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$250,000 grant received to explore new strawberry production techniques
well as fertility management to target fast crop growth are focus of the four-season high tunnel ... production acreage are decreasing in many areas of Midwest United States. High production risk is the main ... growth and minimize spring frost damage comprise the research focus of the low tunnel systems. An ...
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$2M grant awards to fund two meaningful aquaculture projects
Dr. Hanping Wang at the Ohio Center for Aquaculture Research and Development (OCARD) at The Ohio ... a whole; 3) reducing barriers to land access: and 4) sustaining the economic viability of urban farm ... team, with their nationally recognized aquaculture genetics program at Piketon and impact of ...
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$5 million in annual new harvest ale sales using Ohio hops being brewed in Ohio
Ohio breweries within hours of being picked by local hop growers. Harvest ales are an impossibly ... farmers in Ohio grew hops as they were seeking local suppliers of fresh hops to expand the diversity of ... Extension Specialist Brad Bergefurd acquired Ohio Department of Agriculture and USDA Specialty Crop Block ...
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'Tis the season for strawberries
holiday season in Ohio are high-priced, have poor taste, and are limited in quantity,” said Bergefurd. ... “Picking your own strawberries at Christmas IS possible in Ohio,” he concluded. This new research ... the Ohio Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant, the research thus far has yielded ...
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"Soil is meant to be covered..." Jim Hoorman speaks about cover crops in soil health series
popular species of cover crops in our region? When can cover crops be planted? What species do best at ... what time of year planting? What are ways to terminate cover crops? and What are sources of cover crop ... continue discussion with Jim Hoorman on cover crops. Some of the topics that will be discussed are: How to ...
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10th Annual Stinner Summit
the 10th Annual Stinner Summit at the Stratford Ecological Center in Delaware, Ohio on October 14th, ... 2016. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Stinner Summit, we will be increasing the available ... funding for a limited number of collaborative projects. Participants will be asked when they register for ...
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10th Annual Stinner Summit
Stratford Ecological Center in Delaware, Ohio on October 14th, 2016. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of ... The Agroecosystems Management Program (AMP) will host the 10th Annual Stinner Summit at the ... ground, ways that people can work together toward the common purpose of healthy agroecosystems and ...
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14 billion ways honey bees let you eat
the 2013-2014 winter alone, Ohio beekeepers lost 50-80 percent of their honey bees. Bees are dying in ... Bees are crucial to agriculture and food security. They pollinate about a third of the crops we ... we eat, valued at more than $14 billion a year in the U.S. … and how OARDC works to protect them ...
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15 Years, 15 Minutes: South Centers scientist Islam recognized by University for soil test kit commercialization
innovations by The Ohio State University. “Discovery is at the core of our academic mission at Ohio State and ... explained Islam. “It is reliable and convenient to use in the field; and very fast, in 15 minutes you are ... of their soil has degraded because of the Soviet style,” he added. “They are interested in improving ...
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2 new ways to avoid latex allergies
many gloves are now made,” said Katrina Cornish, Ohio Research Scholar and endowed chair in bioemergent ... it, new economic opportunities in the region. To contact the scientist: Katrina Cornish at ... OARDC scientists have developed new materials that will allow medical professionals to have the ...