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  1. Rural Neighbors—Living and Working Together

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/cdfs-1280

    population grows, farm and nonfarm families are increasingly living and sometimes working alongside each ... enables collective efforts to improve the whole community.   Nonfarming Neighbors Farming is a business. ... Just like a private home lot, a farm is private property and neighbors should not trespass on that ...

  2. Strategies for Successful Health

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/SS-125

    we have MyPlate, which was developed in 2011 with the most up-to-date research information available. ... shape. Research indicates that people with "apple shape" figures are at greater risk than those ... lifestyles, work and travel. According to the USDA, Economic Research Service: Americans spend more than 50 ...

  3. Your Old Barn: Reasons for Rehabilitation

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEX-641-11

    Farms are disappearing and being consolidated quicker than ever today. The reasons why are not difficult ... to understand. Between the low margin of profit that often accompanies farming small acreage and the ... rising price of agricultural land sold to urban developers, many small farms are being assimilated into ...

  4. The Biology of Soil Compaction

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/SAG-10

    Extension, Columbus, Ohio Soil compaction is a common and constant problem on most farms that till the soil. ... Heavy farm machinery can create persistent subsoil compaction (Hakansson and Reeder, 1994). Johnson et ... macropores in the soil, so water tends to pond on the soil surface. Farm fields that have been excessively ...

  5. Understanding Genetically Modified Foods

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5058

    Foods Research and Entrepreneurship, Food Science and Technology; and Shawna Hite, Program Specialist, ... random and uncontrolled, but researchers observe how the resulting crops grow. Those crops with desired ... FDA researchers then assess the safety evaluation, along with a review of their own records, ...

  6. Produce Safety and Flooded Fields

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-27

    produce that may have contacted floodwater in a flooded facility as well....THEY MUST BE DISPOSED OF. ... from floodwater or flooded soil: a. Research is still being done on these topics but early results ... has grown in a flooded field. However, it is up to every individual farm to perform a risk assessment ...

  7. Equipment with Cutter Bars and Blades for Trainers and Supervisors

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-892214

    Director, Agricultural Safety and Health, Ohio State University Extension; Michael Wonacott, Research ... avoid injury from objects thrown by machinery with cutter bars or blades.     T     F Farm Management ...

  8. The Gastrointestinal Tract of the Horse

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/1022

    loss, and poor performance. Researchers suggest that diet along with stress can contribute to leaky gut ... doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04018-9. NRC (National Research Council). 2007. The Nutrient Requirements of ... Science, Volume 52: 10–22. doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2017.02.009. Ag Crops and Livestock horse equine ...

  9. The Data Ownership Confusion

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fabe-55201

    agencies utilize to aid in decision making related to crop production and farm management. Farm data can be ... used to predict potential yield changes from prescribed inputs and help improve efficiency of farm ... operations. By using farm data to drive input management and other farm decisions, farmers can identify and ...

  10. Holmes County’s Forest Economy

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-75

    provide many economic benefits. The county's 1,510 agricultural farms produce poultry, dairy ... products, agronomic crops, and cattle, among others [3]. Overall, 181,000 acres of land are in farms. An ...

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