The OSU PestEd team is introducing 2 new online Canvas courses designed to help our community applicators study for the Pesticide exams!
First, Grain and Cereal Crops - Private Pesticide Category 1 Exam Prep Course, which can be accessed by visiting go.osu.edu/fieldcroppest. The course fee is $15.00 to enroll, with a 1 year course completion deadline.
We are pleased to offer our community 3 new educational topics on this website! Found under the Family and Consumer Sciences program area, these new resources offer a series of informative videos in the areas of aging, home planning, and useful tips for teens.
Healthy Aging Network Telecasts - a video series on topics relating to healthy aging, presented by Clark County FCS Educator Kathy Tutt.
With this being a rural community, most of us probably know at least one farmer. The weather this year and current commodity prices has stress levels running high on many farms. While we all deal with stress fairly regularly, difficult times in farming can cause an excessive amount of stress that is hard for someone to process. Most farms are a family business which has its own stressors such as being able to provide for one’s family and keep a farm that has been in the family for several generations afloat. There are also many factors that affect farms for which they have no control over...
In mid-May, elementary schools around the county released Painted Lady butterflies they raised from larvae in the classroom. The Master Gardener Volunteers provide larvae each year to every 2nd grade class in the county through sponsorships from local businesses.