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$250,000 grant received to explore new strawberry production techniques
continue to research profitable new season extension methods that can be adopted by Ohio farms. To see ... Sustainable Agriculture and Education (SARE) grant will make it possible for Ohio State University and Purdue ... reduce this risk and increase profit and market potential. Many Ohio farms have doubled their harvest ...
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$2M grant awards to fund two meaningful aquaculture projects
a whole; 3) reducing barriers to land access: and 4) sustaining the economic viability of urban farm ... Dr. Hanping Wang at the Ohio Center for Aquaculture Research and Development (OCARD) at The Ohio ... State University South Centers, in partnership with Dr. Gary Gao of the Specialty Crops team and ...
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$5 million in annual new harvest ale sales using Ohio hops being brewed in Ohio
farmers in Ohio grew hops as they were seeking local suppliers of fresh hops to expand the diversity of ... Ohio hops education and research program, “Hop Production to Enhance Economic Opportunities for Ohio ... Ohio’s $13.2 billion craft brewing industry. Working with the USDA Cooperative Development Center to form ...
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'Tis the season for strawberries
“This opens up a great marketing opportunity for Ohio farms to produce off-season strawberries.” ... Bradford Sherman and Brad Bergefurd CFAES/South Centers Having fresh Ohio strawberries to enjoy ... The Ohio State University. Making fresh, Ohio-grown strawberries available during higher market price ...
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"Soil is meant to be covered..." Jim Hoorman speaks about cover crops in soil health series
the featured guest with host Vinayak Shedekar and co-host Wayne Lewis, Farm Manager at the OSU South ... Hoorman, Regional Soil Health Specialist with the Northeast Region NRCS-Soil Health Division, Ohio and Michigan was ... Centers. "Soil is meant to be covered," said Hoorman. "Each cover crop is designed for ...
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15 Measures of Competitiveness
to you - List 6 reasons why you farm - Rank them most to least important - Have each person involved ... You see mission statements everywhere these days. Is it just the current "thing" to do ... or is it an important tool for your business. Of course, I'm going to say it is an important ...
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15 Years, 15 Minutes: South Centers scientist Islam recognized by University for soil test kit commercialization
world. The Ohio State University South Centers scientist, who leads the Soil, Water, and Bioenergy ... innovations by The Ohio State University. “Discovery is at the core of our academic mission at Ohio State and ... tests like we do in the United States,” Islam said. “They care about land, but do not know how to manage ...
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15- Measures of Competitiveness
sold Competitive Level: Less than $6.00 per cwt. of milk sold (May range from below $5.00 to around ... $8.00, depending on feed prices) Calculation: Total cost of all feeds fed to all dairy cows and ... real estate and depreciation on machinery and storage facilities. Compare this figure to market values ...
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15- Measures of Competitiveness
per cow Less than $3000 per cow during an expansion Calculation: Total farm debt/(lactating cows ... farmers ask: how much debt can my dairy handle? While the debt to asset ratio looks at the overall debt ... position of the farm, debt per cow looks at how the farm will repay the debt. As the profit center of ...
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2003 Dairy Farm Price and Marketing Management Practices Survey- Your help is needed!
Mrs. Dianne Shoemaker, Dairy Specialist and Mr. David Miller, Farm Management Specialist, Ohio ... management practices and tools on Ohio's dairy farms. Are they being used? If not, why not? How ... State University Extension Please be on the lookout for this survey that will arrive in the mailboxes of ...