CFAES’s outreach arm, OSU Extension, is holding a one-day course on hay production on April 16. Among the topics: Producing quality hay, and keeping or achieving the good soil fertility needed for doing it. Industry experts expect stronger markets for hay this year. Sign up by April 7.
Month: March 2014
Capitol ideas
From left, State Rep. John Becker (District 65, Union Township) and Harold Keener and Yebo Li, both of CFAES, talk during yesterday’s (March 12) CFAES Legislative Luncheon in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. Becker is a member of the House Education Committee. Keener and Li are scientists in CFAES’s Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, where they work in the sustainability-related fields of bioenergy, biobased products and large-scale composting. (Photo: K.D. Chamberlain.)
‘The foundation of sustainable agriculture’
“Farmers are aware that soil organic matter is the foundation of sustainable agriculture,” says CFAES’s Rafiq Islam, who recently co-developed a new tool for calculating, then making sound decisions on, the organic matter levels in one’s soil.
Building energy freedom
Greg Pace, a member of the Clintonville (Ohio) Solar Energy Co-op and a certified photovoltaic installer, presents “Energy Freedom through Local Solar Co-ops” on March 25 at ATI, CFAES’s two-year degree-granting branch in Wooster. He’ll look at non-traditional ways for community groups to finance — and significantly cut the cost of — home solar energy systems. Details.