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  1. Accepting SNAP Benefits at Ohio Farmers Markets

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-65

    For more information about matching programs, review the handbook available on the USDA Agricultural ... Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (formerly known as the Federal Food Stamp program) do not have ... business practice for markets to be legally organized.    How does the market manage its finances? Does the ...

  2. Forest Management

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-34-02

    Developing a Plan to Care for Your Forest F-34 03/12/2024 Reviewed by: Kathy Smith, Program ... providing a forest the proper care so that it remains healthy and vigorous and provides the products and the ... yields the desired mix. In the example given previously, some areas might be managed primarily for timber ...

  3. Hobby Maple Syrup Production

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/f-36

    Extension, Geauga County Kathy Smith, Program Director, Forestry; Food, Agricultural, and Environmental ... area between Minnesota in the west, Kentucky in the south and the eastern Canadian providences in the ... sugar maple, it takes about 43 gallons of sap to produce 1 gallon of syrup. The lower the sugar content ...

  4. Getting the Most Return From Your Timber Sale

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/f-37

    Don't Just Sell Your Timber, Market It F-37 03/11/2024 Reviewed by: Kathy Smith, Program ... because they do not market it properly. If you are thinking about selling timber or if you are approached ... call for periodic timber harvesting. Timber cutting is one of the forester's major management ...

  5. Using the Tree Measuring Stick

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-62

    about the management of their woodlands. Originally written August 4, 2014 by Kathy Smith, Program ... F-62 Agriculture and Natural Resources 03/11/2024 Reviewed by: Kathy Smith, Program Director, ... be used to determine basal area—a measurement of tree density or crowding. Even though the stick is ...

  6. Controlling Non-Native Invasive Plants in Ohio’s Forests: Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-66

    F-66 Agriculture and Natural Resources 03/11/2024 Reviewed by: Kathy Smith, Program Director, ... span of time, a small infestation can overtake large areas of the forest floor and persist. There is ... collected, and destroyed. In some areas a weed torch may be used for spotkilling of newly germinated ...

  7. Timber Sale Contracts

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-38-02

    F-38 Agriculture and Natural Resources 03/11/2024 Reviewed by: Kathy Smith, Program Director, ... either fail to recognize its true value or they do not market it properly. If you are thinking about ... clarification and agreement on areas of concern. Once developed, the contracts should detail what the seller and ...

  8. Whole Farm Planning Model

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-52

    financial needs of my family? How does my family feel about the business? There are many individual ... what the business says it does, what it actually does, and what others believe it is about. This ... transition, estate, and investment plans. A description of each planning area is given in the following ...

  9. Controlling Non-Native Invasive Plants in Ohio Forests: Japanese Stiltgrass

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-70-11

    F-70 Agriculture and Natural Resources 03/11/2024 Reviewed by: Kathy Smith, Program Director, ... lance-shaped, and about 1–3 inches in length. Leaves are sparsely hairy on both sides and along the margins. ... Response Once Japanese stiltgrass becomes established in an area, it can spread rapidly and form dense ...

  10. Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2012-13

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEDE-15-13

    Cropland Values and Cash Rents" study was conducted surveying professionals knowledgeable about ... classes of land in their area: "average" land, "top" land and "poor" land. ... numbers reported indicate a range within which about two-thirds of the responses in the data for that ...

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