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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 ...
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Training Program a Tool for Improving Agriculture in 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 ...
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In-Furrow Applicator Cuts Chemical Costs in 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 ...
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Winning the War Against Soybean Rust Requires a 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 ...
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Hybrids in Corn Performance Trials Benefit from 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 ...
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Timing of 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 ...
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Survey Says: Ohio Consumers Willing to Pay for 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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Workshop All About Restoring Ohio History
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/workshop-all-about-restoring-ohio-history
February 7, 2005 WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Good farmers know never to waste anything, and that includes old farm buildings. Throughout the years, barns have been renovated and reused, and those interested in preserving this part of Ohio's history should at ...
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Ins and Outs of Ag Marketing Focus of Conference
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ins-and-outs-ag-marketing-focus-conference
February 7, 2005 MASON, Ohio — Agricultural marketing opportunities are the focus of the 3rd annual Ohio River Valley Farm Marketing Conference. The event is led by Ohio State University South Centers at Piketon Ohio Cooperative Development Center, along ...
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Soybean Rust Next to Impossible to Predict
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-rust-next-impossible-predict
February 8, 2005 Editor's note: This is the first of a periodic series on information regarding soybean rust. The goal is to provide media with the latest updates on the disease and Ohio State's role in research and education. These updates are ...