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Volunteer for food safety certification

Tina Murdock — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:42:13 +0000

By TONY NYE nye.1@osu.edu Fruit and vegetable producers of all sizes now have the option of participating in a voluntary food safety certification program in Ohio. The Ohio Produce Marketing Agreement (OPMA) offers producers food safety standards and an opportunity to attain food safety certification through third party inspections. Born from growing concerns about fruit [...]

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New rules placed on moving livestock across state lines

Tina Murdock — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:48:37 +0000

By TONY NYE nye.1@osu.edu A new rule establishing general regulations for improving the traceability of U.S. livestock moving between states became final on Dec. 20 and will become effective on March 11. The USDA has established the animal disease traceability rule to help target when and where animal disease occurs and to facilitate a rapid [...]

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OSU Extension announces Ohio New and Small Farm Colleges

Tina Murdock — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:06:00 +0000

By TONY NYE nye.1@osu.edu Are you a small farm landowner wondering what to do with your acreage? Are you interested in exploring options for land uses but not sure where to turn or how to begin? Have you considered adding an agricultural or horticultural enterprise but you just aren’t sure what is required, from an [...]

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Can you defer your crop insurance check?

Tina Murdock — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:15:24 +0000

By TONY NYE nye.1@osu.edu The year has been of the wacky kind when we think back to what the growing season was and the now the results of the harvest season. Many areas of Ohio and other Midwestern states were hit hard by the 2012 drought. However, yields for southwestern Ohio as a whole I [...]

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Drought-stressed corn may exhibit poor stalk strength

Tina Murdock — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:27:02 +0000

By TONY NYE nye.1@osu.edu The 2012 harvest is in full swing and if weather holds, this could be a harvest completed earlier than normal. Yields will vary and be all over the board due to the excessive heat and very dry conditions at many critical times throughout the growing season. Ohio State University agronomy specialists, [...]

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Tina Murdock — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:28:47 +0000

The drought of 2012 has stressed us enough and our crops to this point of the season, but the addition of extreme temperatures poses an additional stress to our bodies. As of right now the “Dog Days of Summer” are here and there seems to be no end in sight for any relief both for [...]

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Family farm child labor propsal withdrawn

Tony Nye — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:35:04 +0000

By TONY NYE The Department of Labor is announced in late April they would withdraw the proposed rule dealing with children under the age of 16 who work in agricultural vocations. The U.S. Department of Labor at that time, issued the following statement regarding the withdrawal of a proposed rule dealing with children who [...]

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Hello. Welcome to ACRES

Rob Treynor — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:30:35 +0000

It started as a seed of an idea by Ohio Community Media group publisher Pam Stricker. Last December, all of our newspapers under her leadership met to discuss this idea — a monthly farming and agriculture publication aimed at the farmers and those who serve their needs in our southern Ohio region. It would be [...]

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