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Note from David Civittolo
https://extops.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/news-and-notes/note-david-civittolo-0
While county fair season starts to wind down, many of us are ramping up for Farm Science Review. There are usually around 100 Extension professionals at this iconic three-day farm show every day – sharing their knowledge, research, and expertise with more ...
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Third Quarter Deadline for Lifestyle Spending Account — Due Oct. 15
Ohio State’s Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) reimburses employees up to $125 quarterly for eligible expenses related to health, fitness, family, emotional and social wellness. ...
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2024 Extension Conference — RFPs Due Sept. 13
The deadline to submit a request for proposal (RFP) for the Extension Conference is quickly approaching. All Extension professionals are encouraged to submit a proposal for one of the five tracks focused on the Extension Keys: trust, inclusion, care, adap ...
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CFAES Principles of Community
We affirm our conviction that racism and inequality have no place in CFAES. Our CFAES Principles of Community serve as a base for managing these actions. ...
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Apple features Ohio 4-H Mobile Classroom
Apple recently featured the Ohio 4-H Mobile Classroom and its ability to bring technology to a new generation of learners in an online article. ...
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Understanding Alzheimer's & Dementia
https://franklin.osu.edu/events/understanding-alzheimers-dementia
Join Jenny Lobb, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, to learn the difference between ... Alzheimer’s and dementia, stages of the disease, risk factors, research, and treatments relating to these ...
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Food Preservation: Basics for Canning Fruit
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5343
they contain high enough acid levels to prevent the growth of Clostridium botulinum spores and the ... production of botulism toxin. Additionally, when properly canned fruits are heated long enough at high enough ... Check Table 2 for the correct amount of headspace to leave between the top of the fruit and the jar lid. ...
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Effects of Lime and Gypsum Application on Vegetable Yields and Nutrient Availability in Muck Soil
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0102
to keep organic soils at a target pH of 5.3 to minimize the risk of micronutrient deficiencies ... state that the optimal pH range of muck soils should be between 5.3 and 5.8, depending on the crop ... The application of lime had no effect on soil test phosphorus (P) or potassium (K) values, but the ...
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NSF-funded center to drive development of US natural rubber industry
https://fabe.osu.edu/news/nsf-funded-center-drive-development-us-natural-rubber-industry
creating bridges between engineering, biology and agriculture, to revolutionize alternative natural rubber ... imports.” Disease and high demand threaten the tropical rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis, the world’s primary ... natural rubber source. In 2019, 10% of the natural rubber supply was lost to disease – and the risk for ...
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Fertility Management of Meadows
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-5
nutrition, forage test to check for adequate levels. When the soil pH is below 5.0, aluminum availability ... critical soil test level of 15-25 parts per million (ppm) phosphorus for Bray P1 test results or 28-40 ppm ... leaching. The critical soil test levels for potassium are 125-200 ppm. Plants have the ability to take up ...