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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Alpacas (for the week of Aug. 12, 2001)
July 24, 2001 Dear Twig: Thereâs a farm near my home that must have a hundred alpacas. What can ... you tell me about them? Lucky you, to have so many alpacas so close. Theyâre beautiful animals. ... Hereâs what I can tell you: Alpacas are related to llamas. Theyâre smaller than llamas-- about half the ...
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Academic Program Strengthens Ties with African Agriculture
economy throughout the region. Through a three-year $799,647 U.S. Agency for International Development ... agricultural engineering. These students have returned to their home countries to apply their training to ... given to East Africa within the context of U.S. geopolitical decision making, said Mark Erbaugh, ...
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Bat Disease Could Cost Ohio Farmers Up to $1.7B a Year
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/bat-disease-could-cost-ohio-farmers-17b-year
“Simply put, bats eat a lot of insects-- insects that bother us around our homes, and insects that can ... pest-control services that bats provide us as the disease spreads through Ohio and potentially the Midwest,” ... and soybean figures”-- corn and soybeans being Ohio’s top two crops-- “we won’t know for sure.” U.S ...
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Program Helps Children Prepare for Being Home Alone
June 15, 2009 MARYSVILLE, Ohio-- Summertime means schools are out, and kids are in-- at home ... before parents leave them home alone," said Carol Chandler, educator for Ohio State University ... Safe Homes and Responsible Kids," offered to Union County families with children who have just ...
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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Kinda Clammy! (for the Week of March 9, 2008)
mollusks on Earth all together — the clams, mussels, oysters and scallops — they add up to about 15,000 ... species. In Ohio, my home, the clams/mussels go by such weirdly excellent common names (as opposed to their ... Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology. Sources also included the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ...
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Tracking the Spread of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/tracking-spread-brown-marmorated-stink-bug
homeowners who find the brown marmorated stink bug in their homes this fall should contact their local OSU ... homes throughout Ohio," said Hammond. "We feel it is imperative to determine where in the ... homeowners who are finding the insect in their homes." The brown marmorated stink bug is an insect that ...
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Blowing in the Wind: OSU Extension Helps Communities Develop Wind Energy Projects
Ohio homes. In Van Wert County, OSU Extension economic development educator Nancy Bowen has been ... us, especially in a sector so new as wind energy," said Van Wert County Commissioner Clair ... such as finding office space and temporary accommodations in town, how they could go about leasing land, ...
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New Soybean Varieties Released
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-soybean-varieties-released
market. Tofu production represents only about 1 percent of total U.S. soybean production, yet demand for ... a small but growing list of tofu soybeans. Only about a dozen tofu soybean varieties are available for the ... tofu products is increasing on the home front as well as internationally. According to the Soyfoods ...
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Project Cultivates Tanzanian Agricultural Expertise for Future
Africa, is undergoing a sea change demographically. Currently, about one-third of Tanzanians live below ... country of Feed the Future, the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative of the U.S. government. And ... students will keep on producing long after the project is over." Erbaugh is excited about the ...
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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Don't Waste That Food Waste, or When Good Things Happen to Bad Doodles (for the Week of Aug. 17, 2008)
"Be it"? OK then. The answer is it be way better to turn it into compost. At home, for example, ... climate change." Non-gaseously, Twig P.S. Composting science at my home, Ohio State: ... State University Extension's "Composting at Home" fact sheet, ...