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  1. Your guide to virtual Farm Science Review

    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.

  2. Supply chain, U.S. trade policy, COVID-19 to be discussed during Farm Science Review

    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

  3. Selling Meat From Your Farm

    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

  4. CFAES Students

    Learn how to become a Buckeye and CFAES student during Farm Science Review Online

    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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    Your guide to virtual Farm Science Review

    Sep 14, 2020

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    Selling meat from your farm

    Sep 8, 2020

    COLUMBUS, Ohio—More and more Ohio livestock producers are selling their meat directly to consumers through farmers markets or online.
  7. What You Should Know Before Butchering on The Farm

    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.

  8. How To Grow Fruit In Your Backyard

    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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    How to grow fruit in your backyard

    Aug 31, 2020

    COLUMBUS, Ohio—That tomato plant you had hopes for might have lagged during the summer’s rainless days.
  10. What you should know before butchering on the farm

    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.

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