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Trials Help Poinsettias Get New Look for the Holidays
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/trials-help-poinsettias-get-new-look-holidays
December 21, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio ââ¬â Most of them are red and heart-shaped. But others are white, pink, red-orangey, peachy, lime or red with white speckles, and look more like a rose, a carnation or a holly leaf. Poinsettias, by any other color, p ...
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The Chances for Timely Planting Diminish
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chances-timely-planting-diminish
May 9, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio- With soggy fields from persistent wet weather plaguing Ohio corn and soybean growers and more rain forecasted, timely planting appears to be getting further out of reach. But Ohio State University Extension agronomists say a go ...
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Three Receive Research Awards at April 23 OARDC Annual Conference
April 24, 2002 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Three Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center scientists were honored for their achievements at the centerâs 2002 annual conference yesterday (April 23) in Wooster. Parwinder Grewal of the Department of Entomolog ...
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Survey Shows Higher Levels of Concern on Food, Agricultural, Environmental Issues
September 7, 2006 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Ohioans' level of concern regarding food and agricultural issues has climbed in the past two years, according to a biannual survey conducted by Ohio State University researchers. The "Ohio Survey of Food, Agric ...
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'Sustainability, Resilience, Adaptation': Students in New Ohio State Course to Plan Future of NE Ohio Family Farm
March 7, 2008 WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Students will help chart the future of a nearly 200-year-old Ohio family farm in a new course at Ohio State University. What they learn can then in turn help other family farms as well. ââ¬ÅPlanning and Design of ...
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Study: Spring Floods Good for Handsome Wood Duck
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/study-spring-floods-good-handsome-wood-duck
May 21, 2007 COLUMBUS, Ohio ââ¬â Springtime flooding by rivers and streams ââ¬â normal and natural but limited now by dams and other flood-control measures ââ¬â helps keep nesting wood ducks safe and lets them successfully raise more young, sa ...
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Study Looks at Wild Birds' Impact on E. coli Spread on Farms
September 20, 2007 WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Ohio State University scientists are using a $1 million U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant to study the relationship between wild birds and E. coli contamination on farms, in an effort to gather crucial d ...
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Storm Damage to OARDC Still Being Assessed; Already Looking 'To the Future, to Recovery'
September 17, 2010 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Authorities gathered at Ohio State University's campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center on Friday to assess the damage done by a suspected tornado that ripped through the campus Thursday even ...
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Study Examines Rural Low-Income Families in Light of Welfare Reform
May 23, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- As the government debates the details of welfare reform, a national research project sheds light on how rural low-income families fare in the world of work. Sharon Seiling, associate professor of consumer and textile sciences ...
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Spruce Up Your Home with Holly-day Sprigs
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/spruce-your-home-holly-day-sprigs
December 8, 2003 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Each year, Connie Lybarger, 67, of Delaware, Ohio, prunes boughs from her backyard holly. And while she could keep the evergreen sprigs to herself, Lybarger opts to share with her friends. The joy she finds in sharing holl ...