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  1. Drought: No Bacon Shortage, But Consumers Can Likely Expect Higher Prices for Pork Next Year

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/drought-no-bacon-shortage-consumers-can-likely-expect-higher-prices-pork-next-year

    southern and eastern areas of Ohio. The drought has left pork producers forced to pay higher prices for ... to meet consumer demand.”  The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects U.S pork supplies will drop ... October 5, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio – No need to go hog wild.  Despite a report from Britain’s National ...

  2. Corn Yield Projections Rosy Despite Growing Pains

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

    despite the shaky growing season, early yield projections are rosy. According to the Ohio Agricultural ... 2000 and 143 bushels per acre harvested in 1992. The yield projections are already 40 percent higher ... temperatures Ohio has been experiencing late in the growing season. “That could work for us or against us ...

  3. Three Years Later, 'Green' 4-H Center Going Strong

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/three-years-later-green-4-h-center-going-strong

    incorporating green features into all new building and major (over $4 million) renovation projects. "Ohio ... water usage is actually somewhat higher-- the meter may not register when just a small amount is used-- ... January 10, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- When the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center opened in ...

  4. A Little Cunning May Do the Trick in Pepper Management

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/little-cunning-may-do-trick-pepper-management

    treatment (1/5th the volume of 6.5 gallons of water per acre versus the standard 30 gallons of water per ... January 12, 2005 WOOSTER, Ohio — The trick to outsmarting insects and diseases on peppers may lie ... in the way chemicals are applied to the vegetable crop. A team of Ohio State University and USDA ...

  5. SARE Grants Millions to Fund Sustainable Agriculture Research at Ohio State

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/sare-grants-millions-fund-sustainable-agriculture-research-ohio-state

    students and farmers have been awarded the grants to fund 47 research and/or education projects and ... Extension projects from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, which is managed ... Hogan, an OSU Extension educator and one of Ohio’s SARE coordinators. “The benefit is that it leverages ...

  6. Watershed Forum to Focus on Protecting Water Quality Through Land Use Planning

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/watershed-forum-focus-protecting-water-quality-through-land-use-planning

    Water Conservation District, Heart of Ohio Resource Conservation and Development Council, and the City ... purpose of the Olentangy Watershed Forum is to educate residents, water resource professionals, township ... officials, landowners and farmers about water quality issues in the Olentangy Watershed and what effective ...

  7. 4-H Mentoring Projects 'Making a Huge Difference'

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/4-h-mentoring-projects-making-huge-difference

    Jordan, Ohio State University Extension educator and the project's leader. Ohio 4-H is the youth ... motion and launching bottle rockets,” said educator Carolyn Belczyk. “We also took a field trip to Ohio ... September 26, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Sometimes kids have trouble learning from their mistakes. And ...

  8. Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Science Class Under the Sea (for the Week of Oct. 14, 2007)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/smart-stuff-twig-walkingstick-science-class-under-sea-week-oct-14-2007-1

    October 14, 2007 Q. Dear Twig: My teacher told us about a class called Project SeaCAMEL. What is ... "CAMEL" part of the name stands for Classroom Aquarius Marine Education Live. Notes: SeaCAMEL is a project ... it? A.: It's a live, underwater class in marine biology. Except you don't go under the water ...

  9. OSU Extension Offers Resources and Information to Manage Drought as Conditions Intensify Statewide

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-extension-offers-resources-and-information-manage-drought-conditions-intensify-0

    Drought resources from other universities Ohio Department of Agriculture Weather Water resources Disaster ... July 19, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio – As the drought of 2012 continues to intensify statewide, Ohio State ... consumers find ways to deal with the dry conditions and extreme heat.  Already, all of Ohio except for small ...

  10. $5 Million Bioenergy, Bioproducts Project Offers Opportunities for Ohio Teachers

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/5-million-bioenergy-bioproducts-project-offers-opportunities-ohio-teachers

    today's classrooms. And Ohio State University is taking part in a multi-state project offering teachers ... get students excited about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, and to give ... in the project are New York, Maryland and Delaware. Any educator may apply to be a part of the ...

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