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OSU OFFERS NEW ONLINE COURSE FOR GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
https://producesafety.osu.edu/news/osu-offers-new-online-course-good-agricultural-practices
course. The cost of the course is $50. To register for the course click here (go.osu.edu/gapscourse). ... After completing this course, participants will be able to: Assess food safety risks and conduct risk ...
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Chocolate chemistry – a food scientist explains how the beloved treat gets its flavor, texture and tricky reputation as an ingredient
present in the fermented cacao beans. Roasting brings them together under high heat, which causes the ... also what creates the flavor of freshly baked bread, roasted meat and coffee. The similarity between ...
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Changes Made to Rules on Applying Fertilizer
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/changes-made-rules-applying-fertilizer
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Take a whole class or just take the test, which is better? Farmers will get to ... decide. Those who apply fertilizer on 50 or more acres now have the option to take an exam or attend ... renewing their certificate, the applicant has to have completed the required training or test before March ...
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World's Largest Script Ohio Shows the Power of Precision Agriculture
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/worlds-largest-script-ohio-shows-power-precision-agriculture
technology. We hope in the future to be able to combine our high-speed and multi-hybrid testing on one planter ... difference in soybean maturity between the two prescriptions is what gives the field its distinctive color ... variation between the more mature and yellowing Script Ohio versus the rest of the healthy green field. ...
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World's Largest Script Ohio Shows the Power of Precision Agriculture
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/worlds-largest-script-ohio-shows-power-precision-agriculture-0
technology. We hope in the future to be able to combine our high-speed and multi-hybrid testing on one planter ... difference in soybean maturity between the two prescriptions is what gives the field its distinctive color ... variation between the more mature and yellowing Script Ohio versus the rest of the healthy green field. ...
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Tools and Software
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/resources/tools-and-software
such as structure, drainage, and plant vigor, as well as laboratory soil test results. The Soil Health ... Ohio Soil Health Card This tool can help to track several observable soil health characteristics ... Card provides guidance about how and when to assess each characteristic. 4-H Soil Health Challenge ...
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Soil Type & History
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-assessment/soil-type-history
include Hoytville, Nappanee, Paulding, and Toledo. This region's soils often have high levels of clay ... northeast state border. Soils in Region 2 have been influenced by successive levels of impounded water. The ... these soils range from medium silt to fine clay. Region 4: Miamian-Kokomo-Eldean The medium blue region ...
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Farms and Fun: Reducing Liability Risk for Agritourism Webinar on Jan. 16
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/farms-and-fun-reducing-liability-risk-agritourism-webinar-jan-16
liability. In this webinar, we’ll address areas of high risk exposure for agritourism operations and tools ... bringing people onto the farm for fun also brings risks of injuries and the possibility of legal ... for reducing liability risk such as immunity laws, best management practices, agritourism readiness ...
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Ohio State’s Rattan Lal Receives International Agriculture Award
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/ohio-state%E2%80%99s-rattan-lal-receives-international-agriculture-award
and mechanical properties of soil to minimize the risks of soil degradation and to sustain food ... NANJING, China — Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State ... ability of soil to address such global challenges as climate change, food security and water quality. The ...
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Extensive Spread of Corn Toxin Could Affect 2019 Crop
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/extensive-spread-corn-toxin-could-affect-2019-crop
for their crop, Paul said. High moisture levels spur the spread of vomitoxin, which can cause people ... year’s crop may be at risk as well. The fungus that produces the toxin can survive the winter, ... particularly if stalks or other plant material from the 2018 corn crop are left on the surface of the soil ...