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  1. Empathy and Flexibility Go a Long Way When Managing Farm Employees

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    LONDON, Ohio — Faced with a decades-long struggle to find laborers, farmers can still do a lot to attract and keep their staff and lighten their load with technology. When the economy is healthy or at least improving, the search for farm employees becomes ...

  2. Researcher Studying Agriculture Fairs and Flu Among Pigs

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio — A researcher at The Ohio State University is conducting a multi-state study testing for flu among pigs at fairs as swine infected with a flu virus were confirmed at two recent county fairs in Ohio. Andrew Bowman, a veterinarian with Ohio ...

  3. Youth Gardening Programs for Educators and Others Coming in Fall

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gardening is a great option for keeping your children off social media and in the outdoors. And it can teach as well as entertain. “When children grow their food in a garden, they are much more invested in their food sources. I have seen ...

  4. Urban Farm Tours Happening Throughout Columbus

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio – When you think of farms, you might envision wide open grass lands, a tractor and grazing cows, pigs or horses. But did you know there are farms right here in urban Columbus? Columbus was home to only five urban farms just three years ago. ...

  5. Officials Discover Hemlock Pest in Scioto County

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    COLUMBUS, Jul. 5, 2017— The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) today announced the discovery of a hemlock-killing pest in Scioto County in southern Ohio. The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) is a small, ap ...

  6. Get Your Fertilizer Applicator Certification at Mahoning County's July 26 Field Day

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    NEW WATERFORD, Ohio — The Mahoning County office of Ohio State University Extension is hosting a fertilizer field day on July 26 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for Ohioans needing to complete their Fertilizer Applicator Certification Training (FACT). Agronomy ...

  7. Turn Your Favorite Tree Into Many, by Grafting

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    WOOSTER, Ohio — There’s a gardening skill called grafting. It’s used a lot on apple trees. And it can help you turn a favorite tree — whether an apple, a pear, a dogwood or another — into more new trees just like it. When someone grafts a tree, they splic ...

  8. July 27 Field Day to Feature Field Crops

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    CUSTAR, Ohio – Due to indecisive weather, it’s been an interesting year for field crops so far, and this trend will most likely continue throughout the year. That is why the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) and Ohio State Universi ...

  9. Family, Fun, Fireflies: OARDC Insect Night Is July 15

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    WOOSTER, Ohio — Certain kinds of creepy crawlers only come out at night. They’ll star at an upcoming event in Wooster. Secrest Arboretum’s annual Insect Night — a free public event for bug-crazy kids, their families and others — is from 8 to 10:30 p.m. Ju ...

  10. Agricultural Fertilizer Certification Trainings Offered before Sept. 30 Deadline

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Ohio Farmers who still need to get fertilizer certification before the Sept. 30 deadline will have more than 20 opportunities to attend training sessions offered by experts from the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Science ...

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