Stockpiling cool-season grasses is a widely recommended forage management practice that helps extend the grazing season and reduce reliance on stored feeds during winter. This method involves allowing grasses such as tall fescue, orchardgrass, and Kentucky bluegrass to grow during late summer and fall without grazing so they can be used later in the season.
Airports are major employment centers for the cities they serve and depend upon a wide variety of individuals with distinct skill sets. Consider careers available in the air travel industry. Medium to large aviation hubs offer plenty of job opportunities to choose from.
Every business, small or large, should have a transition plan for its key leaders. Whether it is due to individual retirements, talent attrition, or other factors, having discussions and plans for succession and potential transfer of ownership are vital to all businesses. Small businesses play an integral role in the economy—especially in rural communities—so it is all the more important for business owners and leaders to be aware, educated, and ready with a transition plan when the time comes.
Non-native and invasive privets compete aggressively with native plant species and degrade woodland quality and wildlife habitat. After privet becomes well-established, control requires substantial investment of manpower and resources. Early detection and rapid response are the most effective means of keeping these species under control. Early establishment of privets often occurs along roadsides, stream corridors, and trails. Subsequently, privets invade adjacent forests and fields.
Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) refers to crop production conducted in an enclosed structure that allows for complete or partial control of growing conditions.
The application quality of dry granular fertilizer depends on several variables. In general, the performance of a fertilizer applicator can be attributed to 1/3 operator, 1/3 applicator, and 1/3 fertilizer characteristics. In this context, operator refers to the person operating the equipment, and applicator refers to the equipment.
Bed bugs are persistent urban pests affecting households, businesses, and public institutions across the United States. The resurgence of bed bugs coincides with increased human movement and insecticide resistance. Ohio has emerged as a hotspot for infestations, with Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus ranking among the top infested cities in the United States.
Maintaining healthy and productive soil is essential for growing healthy plants. Soil tests provide more helpful information on soils than any other resource. It is an inexpensive way to maintain good plant health in urban forests, landscapes, and lawns, and to maximize the productivity of nurseries, vegetable gardens, and fruit crops.
Oaks are important for so many reasons. They are well adapted to Southeast Ohio growing conditions and are long-lived trees that provide stability to our woodlands, in addition to their many other benefits:
“A brand is any distinctive feature like a name, term, design, or symbol that identifies goods or services” (American Marketing Association, 2025). Businesses use brand marketing to create a unique identity and build connections with customers to increase sales, customer loyalty, and the overall value of the brand (American Marketing Association, 2025; Keller, 2003).
