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  1. Farm to Health: Maximizing Nutrients and Phytonutrients in Ohio Produce

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5581

    minerals and fiber. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. doi:10.1002/jsfa.2824 U.S. Department ... /methods-and-application-of-food-composition-laboratory Family and Youth Food phytonutrients nutrients ...

  2. Where to Have Your Water Tested

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEX-315

    Biological Engineering Ohio has about 1 million homes using private wells. Since property owners are ... Fecal Coliform E. coli HOLMES COUNTY Holmes Laboratory, 3559 US Route 62, Millersburg, OH 44654, (330) ... Inc., 179 West Broadway Street, Dover, OH 44622, (330) 343-3711,  rhlab.us/services.php Contact for ...

  3. Cover Crops in the Garden

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5814

    into rows with a hoe or broadcast application by hand or spreader. If the soil is hard, tillage and/or ... should mitigate any negative effects. Glyphosate application: This allows cover crops to remain on the ... intensive. Always follow pesticide label directions. Figures 4 and 5 show a glyphosate application to cereal ...

  4. Shigella: Bacteria that Causes the Foodborne Illness Shigellosis

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5563

    pathogens transmitted commonly through food—foodborne diseases active surveillance network, 10 U.S. sites, ... United States—major pathogens. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2011; 17:7–15. U.S. Food and Drug ... www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/.) For more information about food safety, visit  ...

  5. Ammonia Emission from Animal Feeding Operations and Its Impacts

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEX-723.1

    2003). It is a colorless gas and has a sharp, pungent odor that people can smell at about 5 to 18 ppm ... operations are animal buildings, manure storages, and land application of manure (Figure 1). Agricultural ... industry sectors, dairy and beef cattle production contributes about 54% of total ammonia emissions to the ...

  6. Herbicide Injury and the Problem of Spray Drift

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0137

    Applications extend through May, June, and July, which are months when grapevines are sensitive to the ... well as row crop and other farmers, hold a number of misconceptions about drift. For the vineyard ... grapes may be used on those fields, and because applications are often done under less-than-ideal ...

  7. Emergency Plans for Pets

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEX-999-10

    Reshan Disasters are devastating. They change daily routines, create financial concerns about damaged or ... from you. Keep these in a waterproof container. Information about your pet. Include current vaccination ... Humane Association:  americanhumane.org References Central Ohio Animal Response Team. (2013). About ART. ...

  8. Small Ruminant Production: Are CIDRs Reusable?

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/as-1025

    PMSG alone is not available in the US, instead PG600 ®, which contains both PMSG and human chorionic ... gonadotrophin (hCG), is routinely used as an off-label substitute (refer to the comment about VCPR under the ... EAZI-Breed TM CIDR ® sheep insert sold in the US. The use of CIDR inserts in short-term protocols, coupled ...

  9. Lucas County Fair

    https://lucas.osu.edu/Fair

    can I get involved? Apply by completing a  Junior Fair Board Application All applicants MUST sign and ... follow the Junior Fair Board Code of Conduct All applicants MUST attend orintation meeting on November 16 ...

  10. Precision Agriculture Tools for On-Farm Research

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fabe-558

    technologies continues to grow on U.S. farms. Auto-guidance, variable-rate technology (VRT), and yield monitors ... information about conducting on-farm research is available in the 2017 Ohio Agronomy Guide published by the ... rate. The time to make a rate change can be as long as three seconds or longer for some application ...

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