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P.O. Box 9,
110 Island Road, Suite B
Circleville, OH    43113-0009
Phone: 740-474-7534
Fax:  740-474-7967


Hours:

Mondays - 8 a.m. to

7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays through Fridays -

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Thank you Commissioners,

for your support: 

Ula Jean Metzler

Glenn Reeser

Jay Wippel

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Pickaway County

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Welcome to Pickaway County

Last modified 2008-05-12 08:26

OSU Extension, Pickaway County is one of 88 county field offices of The Ohio State University bringing the knowledge of the university to your door. We fulfill the land-grant mission of Ohio State University by interpreting knowledge and research developed by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State and other land-grant universities, so that Ohioans can use the scientifically based information to better their lives, businesses and communities.     

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Call in your horticulture questions to the

740-474-7534

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Clover 4-H Youth Development

                       Click here for the APRIL NEWS & NOTES

May 13   -  Public Speaking Contest, including demonstrations, illustrated talks and speeches, 6:00 p.m., at the Pickaway County Service Center meeting room.  The 4-H Communications Contest (Public Speaking Contest) information has been updated because of information recently received from the state.  Information previously posted stated that the time requirement for the health and safety skit is 4-8 minutes; however, the latest state information requires skits to be 5-8 minutes.  See updated 4-H Communications Contest Rules and Entry Form.

May 15   -   All dog registrations with certification of vaccination and permission to participate due at the Extension office

May 15   -   Livestock entries due to the office.  Click here for the forms.

May 19   -   Mandatory Market Rabbit tattooing, 5-7 p.m., Pickaway County Fairground Show Arena; also tattooing for breeding rabbits that need tattooed.  See Fair News.

May 19   -   Mandatory pollorum testing for turkey projects, 5-7 p.m., Pickaway County Fairground Show Arena.   See Fair News.

For the complete 2008 4-H calendar....click here.

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Ag Logo  Agriculture and Natural Resources

New 1Click here for South Central Ohio Ag News Blog

*** There will not be a Farmers Club meeting in April or May.

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   Family and Consumer Sciences

The May Contemporary Living is now available -- click here.

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Look to Long-Term Sustainability to Solve Food Crisis

Mike Estadt/Ag News - 5/10/08 - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When it comes to a food crisis, history has taught the world a thing or two. One is what we don’t learn tends to repeat. And this current lesson might be the most challenging one we’ve ever faced, says an Ohio State University agricultural economist.

Weekend Mystery Kindles Youth Interest in Science Behind Sleuthing

Judy Conrad/4-H News - 5/10/08 - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Middle-school students will converge on the Ohio State University campus on the weekend of June 13 to solve "An Ohio 4-H CSI Adventure: Who Kidnapped Brutus Buckeye?"