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  1. Need Farm Workers? It could get easier

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/need-farm-workers-it-could-get-easier

    COLUMBUS, Ohio—Hiring migrant farm workers will become cheaper and easier as a result of several ... least $12.50 an hour, the average of those two hourly wages. “The new rules will allow farmers to hire ... hire migrant laborers have to apply for an H-2A visa for each person they hire. That visa allows ...

  2. Summer is a good time for a youth labor checkup

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/summer-good-time-youth-labor-checkup

    summer break, now is a good time to review the laws that apply to youth working in agricultural ... subject to Ohio’s youth employment laws.  This means that farms may hire youth to mow the grass and do ... hiring youth under 14 for jobs other than the specifically exempted tasks of lawn mowing, snow shoveling ...

  3. Bugged by Bugs in Your Home This Winter? Take Steps in Spring and Summer

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/bugged-bugs-your-home-winter-take-steps-spring-and-summer

    marmorated stink bugs on your toaster, there’s bad news and good news. The bad news, say experts at The Ohio ... sheltered from the storm. That’s why they sneaked in to begin with. The good news is, with warm weather ... good. “Spring and summer are a good time to bug-proof your home,” said  Joe Boggs, entomologist and ...

  4. Submit Films for Upcoming Ag Film Festival

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/submit-films-upcoming-ag-film-festival

    Come one, come all to the Germinate International Film Fest, featuring a diverse range of films ... about how their food was prepared and where it was grown. The Germinate International Film Fest seeks to ... including current technologies, practices, and programs. The concept behind the Germinate International Film ...

  5. 'State of the Science' Algal Bloom Conference Is Thursday

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/state-science-algal-bloom-conference-thursday-0

    significant summer algal bloom in western Lake Erie. Speakers from Ohio State, BGSU, UT, agencies The speakers ... Fussell, assistant director for research and administration with Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab Kevin King, ... speakers, a poster session will feature student projects including ones funded by the Ohio Department of ...

  6. 'State of the Science' Algal Bloom Conference Is Thursday

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/state-science-algal-bloom-conference-thursday

    he said. In July, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted a significant summer ... Fussell, assistant director for research and administration with Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab Kevin King, ... speakers, a poster session will feature student projects including ones funded by the Ohio Department of ...

  7. Migrant Farm Laborers Harder and Harder to Get

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/migrant-farm-laborers-harder-and-harder-get

    operations in at least two of the Ohio counties that hire the most migrant workers, Sandusky and Huron, ... for fear of being stopped, Filbrun said. Huron County hires the third highest number of migrant ... same as the workers in the muck get paid, Filbrun said. Businesses have the option of hiring H-2A ...

  8. Eric Richer

    https://agnr.osu.edu/people/eric-richer

    University farm management field specialists hired into the newly launched Farm Financial Management and ...

  9. CFAES Increasing Agriculture Productivity in East Africa

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/cfaes-increasing-agriculture-productivity-east-africa

    and labs in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), faculty and ... graduate students from the college have worked with Tanzanians to help them increase their agricultural ... Agency for International Development has funded graduate degrees for 135 Tanzanians, including 21 ...

  10. July 27 Field Day to Feature Field Crops

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/july-27-field-day-feature-field-crops

    horticulture and crop science; and Kelley Tilmon, associate professor of entomology, will speak at the event. ...

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