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OSU Extension to Host Informational Meeting on Bovine Anaplasmosis
December 6, 2012 MCCONNELSVILLE, Ohio – A disease that could cause death in cattle but hasn’t gotten much attention in Ohio is being reported to veterinarians, indicating a need to get more producers to understand what the disease is and how to combat it, ...
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OSU Extension Ag Economics Expert to Offer Market Update During Annual Grain Farmers Symposium
December 6, 2012 WILMINGTON, Ohio – With the U.S. Agriculture Department’s forecast that corn production this year will drop to its lowest point since 2006 as a result of the historic drought nationwide, growers can expect to see tight supplies next year ...
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Chow Line: Focus on safety with mailed food gifts (12/7/12)
December 7, 2012 Last year we received a gift in the mail and didn’t open it until Christmas Eve. The box contained cheese spreads that said “Keep refrigerated” on the label. They had been at room temperature for more than a week, so we threw them out. Bu ...
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Poinsettia's Poisonous Reputation Persists, Despite Proof to the Contrary
December 7, 2012 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Perhaps it has happened to you: You present a friend with a beautiful poinsettia for the holidays, and she shrinks in horror. How could you possibly give her something that could be deadly to Fifi or Fluff or little Freddy ...
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Ohio Sheep and Goat Educational Series Returns in Early 2013
December 7, 2012 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. The online seri ...
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Media Advisory: OARDC in Wooster to Help Launch State's 100 Gbps Broadband Network Tuesday, Dec. 11
December 7, 2012 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 ...
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OSU Extension Expert: Cold Weather Increases Livestock Energy Needs
December 11, 2012 WOOSTER, Ohio – While colder temperatures now experienced throughout the region mean livestock producers need to be aware of increased livestock energy requirements, those animals that may be thinner because of the drought could need ext ...
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OSU Expert: Farmland Value Projected to Increase in 2013
December 11, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Cropland values in Ohio increased in 2012 and are expected to continue on an upward trend in 2013, despite the drought that devastated growers this year, an Ohio State University Extension expert said. Ohio cropland valu ...
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Media Advisory: Ohio State Experts Available to Speak on Thousand Cankers Disease in Walnut Trees
December 12, 2012 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. The insect i ...
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Armageddon or Not, Now's an Opportune Time to Prepare for Emergency
December 13, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- If doomsday-- or, alternatively, winter-- is approaching, you'd better be prepared. Whether you believe Dec. 21, 2012, marks the end of the world as predicted by the expiration of an ancient Mayan calendar or merely ...