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Stephanie Karhoff Named Field Specialist, Agronomic Systems at Ohio State

Stephanie Karhoff has been hired as the new field specialist, agronomic systems for Ohio State University Extension in The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). Karhoff, who previously served as an Extension educator for agriculture and natural resources in Williams County since April 2019, will begin her new position June…

Sustainable agriculture in Ohio featured in statewide farm tour

Interested in learning how to use yellow perch to grow aquaponic produce sustainably? Ohio State University’s Sustainable Agriculture Team will host 10 tours this spring, summer and fall on sustainable organic specialty crops, year-round gardening, cut flowers, raising livestock, aquaponic produce and yellow perch farming and urban agriculture, as part of the 2019 Ohio Sustainable…

Taxes on farmland dropping steadily

Taxes, on average, are going down for owners of farmland across Ohio and are expected to decline at an even faster rate beginning in 2020, a study by researchers with The Ohio State University shows. The average value of agricultural land across the state has dropped by a third since a recent change in how…

Ohio State Lima & Rhodes State announce energy results, special recognition

The Ohio State University at Lima along with its co-located partner Rhodes States College has completed the 2018-2019 year and earned special recognition in the “Strongest Energy Team” for the campus’ participation in AEP Ohio’s Continuous Energy Improvement Program to improve energy efficiency. “As public institutions serving the people of Ohio, it is our duty…

Albright Returns Home As “Female Champion Cycling 2017”

Krystal Albright of Paulding, traveled to Ohio State University June 23-25 to compete in the 46th annual  Special Olympics Summer Games. Special Olympics Ohio currently has more than 26,000 athletes. These athletes competed in their area competitions and a little over 10% of them advanced to Ohio’s State Summer Games. Krystal competed in cycling, a…

How do your trees grow?

OSU Extension in Paulding County to host FREE tree diagnostic and tree pruning workshop. Do you need help identifying problems with your trees? Would you like to know how to correctly prune your trees? The Ohio State University Extension Office in Paulding County and the Master Gardener Volunteers will be hosting a FREE tree diagnostic,…