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Join Our Team! Ohio State provides an excellent faculty and family benefits program. Columbus is ... technology industries. Columbus is rated as one of the Top U.S. Cities for the quality of life. Current ... Science and Technology Ohio State University Extension extends the knowledge resources of CFAES and the ...
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Be Cautious On Roads, In Fields and Barns At Harvest Time
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/be-cautious-roads-fields-and-barns-harvest-time
how we can stay safe in the midst of a very busy time of year on the farm. This reminder is also for ... one of the leading causes of injury and death for farmers and farm workers. Both equipment operators ... Following farm equipment is really not costing you that much time. The average distance that motorists are ...
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Local Foods Week
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/local-foods-week-0
state in celebrating local foods week. Why celebrate it? *Agriculture is Ohio’s number one industry ... contributing jobs for one in seven Ohioans, and more than $107 billion to the state’s economy (Ohioproug.org) ... on average most food travels more than 1,500 miles before it reaches our plates. By the time you add ...
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Tips To Keep Livestock Cool
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/tips-keep-livestock-cool
requirements can double when temperatures increase. Water quality affects water intake so always make sure ... know where water is. Shelter for animals during times of extreme heat is very important. The best ... increased respiration rate, increased water intake, loss of appetite, lethargy, or listless, increased ...
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Late Summer Forage Seeding
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/late-summer-forage-seeding
establishment, select high quality seed, use new, improved forage genetics and take time to calibrate the ... and the time needed for forage plants to develop a root system and carbohydrate reserves that will ... Consult the 2015 Ohio and Indiana Weed Control Guide and always read the specific product label for ...
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Milking Excellence
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/milking-excellence
improve production and milk quality. Dianne Shoemaker, OSU Extension Dairy Production Economics Field ... It is a rough go for dairy farmers these days. While milk price has improved a little ... production costs for many dairy farms. Profitability depends upon managing costs and doing things that ...
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Seed Selection Can Make or Break Your Crop in 2021
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/seed-selection-can-make-or-break-your-crop-2021
more technical traits, the cosmetic quality of the produce can drop significantly. One big trait that ... using the correct management, you could have major improvements in production and quality. Just as ... from one growing season to the next is often formally rung in by the arrival of seed catalogs, and if ...
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Post-Harvest Sanitation Steps To Help Prevent Diseases, Insects From Overwintering
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/post-harvest-sanitation-steps-help-prevent-diseases-insects-overwintering
Additionally, less infection or damage in the crop means higher yields and an improvement in the quality of the ... and Natural Resources Extension Educator with Ohio State University Extension – Wayne County, and ... Residue management One of the first steps to take to reduce the likelihood of diseases and insects over ...
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4-H News and Notes: July 28, 2016
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/4-h-news-and-notes-july-28-2016
this year. There will be one final special Quality Assurance Only session for those who did ... last opportunity to complete Skillathon and Quality Assurance (QA) together here in Wayne County for ... Skillathon at the State Fair. This special QA Only session will be held on August 15th at 6:00 pm at the ...
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Stress Management Check-in
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/stress-management-check
habits that relieve the stress of work and create quality time away from work and with family and ... help to relieve stress and reenergize you. A Michigan State publication on managing farm stress lists ... your body. There is a lot of stress in farming and agricultural occupations. Take time to assess your ...