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Master Gardener Volunteer "information meeting"
https://fairfield.osu.edu/events/master-gardener-volunteer-information-meeting
includes the training manual. If you would like to learn more about becoming a Master Gardener Volunteer, ... If giving back to your community thru gardening related projects interests you, why not consider ... becoming a trained OSU Extension Fairfield County Master Gardener Volunteer. Trainees will have the ...
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OSU Awarded Food Safety Education Grant
https://producesafety.osu.edu/news/osu-awarded-food-safety-education-grant
project will allow us to reach a larger number of Plain growers ensuring a greater impact on fresh produce ... grant includes a regional conference to be held in Ohio in 2019. A summary of the project is provided ... below. Project Summary Food safety education continues to be a challenge for limited-resource ...
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International IPM Program a Success for Tomato Producers in Africa
the farmers who participated in the field school. "When I reduced my pesticide applications from ... project to improve tomato production in Uganda has met with success among small-scale farmers in the ... pesticide applications by half, has been a marketing boon for farmers who, in some cases, collect a premium ...
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Academic Program Strengthens Ties with African Agriculture
economy throughout the region. Through a three-year $799,647 U.S. Agency for International Development ... agricultural engineering. These students have returned to their home countries to apply their training to ... research, teaching, and community outreach. The program also provided in-country training opportunities for ...
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Blowing in the Wind: OSU Extension Helps Communities Develop Wind Energy Projects
members and decision makers about the benefits to them from this project, and now we are proving it," ... in the emerging field of renewable energy-- helping communities throughout Ohio capitalize on ... a growing number of alternative energy projects that bring much-needed investment and jobs to the state. In ...
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Learn to Manage Manure Effectively at Manure Expo, July 9
University Extension soil fertility specialist, will discuss how manure application rate and timing effect ... soil can help growers decide whether manure application in a certain field is necessary." For ... June 26, 2008 LONDON, Ohio-- Manure is a tremendous fertilizer source that many crop producers ...
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Dee Jepsen, PhD
https://agsafety.osu.edu/people/dee-jepsen-phd
Semester (ASM 5600) Ag Safety and Health and offers OSHA 10-hr training as a valued added certificate to ... the course or as a seminar. Her OSHA and Ag Certificate course is available off-campus for groups ... interested in agricultural occupational safety training. Her outreach efforts evolve around current issues in ...
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Get the Most of Crop Performance: Soil Sample in the Fall
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/get-most-crop-performance-soil-sample-fall
aware of sources of variation in the field that can affect soil fertility. "There are two groups: ... activity include tillage, fertilizer application methods and the form of nutrient source added. • Choose ... history, and fertilization practices); grid sampling (for non-uniform fields where fertility variation may ...
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Following Harvest, Farmers Have Plenty of Work Ahead
applicators were ready to go into the field for a long time, and we are glad to finally see them moving.” ... productive this fall. He noted that in addition to fertilizer applications to improve the fertility of the ... Eastern Corn Belt, the work is just getting started on many farms, with fertilizer, herbicide and tillage ...
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Ag Workplace Safety Resources
https://agsafety.osu.edu/programs/cfaes-osha/employee-safety-training-resouces
Safety Training Videos U.S. Agricultural Safety & Health Centers: Safety Videos eXtension.org: ... Ag Safety & Health Videos University of Wisconsin: Tractor Certification Videos A Tractor ... versions) OSHA Farm Safety Fact Sheet (pdf) OSHA Youth in Agriculture Dept of Labor: Agricultural ...