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06/26/2008 |
Soils at Risk from Compaction When Spreading Manure |
LONDON, Ohio -- Crop fields can be at risk from compaction when spreading manure just as much as when using any other farm equipment. Visitors to the Great Lakes Manure Handling Expo can learn how to minimize the impacts of manure-spreading equipment on soils. |
Candace Pollock |
Randall Reeder |
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04/22/2011 |
Soil Scientist Lal Named University Distinguished Professor, Ohio State’s Highest Honor |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Rattan Lal, a preeminent soil scientist in Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), has been designated as a Distinguished University Professor -- the highest faculty honor bestowed by the university upon individuals who have truly exceptional records in teaching, research and service.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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01/29/2009 |
Soil Scientist Develops 10 Principles to Sustainable Soil Management |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- From food security to climate change to energy demands, the world faces a myriad of critical sustainability issues, all whose potential solution may lie right beneath our feet. |
Candace Pollock |
Rattan Lal |
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11/23/2005 |
Soil Sampling Only Way to Catch Silent Robber of Soybean Yields |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Soybean rust may have been the talk in crop fields across Ohio this season, but now is the time for growers to turn their attention toward a more elusive pest.
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Candace Pollock |
Dennis Mills |
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05/22/2002 |
Soggy Fields May Promote Wheat Diseases |
WOOSTER, Ohio - Excessive wet weather throughout Ohio the past several weeks may cause problems with disease development in the state's wheat crop.
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Candace Pollock |
Pat Lipps |
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08/23/2005 |
Software Increases Chemical Application Accuracy |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It is impossible to eliminate spray drift, but a new product developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Ohio State University may aid in keeping chemicals within their intended target. |
Candace Pollock |
Erdal Ozkan |
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08/22/2012 |
Social Media Effort to Help Families Get Healthier by Heading 'Back to the Kitchen' |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Families who prepare meals and eat together tend to be healthier, happier -- and thinner. But half of all meals are now eaten away from home, and many meals that are eaten at home aren't prepared in the kitchen and enjoyed around the kitchen table -- they're take-out meals or fast food eaten in front of the TV.
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Martha Filipic |
Jamie Seger, Julie Kennel |
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07/12/2011 |
So You Want to Eat Chocolate-covered Bugs… |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Secrest Arboretum’s Night Insect Walk this Saturday includes a free snack if you want it.
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Kurt Knebusch |
Luis Cañas |
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08/29/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Your Home, Where Giant Buffalo Once Roamed (for the Week of Sept. 2, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: The mammoth. The mastodon. The saber-toother tiger. Where'd they live? Where'd they go?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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11/16/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Yellow Belly? Real, Funny (for the Week of Nov. 25, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: "Yellow-bellied sapsucker." Is that a real bird?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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04/03/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Worm Do Do Doo, Worm Da Da Da (for the Week of April 6, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: What's the stuff that comes out of the back end of a worm called?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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08/09/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Why Katy Doesn't (for the Week of Aug. 12, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: I know how katydids make that sound. What does it mean when they do it then stop?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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05/17/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Whole Lot of Nurdles Going On (for the Week of May 17, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: Why are we talking about nurdles? |
Kurt Knebusch |
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01/16/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Who Else Needs the Arctic? (for the Week of Jan. 13, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: What about other Arctic animals? If the ice cap melts, what will it mean to them?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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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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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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08/05/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: What Katy Did (for the Week of Aug. 5, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: How do katydids make that sound?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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07/08/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Wet, Wild Fish Sounds (for the Week of July 8, 2007) |
Dear Twig: Can fish talk? Make sounds? Bloop? Bleep?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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05/10/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Using Your Nurdle (for the Week of May 10, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: What's a nurdle?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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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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04/26/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Under a Squirrel's Parasol (for the Week of April 26, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: I like squirrels.
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Kurt Knebusch |
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11/16/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Turkey, Meet Godzilla (for the Week of Nov. 16, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: Who would win a fight between Godzilla and a turkey? A really big turkey. As big as Godzilla.
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Kurt Knebusch |
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10/31/2001 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Turkey beards (for the week of Nov. 18, 2001) |
Dear Twig: Iâve heard that turkeys have beards. Is that true? Donât they shave? Ha ha ha.
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Kurt Knebusch |
Karl Nestor |
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10/19/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Turkey Beard? Weird! (for the Week of Oct. 19, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: Did you know that turkeys have beards?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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06/08/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Tree Zapped by Zapping? Prognosis 'Not Great' (for the Week of June 8, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: A tree in our yard got hit by lightning. The trunk has a big long scar. Will it live?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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08/30/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Tomato Splatability (for the Week of Aug. 30, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: Why do some tomatoes splat more when I throw them at my brother?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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07/13/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: To Be in Clover (or Not to Bee) (for the Week of July 15, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: The lawn at my house has clover in it. Is that good or bad?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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06/22/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Tire Taters! (for the Week of June 24, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: My friend's dad is growing potatoes in old car tires. Why? How?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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02/08/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Three More Questions About Chickens and Eggs (for the Week of Feb. 8, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: About those backyard chickens: Don't you need a rooster if you want them to lay eggs? (Also: How many? Large talons?)
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Kurt Knebusch |
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09/15/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: The Tree They Make Pencils Out Of (for the Week of Sept. 14, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: What kind of wood do they make wood pencils out of?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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