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Cattle Breeder, Extension Educator Inducted in Dairy Hall of Service
Extension educator in dairy management have been inducted into this year's Ohio State University ... received include the Dairy Herd Improvement Association Superior Achievement award, the Ohio Jersey ... production, and farm financial management. Noyes was a member of the OSU State Extension Dairy Team, Northeast ...
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Avoid the temptation to apply mulch too early!
https://fairfield.osu.edu/news/we-all-love-mulch-take-care-not-misuse-it
the landscape. When properly applied at the right time, mulch has its place. A thin layer of perhaps ... As mulch decomposes it also adds organic matter to the soil’s surface. However, if applied to cold ... reducing early season plant growth. And, if applied too early to wet and cold soils, problems are often ...
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Shannon Carter
https://fairfield.osu.edu/people/shannon-carter
mom, volunteer and full-time educator. You can ask Shannon for educational information about: Health ...
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Course Teaches Turf Management Beyond the Classroom
turfgrass health management strategy is most commonly applied to golf courses, athletic fields and parks and ... in his plant pathology course, "Integrated Turfgrass Health Management." The course, which ... environmentally sound integrated turfgrass health management programs. This is the first time golf clubs outside ...
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Stan Smith
https://fairfield.osu.edu/people/stan-smith
Management, Landscape Horticulture 831 College Avenue, Suite D, Lancaster, OH 43130 740-277-4633 Stan Smith is ... his career with Ohio State University Extension as a Farm Management Technician in 1986, working one ... on one with farmers in Fairfield and nearby counties on whole-farm financial management concerns. He ...
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USDA Confirms Case of Mad Cow Disease in California: OSU Experts Available to Discuss
remains confident in the health of the national herd and the safety of beef and dairy products,” Clifford ... April 24, 2012 WOOSTER, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today said a dairy cow at ... agency’s targeted surveillance system, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed ...
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Preliminary Data Links Human Illness to Animal Disease Found in Sheep
a year. About 45 percent of U.S. dairy herds are currently infected with paratuberculosis. ... practices to help control the disease in the animal population. Such biomedical and management interventions ... illness may be more closely tied to sheep rather than dairy cattle, where the disease is most commonly ...
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Cows on the Run Entertaining, But Injuries From Livestock No Laughing Matter
Program coordinator of OSU Extension's Agricultural Safety and Health. Two cows were definitely out ... on the farm, you don't want to take for granted the idea that you can properly manage an animal ... minor in nature, are quite common. Whether it involves a beef cow, dairy cow, pigs, goats, sheep or ...
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Free Program to Demonstrate Livestock Handling Principles
principles that will be demonstrated can be applied to not only beef and dairy cattle, but also to sheep, ... welfare strategy, and implementing low-stress practices are not only healthy for the animal, but also make ... livestock producers and animal handlers apply low-stress animal handling principles," said Rory ...
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Swine Feed Additive A Major Focus at Pork Producer Programs
manure management, reproductive performance, herd health, meat quality and disease impact. "The ... Programs: Applying Knowledge for Profit will be held January-March throughout Ohio. "We want to address ... Inc., Buckley Brothers, Inc., Clinton County Pork Producers, Cooper Farms, Inc., Elanco Animal Health ...