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  1. Sustainable Agriculture: Ohio State Announces On-farm Research Grant Program

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/sustainable-agriculture-ohio-state-announces-farm-research-grant-program

    are profitable, socially responsible and energy efficient and improve water quality and other ...

  2. Improving Heifer Development with New Livestock Program

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/improving-heifer-development-new-livestock-program

    taken into consideration. "When you are holding back 10 percent to 25 percent of your females out ... improved, there will more likely be increased profitability for the operation." The Ohio Heifer ... "Beef Improvement," or by contacting Doig at (614) 873-6736, or doig.7@osu.edu, or ...

  3. Granddaughter of Norman Borlaug to Visit Scarlet and Gray Ag Day

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/granddaughter-norman-borlaug-visit-scarlet-and-gray-ag-day

    visiting Scarlet and Gray Ag Day. The event runs from 9:45 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. on May 21. To make ... will attend the annual event, which strives to educate students on agriculture and its importance to ... Fighters," celebrates Borlaug's legacy. The event will be held on Ohio State's College of Food, ...

  4. What Does Discovery of Bovine Tuberculosis in a Herd in Ohio Mean for Ohio Livestock Farmers?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-12-issue-4/what-does-discovery-bovine-tuberculosis-herd-ohio

    of your grandparents and mine, and we continued to make significant strides toward eradication ... market steers going to the county fair).  For many years, the primary form of surveillance for bTB has ... testing for most classes of cattle if they move between Accredited Free states, and many states, but not ...

  5. Farm Science Review program to discuss animal/human disease transmission

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/farm-science-review-program-discuss-animalhuman-disease-transmission

    transmission, during a program titled “Can your animals make you sick?” during the Farm Science Review held near ... personal hygiene practices during your interaction with animals,” he said.  Pigs are frequently colonized ... have to be aware of your personal hygiene when working with animals, so you can minimize the risk of ...

  6. Agricultural Economics Outlook Meetings Set

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/agricultural-economics-outlook-meetings-set

    labor. Contact Mahoning County office of Ohio State University Extension at (330) 718-2156. • Nov. 14: ... Wyandot County office of OSU Extension at (419) 310-1726. • Nov. 28: Sidney, Ohio (lunch); topics include ... energy, Farm Bill, farm inputs, and grain. Contact Shelby County office of OSU Extension at (937) ...

  7. $10 Ohio Local Foods Week Challenge

    https://fcs.osu.edu/news/10-ohio-local-foods-week-challenge

    Challenge. To participate in the challenge, Ohioans commit to spend at least $10 this week on your favorite ...

  8. Chow Line: Lose weight with new Dietary Guidelines (for 2/13/11)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-lose-weight-new-dietary-guidelines-21311

    restaurants has doubled since the 1970s; just one fast-food meal a week increases your risk of obesity. Also, ... Find out what's right for you, based on your age and activity level, by going to ... this for just a few days or a week, and you'll get a very good idea of your normal intake, as well ...

  9. Family Fundamentals: Healthy choices can have financial payoff (for August 2007)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/family-fundamentals-healthy-choices-can-have-financial-payoff-august-2007-0

    reduce your lifetime medical costs associated with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke ... and high cholesterol by $2,200 to $5,300 just by losing 10 percent of your body weight and keeping it ... of the challenges in translating this kind of information to actually changing your behavior is that ...

  10. OSU Extension: Producers Looking to Increase Calf Crop Value Could Turn to Surrogacy

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-extension-producers-looking-increase-calf-crop-value-could-turn-surrogacy

    October 16, 2012 PIKETON, Ohio – Looking for a new way to add value to your calf crop? Try raising ... someone else’s calves instead of your own, an Ohio State University Extension beef expert said.  Producers ... calves at weaning,” Grimes said. “You’re b asically renting someone else’s cow and paying them to raise ...

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