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  1. More Efficient Beef Cattle Production, Marketing Eyed With Tagging Program

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/more-efficient-beef-cattle-production-marketing-eyed-tagging-program

    branches throughout the state. Researchers have ear-tagged some 1,200 head of cattle at its research ... marketing. The electronic verification system works by tagging a cow with a unique 16-digit number, which can ... tag numbers are used at a farm. The EID number is used in spreadsheets or data management software ...

  2. Growing Technology Tracks Commodities Through Marketplace

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/growing-technology-tracks-commodities-through-marketplace

    those retailers, they need to know how to use the technology." RFID technology is made up of tags ... scanners that read the tags. Through RFID, commodities can be tracked from supplier to distribution to ... the average cost of RFID technology was $8,000 ($2,000 for the tags and $6,000 for the other RFID ...

  3. Family Fundamentals: Set goals to create long-term savings plans (for January 2007)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/family-fundamentals-set-goals-create-long-term-savings-plans-january-2007

    saving money for the long term. How do we start? You've already begun by recognizing the need to set ... family-finance experts say to break down your goals into short-term, intermediate and long-term goals. A common ... breakdown of those time periods is less than three years for short term, three to 10 years for intermediate, ...

  4. Extension Fact Sheets Address Issues Facing Dairy Farms and How to Manage Them

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/extension-fact-sheets-address-issues-facing-dairy-farms-and-how-manage-them

    April 3, 2009 WOOSTER, Ohio-- "Reducing costs to improve short-term cash flow" is the ... dairy industry are creating critical cash-flow and long-term survivability issues on Ohio's 3,328 ... decisions must be made with full awareness of both short and long-term production and economic ...

  5. OARDC Scientist Wins International Plant Pathology Award

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/oardc-scientist-wins-international-plant-pathology-award

    development in plants. Eriksson was a plant pathologist who specialized in fungal taxonomy and parasitism of ...

  6. Secrest Arboretum Head Named Honorary Member of Garden Club of America

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/secrest-arboretum-head-named-honorary-member-garden-club-america

    municipalities and institutions concerning plant taxonomy, growth and development of woody plants, plant ...

  7. Wet Spring Stresses Pastures and Forages, Changes Grazing Plans

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/wet-spring-stresses-pastures-and-forages-changes-grazing-plans

    long-term forage and pasture issues, including stand loss, and some short-term issues such as rough ... and long-term view. In the short run, strategies might include intensive rotational grazing, keeping cows ... Longer term, farmers should consider interseeding additional crops like rye or oats to supplement pastures and ...

  8. Trade Expecting Lower Corn Production In September Crop Report

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/trade-expecting-lower-corn-production-september-crop-report

    a lot of uncertainty in terms of rationing the crop.” With such uncertainty, Roberts is concerned that ... prices will soften on the reality of additional grain. In terms of soybeans, Roberts sees a somewhat ... different story in terms of market expectations. “In relative terms, our soybean inventory is larger than ...

  9. Prion Test Would Allow Early Detection of Mad Cow, Other TSEs

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/prion-test-would-allow-early-detection-mad-cow-other-tses

    ligands in the laboratory without the use of lab animals and fairly inexpensively. Most of the tagging for ... the detection techniques is done in vitro, which is not as complicated as it would be for tagging ...

  10. Economist: Don't Blame Rising Food Prices on Fuel Costs

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/economist-dont-blame-rising-food-prices-fuel-costs

    but still much higher than the $2.72-a-gallon price tag at this time last year.  But many other ... countries. The result? Expect food price increases to stick around for the long-term, he said. Another factor ...

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