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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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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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11/21/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Boubou? Funny Bird Names (for the Week of Dec. 2, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: What's a flying steamer duck? Why should we beware of it? [See last week.]
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Kurt Knebusch |
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07/11/2012 |
Ohio State Food, Ag, Env Calendar Listings as of July 12 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Here are upcoming events involving Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences as of July 12.
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Kaitlyn Riemenschneider |
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06/14/2011 |
Better Hay, Increased Grazing: Learn How at Pasture Field Day June 25 in Piketon |
PIKETON, Ohio -- Cool, rainy weather this spring has negatively impacted hay fields and pastures in Ohio and nearby states, preventing new seedings of alfalfa and orchardgrass and leading to a possible reduction in pasture yield and quality in the summer.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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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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02/23/2012 |
April 27 in Wooster: Produce Safety Program for Farmers |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- A program on preventing microbial contamination on fruit and vegetable farms takes place April 27 at OARDC in Wooster.
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Ashley Kulhanek |
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08/24/2011 |
In the Firewood Business? Join Ohio State Firewood Directory, Connect with Customers |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State University Extension is inviting all firewood dealers in the state to submit their contact information for inclusion in a comprehensive industry directory aimed at better connecting potential consumers with producers.
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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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11/29/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Can the Grandma Not Get Run Over By the Reindeer? (for the Week of Dec. 9, 2007) |
Dear Twig: There's that song, "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer." How fast would the grandma have to run to not get run over by the reindeer?
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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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08/09/2012 |
Five Ohio State Faculty Members Recognized by American Phytopathological Society |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Five faculty members of Ohio State University's Department of Plant Pathology are being recognized this week at the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society (APS) in Providence, R.I.
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Martha Filipic |
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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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09/14/2011 |
MEDIA ADVISORY: OARDC to Dedicate First-in-Ohio Ag Safety Lab Sept. 16 in Wooster |
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Ohio State University's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) will unveil this Friday, Sept. 16 a unique, highly secure bio-containment building for the study of infectious diseases of plants and animals that threaten Ohio’s $90-plus billion agricultural industry.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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09/08/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Spreading Better Butter Words (for the Week of Sept. 7, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: Why do they call it butter?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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06/12/2012 |
Ohio State Food, Ag, Env Calendar Listings as of June 13 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Here are upcoming events involving Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences as of June 13.
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Kaitlyn Riemenschneider |
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12/12/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Jingle Bells, Why Batman Smells (for the Week of Dec. 16, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: I have a question about the words that my sister and I sing to "Jingle Bells."
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Kurt Knebusch |
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03/29/2012 |
Safety Conference Teaches Emergency Management for Ohio Farm Markets and Agritainment Operations |
COLUMBUS, Ohio –When Mother Nature or natural disasters strike a u-pick operation, it’s important for farm operators to react fast and know how to handle the panic of visitors, says an Ohio State University Extension expert.
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Dee Jepsen |
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08/19/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Septic Secrets! (for the Week of Aug. 19, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: What goes on in a septic tank?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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06/17/2011 |
Media Advisory: Ohio State Experts on Asian Longhorned Beetle; Hotline for SW Ohio Counties |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State University experts are available to speak with reporters about the discovery in Ohio of Asian longhorned beetle (ALB), an exotic insects that kills maples and other trees, which was announced today (6/17) by the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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04/24/2012 |
Have Questions? Ask an Extension Expert with New Online Tool |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohioans who have questions -- on everything from personal finance to agricultural enterprise budgets, from gardening to crop production, from nutrition to producing fruits and vegetables safely -- have a new way to find answers.
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12/12/2012 |
Media Advisory: Ohio State Experts Available to Speak on Thousand Cankers Disease in Walnut Trees |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The following experts in Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences are available to speak with reporters about the first discovery in Ohio of the walnut twig beetle.
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Kurt Knebusch |
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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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08/25/2011 |
Northern Ohio Wheat Day to Address Research, Industry Issues Sept. 7 in Fostoria |
FOSTORIA, Ohio -- Farmers, seed dealers, fertilizer and chemical dealers, and members of the milling industry are invited to the Northern Ohio Wheat Day, which will take place Wednesday, Sept. 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the northwestern Ohio town of Fostoria and will include updates on university research and cultural issues impacting wheat production in the region.
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Mauricio Espinoza |
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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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10/13/2011 |
OSU Extension Offers Income Tax Schools |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State University Extension will offer eight OSU Income Tax Schools across Ohio from Nov. 9 through Dec. 10. These two-day schools are designed for those who have some experience preparing and filing federal and state tax returns for individuals and small businesses. Instruction will focus on federal tax law changes and on the issues that tax preparers may encounter in 2011 returns. The schools also will include an Ohio income tax update.
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David Marrison |
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09/21/2012 |
Fruit, Vegetable Safety Program Set for Cleveland Oct. 3 |
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A program on preventing microbial contamination on fruit and vegetable farms will take place from 6-9 p.m. on Oct. 3 at the Urban Community School, 4909 Lorain Ave., in Cleveland.
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Ashley Kulhanek |
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11/11/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Smelt It (for the Week of Nov. 11, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: Guess what my uncle eats. Smelt!
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Kurt Knebusch |
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12/20/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bumbles Bounce, Will Santa Float? (for the Week of Dec. 23, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: Did you hear that the North Pole is melting?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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12/15/2006 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Horse Meat, Yay or Neigh? (for the Week of Dec. 31, 2006) |
Q. Dear Twig: Not that I want to do it myself, but what's the deal about people eating horse meat?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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