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Arbor Day: Plant your tree correctly!
- Planting is one of the most important cultural practices that can determine a tree's success or failure in the landscape
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Septic System Confusion
- Confused about the Ohio requirements for septic systems? If so, you're not alone.
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Stressed TREES!!!
- Lots of area trees appear to be suffering this summer
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Ash Borer quarantine is expanded to State wide!
- All remaining Counties have been added to Ohio Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine
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See the Faces of Fairfield County Agriculture
- If you have a high speed internet connection, spend 18 minutes and watch this video!
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CAUV values have increased
- Large increases in the Current Ag Use Value of farmland throughout Ohio are a major concern
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Estate and Gift Tax Changes
- We have new Federal estate tax legislation for at least 2 years
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Oil and Gas Lease Considerations, updated
- Review these considerations before you sign a lease!
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Gas Drilling Impacts on Water Quality
- Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas extraction: Impacts on water resources. An interview with Penn State Water Quality Specialist Bryan Swistock.
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CCA Treated Lumber, Use/Handling Precautions
- Once identified as CCA treated, take precautions to minimize exposure to the chemical residues
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Aquaculture and Aquaponics research at OSU!
- Want to learn more about the aquaculture research OSU conducts at Piketon? See this!
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Food Safety Hotline
- Kroger teams up with The Ohio State University to offer a food safety hotline
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The Oil Rush is Back, Consider This Before You Sign!
- It is happening. Be prepared. The oil & gas industry has returned to our area!
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Do Wildlife enjoy your Garden more than you do?
- When planning your garden, don't forget your plan to exclude the wildlife!
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Plan your Emerald Ash Borer control program now
- If you have ash trees, now is the time to look for symptoms and decide if you are going to treat for EAB, or remove your trees
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Get Your Garden Started Right
- Mid and late season problems in the garden are often the result of not getting off to the 'right start'
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The Vegetable Garden: what, when, where and how much do I plant?
- What you plant, and how much, is vital to an enjoyable vegetable gardening experience!
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Bagworms or Tent Caterpillars: Regardless, they've arrived!
- Most call them bagworms, but actually they are Eastern tent caterpillars . . . and, all agree, they make an unsightly mess in trees
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Hazardous Algae Blooms
- What are HABs, why the public concern and what is the relationship to Ohio agriculture and horticulture?
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Tractor Training Courses Still Required by Current DOL Regs
- There are still regulations that need to be followed for 14 and 15 years old who work outside their parents' farm
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This yellow weed is NOT a wild flower!
- Cressleaf groundsel, a noxious weed poisonous to livestock, seems to be everywhere this spring
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Backyard Gardener Returns.....
- Popular program kicked off in May. Watch for upcoming programs.
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Farm Custom Rates are Updated
- Ohio farmers were surveyed recently
