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Sep 17, 2020
Find a comfortable seat and charge your device.Farm Science Review is being held online this year because of COVID-19 concerns. Although the Molly Caren Agricultural Center is closed to the public, you’ll be able to learn the latest agricultural technology and helpful farming techniques from more than 400 exhibitors—all for free on your laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
More than 200 free livestreamed and recorded talks and demos will be available online. You will have to provide your own steakburgers, milkshakes, or other FSR fare, though.
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Sep 17, 2020
The U.S. trade policy, labor and immigration issues, agricultural commodity markets, and the food supply chain will be among the topics addressed at a panel discussion during the 59th annual Farm Science Review Sept. 22–24 at fsr.osu.edu.
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Sep 17, 2020
More and more Ohio livestock producers are selling their meat directly to consumers through farmers markets or online.That’s because consumers are increasingly valuing locally produced food and having a relationship with the farmer who raised it. And the profit margin for farmers can certainly be higher than selling livestock to a company that processes and packages it for grocery stores. But direct marketing of any product comes with challenges. “Figuring out what consumers want is important,” said Garth Ruff, beef cattle field specialist with Ohio State University Extension, the outreach
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Sep 15, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio—If you’re hoping to be a future Buckeye on The Ohio State University’s Columbus or Wooster campus, you’ll want to catch the virtual sessions offered Sept. 22–24 as part of Farm Science Review.
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Sep 14, 2020
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Sep 8, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio—More and more Ohio livestock producers are selling their meat directly to consumers through farmers markets or online.
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Aug 31, 2020
There’s growing interest in on-farm butchering, say experts at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), and they’re offering guidance for doing it right.
As major meat processors have suffered shutdowns and back-ups because of COVID-19, and as small processors have been swamped with business as an alternative for slaughtering market-ready livestock, more and more farmers have started to think about simply doing it themselves.
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Aug 31, 2020
That tomato plant you had hopes for might have lagged during the summer’s rainless days.
Or maybe it had you filling bag after bag to give to the neighbors, and the triumph inspired a new ambition: I should add fruit to my backyard. Grapes. Berries. Maybe apples?
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Aug 31, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio—That tomato plant you had hopes for might have lagged during the summer’s rainless days.
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Aug 24, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio—There’s growing interest in on-farm butchering, say experts at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), and they’re offering guidance for doing it right.
