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Kudzu Presents Problems, Not Yet Running Rampant in the North
November 17, 2011 WOOSTER, Ohio – An invasive species synonymous with the South has taken root in the Eastern Corn Belt, but according to Ohio State University Extension field crop pathologist Anne Dorrance, it doesn’t yet present quite the headaches for ...
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Chow Line: Close, but broccoli beats cauliflower (for 11/27/11)
November 18, 2011 Do broccoli and cauliflower offer similar nutrients? My husband says they do, but I think he just doesn’t like broccoli. (I prefer broccoli over cauliflower, so I might be biased, too.) Broccoli and cauliflower are both from the cabbage ...
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Chow Line: Host healthful holiday gatherings (for 12/4/11)
November 22, 2011 We’re entertaining quite a bit over the holidays. We’ve been trying to eat more healthfully, and so have a lot of our friends and family. Any ideas to help us encourage healthy eating at parties, without being a complete wet blanket? You ...
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OARDC's Yebo Li Receives University Innovator Award
November 30, 2011 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Yebo Li, a biosystems engineer with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster, has received Ohio State University's 2011 Early Career Innovator of the Year Award for his work on the dev ...
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Nutrient Management Key Theme of Ohio No-Till Conference
December 1, 2011 CELINA, Ohio – Experts from Ohio State University Extension, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Ohio No-Till Council will discuss the critical importance of managing phosphorous and other n ...
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Corn Harvest Winding Down, Yields Better Than Expected
December 1, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio – As farmers near completion of the 2011 harvest, Ohio State University corn extension specialist Peter Thomison said that despite major weather challenges at planting and harvest, yields were largely better than expected a ...
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Genetic Improvement Propels Corn Yield Past Weather Woes
December 1, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Weather conditions at planting and harvest worked to stymie farmers in 2011. Despite frustrating meteorological developments, Ohio State University experts say continuous improvements in corn genetics and traits allowed p ...
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Food Safety is Focus of $2.3 Million in Grants
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/food-safety-focus-23-million-grants
December 6, 2011 WOOSTER, Ohio-- An Ohio State University scientist and colleagues have garnered two food safety grants totaling $2.3 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The first is a $1.8 million four-year grant on "Reducing the Transm ...
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Chow Line: Leftovers deserve cautious care (for 12/10/11)
December 2, 2011 My husband and I do a lot of cooking on the weekend so we just have to reheat leftovers for dinner later in the week. But we have a question: When we make a big pot of chili or soup, should we let it cool on the counter before refrigerati ...
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Ohio State Food, Ag, Env Calendar Listings as of Dec. 7
December 7, 2011 Editor: Events that are new or have been revised since the previous update are indicated. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Here are upcoming events involving Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences as of Dec. 7: ...