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The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station was founded in 1882 in Columbus and moved to Wooster ten years later. The station grew at Wooster, focusing on crops commonly raised in Ohio, such as corn, wheat, livestock husbandry and nutrition, and expanding into other departments such as entomology.
Since 2005, the Extension system has collaborated in developing eXtension.org (pronounced "e-extension"). eXtension is an Internet-based learning platform where Extension professionals and citizens nationwide and beyond have 24/7 access to unbiased, research-based, peer-reviewed information from land-grant universities on a wide range of topics.
The history of the department dates to 1846, when it was founded as the Ohio Board of Agriculture. In 1913 the General Assembly created an Agricultural Commission to assume the responsibilities of the Board of Agriculture, State Agricultural Experiment Station, Dairy and Food Commissioner, Commissioners of Fish and Game, and State Board of Veterinary Examiners, as well as some functions of the ...
The Ohio Department of Agriculture is adding at $72 million veterinary diagnostic lab to its Reynoldsburg campus. The 70,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, called the Ohio Veterinary ...
In North Central Ohio, fair season begins July 1 with the Marion County Fair and ends Oct. 5 with the Loudonville Independent Fair. Ohio Department of Agriculture announces 2024 fairs schedule ...
Ohio State's Molly Caren Agricultural Center near London in Madison County was hit by an EF2 tornado in the early morning Feb. 28 that caused heavy damage to the center as well as the Madison ...
Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education.The field of 'extension' now encompasses a wider range of communication and learning activities organized for rural people by educators from different disciplines, including agriculture, agricultural marketing, health, and business studies.
The Smith–Lever Act of 1914 is a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services, connected to land-grant universities, intended to inform citizens about current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, 4-H, economic development, coastal issues (National Sea Grant College Program), and related subjects.