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  1. New partnership planned with Beck's Hybrids: Goal is to 'put students first'

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/new-partnership-planned-with-becks-hybrids-goal-is-put-students-first

    Representatives from  Beck's Hybrids,  Atlanta, Ind., a regional leader in the hybrid seed industry, recently met with CFAES faculty and staff to discuss collaborative educational and research opportunities for students in our college. Ohio State and ...

  2. J.M. Smucker Co. Commits $1M to Ohio State for Food Innovation Research, Scholarships

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/jm-smucker-co-commits-1m-ohio-state-for-food-innovation-research-scholarships

    COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The J.M. Smucker Company and Timothy P. Smucker of Orrville, Ohio, have committed $1 million to support ongoing research and student success at Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. The S ...

  3. What are the best ways to burn (or not) a forest?

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/what-are-the-best-ways-burn-or-not-forest

    Jack pines, which are common in parts of the northern Great Lakes, need fire to thrive. So does the rare and endangered Kirtland’s warbler, which nests only in burned or otherwise disturbed young jack pine stands in a handful of locations in Michigan, Wis ...

  4. Urban farming in a parking lot? See it in action in Wooster

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/urban-farming-in-parking-lot-see-it-in-action-in-wooster

    Joe Kovach of Entomology, who is studying the best ways to grow food on old asphalt parking lots, is giving free monthly tours of his test plots this summer. The tours, which are aimed at urban farmers in Cleveland, Columbus, and other cities, are coverin ...

  5. Engineering plants to help replace oil

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/engineering-plants-help-replace-oil

    OARDC  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. The grant, awarded by DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy  (ARPA-E) under the Plants Engineered ...

  6. ATI ranks No. 1 nationally in two-year agriculture degrees

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/ati-ranks-no-1-nationally-in-two-year-agriculture-degrees

    ATI is back on top as No. 1 in  Community College Week's  annual Top 100 report, after a one-year drop to the No. 2 slot. ATI ranked first in the nation among two-year institutions in the  number of degrees awarded in agriculture  (pdf), agricultural ...

  7. Busy Soil Microbes Provide Macro Field Benefits

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/busy-soil-microbes-provide-macro-field-benefits

    http://www.composting2002.org, or call (610) 967-4135, ext. 22. Candace Pollock Brian McSpadden Gardener, Fred Michel, Harry ...

  8. Follow Guidelines When Planting Soybeans

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/follow-guidelines-when-planting-soybeans

    University Extension plant pathologist.   "Are you going back into the same fields that had soybeans ...

  9. Continued Harvest Delays May Mean More Lodging Corn

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/continued-harvest-delays-may-mean-more-lodging-corn

    Ohio State University Extension agronomist, said that lodging, whether it's stalk lodging or root ...

  10. Corn Yield Projections Rosy Despite Growing Pains

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/corn-yield-projections-rosy-despite-growing-pains

    said Peter Thomison, an Ohio State University Extension agronomist. “With the soggy soils we’ve had ...

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