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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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03/31/2010 |
Gov. Strickland Tours Bionergy Project at OARDC, Touts Digestion Technology |
WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland said the partnership between the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) and quasar energy group to produce renewable energy from biomass is a great example of how Ohio is vying to become a leader in the emerging green economy.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Steve Slack |
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05/22/2012 |
Remember the Borer: EAB Awareness Week Returns May 20-26 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Emerald ash borer (EAB), the invasive insect that kills ash trees, continues to spread throughout the state. EAB Awareness Week, May 20-26, is the perfect opportunity to remind Ohioans of this pest's impact and their role in helping to limit its spread.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Amy Stone |
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02/23/2012 |
Ohio State Food Scientist Is TechColumbus's Outstanding Woman in Technology |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Monica Giusti, an assistant professor in Ohio State University’s Department of Food Science and Technology, has been named Outstanding Woman in Technology by TechColumbus for her pathbreaking work on beneficial compounds of fruits and vegetables.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Monica Giusti |
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06/15/2012 |
Ohio State Partner in $5.7M Grant to Develop New Biofuel |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Ohio State University's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center will play a key role in the engineering of a novel plant-based fuel, funded by a $5.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Katrina Cornish, Josh Blakeslee |
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10/24/2011 |
Ohio State, Iceland's University and Soil Service Sign Cooperation Agreements |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- As part of its drive to forge lasting global partnerships, Ohio State University has signed two memoranda of understanding (MOU) with the University of Iceland and that European island-nation’s Soil Conservation Service with the goal of enhancing educational experiences and advancing critical research dealing with climate change, environmental sustainability and food security.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Bill Ravlin |
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02/25/2003 |
Ohio Bull Test Preview And Sale Coming Up At EORDC |
CALDWELL, Ohio â If beefing up your cattle operation is one of your priorities this year, the 34th Ohio Bull Test Preview and Sale offers you not one, but 151 purebred ways to do it.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Justin Lahmers |
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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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02/08/2011 |
Cover Crops Focus of Ag Day Program Feb. 16 in Paulding (Western Ohio) |
PAULDING, Ohio -- Learn about cover crops from Ohio State University experts and hear from a farmer who has used them on Wednesday, Feb. 16, at the Paulding County office of OSU Extension, 503 Fairground Drive, Paulding, not far from the Indiana border.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Jim Lopshire |
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02/12/2003 |
Project Comes To The Rescue of Ohio's Agricultural Literature |
WOOSTER, Ohio â Unique and invaluable publications that convey the history of Ohioâs agriculture and rural life in their brittle pages will be saved from obliteration thanks to a preservation project led by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC).
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Connie Britton |
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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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01/31/2011 |
Treating Ash Trees Viable Option for Homeowners, Municipalities: Ohio State Experts |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Cutting down ash trees isn’t the only strategy for managing emerald ash borer (EAB) in residential and municipal landscapes, according to Ohio State University experts.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Dan Herms |
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12/07/2012 |
Ohio Sheep and Goat Educational Series Returns in Early 2013 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Animal-breeding efficiency and drought's effect on pastures will be two of the topics at hand when Ohio State University Extension co-sponsors the 2013 Sheep and Goat WebEx Program Series in February.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Roger High |
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09/29/2011 |
Sheep, Goat Producers: Management Skills Workshop to be Held Oct. 14 in Wooster |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Sheep and goat producers who are certified organic, in transition to becoming organic, or just interested in small ruminants and organic methods won't want to miss the Management Skills for Organic Small Ruminants Workshop, to be held Oct. 14 from 1-5 p.m. at Ohio State University's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Kathy Bielek |
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09/07/2011 |
OSU South Centers Celebrate 20 Years with Open House Sept. 15 |
PIKETON, Ohio -- The Ohio State University South Centers at Piketon are celebrating two decades of diversifying agriculture and promoting economic development in southern Ohio, and want to share this milestone with area residents, friends and clientele past and present at a Sept. 15 open house.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Tom Worley |
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01/05/2010 |
Ohio First Lady Learns About Leading AgBioscience Research During OARDC Visit |
WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Ohio First Lady Frances Strickland witnessed the dedication of a renewable energy pilot plant and learned about first-class research on plant genetics, influenza viruses and green industrial products during her first visit to the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Centerââ¬â¢s (OARDC) Wooster campus on Tuesday, Dec. 14.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
OARDC Director's Office |
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01/03/2011 |
Learn About Emerald Ash Borer Online, for Free — First Webinar on Woodland Management is Jan. 6 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) University is back this semester, allowing anyone with broadband Internet access to learn about this destructive pest of ash trees as well as other exotic insects and diseases threatening North America’s urban and rural forests. And did we mention it’s free?
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Amy Stone |
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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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12/15/2014 |
OARDC Receives $6.5M Grant for Bioenergy, Biofuel Research |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center has received a $6.5 million federal grant to test and expand a technology that can produce biogas from a variety of solid organic wastes and bioenergy crops.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Yebo Li |
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11/30/2011 |
OARDC's Yebo Li Receives University Innovator Award |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Yebo Li, a biosystems engineer with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster, has received Ohio State University's 2011 Early Career Innovator of the Year Award for his work on the development and commercialization of bio-based energy and industrial products.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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06/19/2003 |
Highly Toxic Poison Hemlock a Threat in Newly Urbanized Areas |
CINCINNATI, Ohio -- If Socrates were alive, the first thing he would tell you is "Stay away from poison hemlock!" The toxic weed, reputedly used to execute the famous Greek philosopher in 329 B.C., has become common in Ohio during the past decade, posing a health risk to suburban dwellers, hikers, farmers and anyone who might come into close contact with it.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Joe Boggs |
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02/23/2012 |
Ohio State Anaerobic Digestion Technology Now Being Commercialized |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Technology developed by an Ohio State University researcher is now being commercialized by quasar energy group to increase the types of waste that can be converted to biogas for energy and fuel uses.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Yebo Li, Caroline Henry |
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10/19/2011 |
OARDC Works with Industry to Boost Ethanol Production, Create Jobs |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The future of the U.S. ethanol industry depends on its ability to increase yields, be competitive with fossil fuels and fill a growing need for energy independence. Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) is lending its expertise to make that possible.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Fred Michel, Fred Clarke |
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05/16/2012 |
Boosting Dairy Cattle Fertility: New Technologies, Outreach Go Hand in Hand |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Increasing the reproductive efficiency of dairy cows has always been a challenge for this industry. Ohio State University specialists are working to reverse this trend through the development of new reproduction techniques and training that emphasizes proper management.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Gustavo Schuenemann, Mike Day |
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07/21/2011 |
'Power Crops': Learn about Bioenergy Farming at July 28 Field Day in Piketon |
PIKETON, Ohio -- Giant miscanthus and hybrid willow could soon be growing across southern Ohio and other regions to produce fuel and energy. These are two of the "power crops" Ohio State University experts will be talking about and demonstrating at this year’s Soil, Water and Bioenergy Field Day, to be held Thursday, July 28, at the OSU South Centers at Piketon.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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08/27/2012 |
Media Advisory: Ohio State's Board of Trustees Meets in Wooster Aug. 29; Campus Reconstruction Announcement to Be Made |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Ohio State University's Board of Trustees will meet on the Wooster campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) this Wednesday, Aug. 29. An announcement about campus reconstruction will be made at this meeting.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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05/14/2012 |
Ohio State Involved in Gates Foundation's $8M Grant for Childhood Malnutrition |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- An $8.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund an international team of scientists focused on finding new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent a critical global health problem: malnutrition in infants and children.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Linda Saif |
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03/15/2011 |
Firewood Quarantine Still in Place in Ohio Despite Ash Borer Regulation Changes |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) expanded its emerald ash borer (EAB) quarantine last September to include all of Ohio’s 88 counties, the movement of ash tree materials and hardwood firewood within the state apparently was no longer regulated -- since the quarantine made it illegal for people to move those materials from a quarantined county into a non-quarantined county.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
Amy Stone |
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05/27/2011 |
Cut Flower Growers to Meet in Wooster Aug. 8 |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers will hold its 2011 Midwest Regional Meeting at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Aug. 8.
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Megan Shoenfelt |
Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers |
