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  1. Minimizing Compaction of Vegetable Crops Tricky

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/minimizing-compaction-vegetable-crops-tricky

    January 4, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Controlling compaction in field crops is not easy, but minimizing compaction in vegetable crops is even trickier. Randall Reeder, an Ohio State University agricultural engineer, said that because of regular crop rotation a ...

  2. Beef Symposium Targets Marketing Tools

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/beef-symposium-targets-marketing-tools

    January 5, 2005 LANCASTER, Ohio — Raising beef cattle not only requires the skills to produce a high-quality product, but also the knowledge to develop and implement a plan to bring that product to market. The Ohio State University Extension Ohio Beef Cat ...

  3. Tree Liners Give Purpose to Retractable Roof Greenhouses

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/tree-liners-give-purpose-retractable-roof-greenhouses

    January 11, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Nursery professionals looking to economically produce tree liners, boost profits and get their product out to customers more efficiently may have found the answer in retractable roof greenhouses. The relatively new techno ...

  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

    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 entomologists, plant pathologists and agricultural engineers ...

  5. Training Program a Tool for Improving Agriculture in Africa

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/training-program-tool-improving-agriculture-africa

    January 12, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio — East African universities are looking to Ohio State University to strengthen their Colleges of Agriculture to help improve agricultural productivity, food security and the economy throughout the region. Ohio State's ...

  6. In-Furrow Applicator Cuts Chemical Costs in Vegetable Crops

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/furrow-applicator-cuts-chemical-costs-vegetable-crops

    January 14, 2005 URBANA, Ohio — Nothing is cheap when it comes to growing high-value vegetable crops, including the chemical investment for insect and disease management. But a group of Ohio State University researchers may have found a way of effectively ...

  7. Winning the War Against Soybean Rust Requires a Strategy

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/winning-war-against-soybean-rust-requires-strategy

    January 19, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio — The best weapon growers have to fighting soybean rust is fungicides, but an effective job of controlling the disease is questionable without an application strategy. Erdal Ozkan, an Ohio State University Extension agricul ...

  8. Hybrids in Corn Performance Trials Benefit from Good Weather

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/hybrids-corn-performance-trials-benefit-good-weather

    January 19, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Near-perfect growing conditions in 2004 has landed another year of exceptional results for corn hybrids evaluated in the Ohio State University Ohio Corn Performance Test. Peter Thomison, an Ohio State Extension agronomist ...

  9. Timing of Soybean Rust May Impact Soybean Aphid Control

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/timing-soybean-rust-may-impact-soybean-aphid-control

    January 27, 2005 WOOSTER, Ohio — Soybean growers are bracing for a soybean aphid population explosion this growing season, and controlling the pest could become even more challenging if soybean rust is thrown into the mix of management practices. Ron Hamm ...

  10. Survey Says: Ohio Consumers Willing to Pay for Organics

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/survey-says-ohio-consumers-willing-pay-organics

    February 2, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio consumers are willing to pay a premium for organic foods, but such factors as health, food safety, level of organic ingredients and where buyers shop impact just how much, according to a series of Ohio State Universi ...

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