weeks lowered by 40 percent blood levels of a substance linked to hardening of the arteries.
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Martha Filipic |
Robert DiSilvestro |
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02/20/2009 |
Ohio State Faculty Member Honored as Fellow of Food Systems Leadership Institute |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An Ohio State University professor was one of 20 fellows of the Food Systems Leadership Institute honored at the annual meeting of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) in Chicago. |
Martha Filipic |
Robert Birkenholz |
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03/07/2007 |
Ohio State receives $2.9 million NSF grant to boost K-12 science education |
WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Ohio State Universityââ¬â¢s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) has received a $2.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help boost science education in Ohio schools and prepare the future generation of U.S. scientists.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Richard Moore |
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10/30/2001 |
Strategies to Help Control Mastitis to be Discussed at Dairy Conference |
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Effectively managing the period between lactation and calving of dairy cattle is a key to controlling mastitis, a bacterial infection that affects milk quality and production. |
Candace Pollock |
Richard Meiring |
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08/04/2011 |
Ohio State Scientists to Share in $25 Million Grant to Study Virus-Related Foodborne Illness |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Four Ohio State University scientists are part of a multi-state $25 million effort to reduce the number of foodborne illnesses caused by viruses.
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Martha Filipic |
Richard Linton, Jianrong Li, Linda Saif, Qiuhong Wang |
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10/03/2011 |
New Food Science, Technology Chair Hopes to Form New Partnerships |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In his new role as chair of Ohio State University's Department of Food Science and Technology, Richard Linton plans to forge new partnerships.
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Martha Filipic |
Richard Linton |
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03/22/2011 |
Ohio State Receives $2.6M NSF Grant for Unique Research in Africa's Threatened Sahel Region |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the unique interactions between shrubs and crops as a basis for developing sustainable agricultural practices in the ecologically fragile Sahel region of Africa.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Richard Dick |
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11/19/2010 |
Ohio State Receives $1.1 Million Grant to Support Ag Research, Outreach in Senegal |
COLUMBUS, Ohio ââ¬â Ohio State Universityââ¬â¢s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences will partner with Senegalââ¬â¢s Université Gaston Berger (UGB) to build up that West African nationââ¬â¢s agricultural research and outreach capabilities, thanks to a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Higher Education for Development (HED).
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Richard Dick |
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01/12/2005 |
A Little Cunning May Do the Trick in Pepper Management |
WOOSTER, Ohio — The trick to outsmarting insects and diseases on peppers may lie in the way chemicals are applied to the vegetable crop. |
Candace Pollock |
Richard Derksen |
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06/07/2012 |
Couple Honored for Research, Teaching in Food Science and Technology |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In April, Monica Giusti was recognized at the annual conference of Ohio State's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center for receiving the 2011 TechColumbus Outstanding Woman in Technology. In May, Luis Rodriguez-Saona received the Rodney F. Plimpton Outstanding Young Teacher Award from Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.
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Martha Filipic |
Rich Linton, Monica Giusti, Luis Rodriguez-Saona |
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08/08/2001 |
New Precision Agriculture Device Provides Clues to Crop Health |
LONDON, Ohio -- Growers may be able to determine the overall health of their crop by measuring plant growth rate throughout the season. |
Candace Pollock |
Reza Ehsani |
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01/27/2011 |
OSU Well Represented at Ohio Organic Farming Conference |
GRANVILLE, Ohio -- The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association will hold Ohio’s biggest conference on organic and sustainable agriculture next month, and Ohio State University will be well represented there.
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Kurt Knebusch |
Renee Hunt |
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04/16/2012 |
Media Advisory: Ohio State Experts Available to Speak on Bees and Pesticides |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Two Ohio State University experts are available to speak to reporters about honey bees, native pollinators and the potential effects of pesticides on them.
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Kurt Knebusch |
Reed Johnson, Denise Ellsworth |
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03/11/2009 |
No-Till Works, But Not Always Applicable for Storing Carbon |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No-till is recognized globally as an ideal means of conserving soil and water while also storing soil carbon, but the agricultural practice may not be applicable under all environmental conditions. |
Candace Pollock |
Rattan Lal |
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04/23/2008 |
Solution to Global Food Crisis is Managing Natural Resources |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The world may be on the verge of a second Green Revolution, says an Ohio State University soil scientist. But while the original pulled people from the brink of starvation using genetics, he believes the success of the current movement will be rooted in careful management of Earth's natural resources. |
Candace Pollock |
Rattan Lal |
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11/18/2009 |
OSU Soil Scientist Lends His Expertise for Al Gore's New Book |
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An internationally renown Ohio State University soil scientist has offered his expertise in carbon sequestration and soil management for a new book authored by Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Vice President Al Gore. |
Candace Pollock |
Rattan Lal |
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07/14/2006 |
Ohio State Soil Scientist Receives Prestigious Award |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A world-renowned Ohio State University soil scientist has received a prestigious World Congress of Soil Science award, an honor bestowed upon recipients once every four years in conjunction with the World Congress of Soil Science conference.
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Candace Pollock |
Rattan Lal |
