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Unemployment rates drop in region
LIMA — Unemployment rates for April in the region fell from March, according to numbers released Tuesday by the state.
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posted: May 21
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- Jordan talks to biz owners about Obamacare
- Updated: May 20, 2013 - 7:23 pm
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LIMA — U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, spoke with a group of small-business owners representing roughly 650 Lima-area employees about health care reform and other federal issues during an NFIB meeting Monday.
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- Ohio State to hold invasive species seminar series starting June 4
- Posted: May 20, 2013
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MANSFIELD, Ohio - The Ohio Woodland Stewards Program is holding a four-part seminar series for growers, gardeners, landscapers, homeowners and others on invasive species, the problems they cause and how to deal with them.
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- Hi-tech systems on display at Indiana Farm Management Tour
- Posted: May 20, 2013
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Today's large-acreage farmers can't be everywhere at once on their sprawling operations, but a farm family featured in this year's Purdue Extension Farm Management Tour comes close.
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- Statewide tour series offers up-close look at sustainable agriculture in Ohio
- Posted: May 20, 2013
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Those interested in learning more about how sustainable agriculture in Ohio works will have several opportunities as Ohio State University's Sustainable Agriculture Team hosts seven tours this summer.
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- Purdue's beef evaluation program receives 10,000th bull
- Posted: May 20, 2013
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue Extension's Indiana Beef Evaluation Program received its 10,000th bull during this year's summer test - the station's 72nd test since the program's inception in 1976.
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- Energy Center in Lima hosts group from federal laboratory
- Posted: May 18, 2013
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LIMA — The Ohio Energy & Advanced Manufacturing Center had a chance this week to return the favor of hosting.
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- Bionic eye maker has vision of the future
- Posted: May 18, 2013
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LOS ANGELES — Robert Greenberg got tired of hearing from senior engineers that it wasn't possible to build his product idea: a bionic eye that gives sight to the blind.
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- Neil Winget: Scammers swoop in on utility confusion
- Posted: May 18, 2013
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When states, including Ohio, deregulated the utility industry, competition among utility companies skyrocketed as each scrambled for new territory and profit opportunities. Some of the marketing techniques used by certain utility brokers have come into question and raised the ire of consumers. It is in this environment that scammers have sneaked in to take advantage of people's confusion over who should be their utility company, how much it will cost and who pays the bill.
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- Applause for business accomplishments
- Posted: May 18, 2013
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- Anheuser-Busch buys Lima's C&G Distributing Co. Inc.
- Updated: May 17, 2013 - 6:36 pm
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LIMA — Anheuser-Busch has purchased Lima’s C&G Distributing Co. Inc., the two companies announced Friday.
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- Futures File: Soybeans shoot higher; precious metals soften; lumber prices fall
- Posted: May 17, 2013
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Soybeans Shoot Higher
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- Leipsic's Pro-Tec celebrates expansion, 80 new jobs
- Posted: May 13, 2013
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LEIPSIC — Pro-Tec Coating Co. celebrated the opening of a new $400 million line Monday that will add 500,000 tons of capacity for high-strength, lighter-weight steel.
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- Drive-ins scramble to keep 80-year-old tradition
- Updated: May 11, 2013 - 5:23 pm
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GIBSON CITY, Ill. — Mike Harroun sat in the ticket booth of his Harvest Moon Twin Drive In Theatre collecting admissions, well aware of the inevitable. He couldn’t afford the $160,000 needed to convert his film projectors to digital. He’d have to close the quirky wind-powered theater with the 1940s carousel, a regional landmark he and his sons had run for nearly a quarter-century.
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- Biz Beat: Bluffton antique store moves, grows
- Posted: May 11, 2013
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BLUFFTON — After several years of antiquing, Judy Bronson has outgrown her previous spot and is now in a new building with a new business name.
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- Applause for business achievements
- Posted: May 11, 2013
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- OARDC researcher's invention leads to high-tech animal vaccine, diagnostics company
- Posted: May 10, 2013
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WOOSTER, Ohio - Patented technology developed at Ohio State University's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) has led to the creation of a startup company for the production of diagnostic tools and vaccines to combat poultry and livestock diseases.
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- Farmers should spray fields to control winter weeds, have better crops
- Posted: May 10, 2013
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Producers need to make burndown applications on winter annual weeds quickly once weather conditions allow them to get into fields, two Purdue Extensions weed specialists say.
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- Conservation Reserve Program workshops are June 13 and 14
- Posted: May 10, 2013
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MARYSVILLE, Ohio - Growers and landowners can learn how to develop a Conservation Reserve Program plan and how to manage CRP contracts during workshops June 12 and 13 offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service's Readiness Initiative.
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- Ohio State offers inaugural Tree School; sign up by Friday (5/10)
- Posted: May 10, 2013
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MANSFIELD, Ohio - Curious about Ohio's top 10 landscape trees? Want to learn how to keep deer from eating your plants? Or learn how to fight kudzu, keep honeybees, make maple syrup, identify mushrooms, attract pollinators, and know the difference between sensible and senseless pruning?
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- Farmers get brief break in weather; bigger one on the horizon
- Posted: May 10, 2013
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Indiana farmers getting a little break from frequent rains seized an opportunity in the first week of May to work in their fields at a time when they were weeks behind in planting.
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- Grazing workshop to help livestock producers maximize pastures
- Posted: May 10, 2013
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Livestock producers can learn about incorporating management-intensive grazing programs on their farms at a Purdue Extension conference June 7-8 in southern Indiana.
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- Wet winter, spring make nitrogen carryover unlikely
- Posted: May 10, 2013
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Extra nitrogen left in the soil after drought reduced corn yields last year has likely been lost with excess soil moisture in the winter and spring, a Purdue Extension agronomist says.
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- Forest industry brings green to Ohio’s economy; details in new fact sheet series
- Posted: May 10, 2013
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - When a tree falls - is felled - in a forest in Ohio, it supports a $22-billion-a-year industry and more than 100,000 jobs. And is replaced by more than two trees worth of new growth.
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- Futures File: Coffee prices buzz higher; corn crushed lower; yen plunges to new low
- Posted: May 10, 2013
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Coffee Prices Buzz Higher
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- Extension publication helps farmers price corn silage
- Posted: May 09, 2013
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- First at Ohio State: Master's in Plant Health Management receives professional certification
- Posted: May 09, 2013
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The professional Master in Plant Health Management degree, developed by Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, has become the first graduate program at the university to achieve affiliation in the National Professional Science Master's Association.
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- Better, greener ditch design: Ohio State scientist scoops award
- Posted: May 09, 2013
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - There's a new, better way to dig a ditch - one that's good for both farming and the environment - and it sprang from the mind of an Ohio State University scientist.
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- Economist: Low cattle prices have time to rebound
- Posted: May 09, 2013
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Although finished-cattle prices that were expected to increase this year for producers remained low in the first quarter, Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt said increases could be on the horizon.
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- No-till diagnostic workshop to help producers solve problems
- Posted: May 08, 2013
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Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services0WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Farmers and others involved in no-till production for corn and soybeans can learn more about possible problems in this type of conservation system at an annual workshop May 23.
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- App for reporting Great Lakes invasive species now available for iPhone, iPad
- Posted: May 08, 2013
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- Ohio State entomologists on the hunt for lady beetles in Ohio
- Posted: May 08, 2013
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Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services0WOOSTER, Ohio - Ohio State University entomologists are trying to determine how many "homegrown" versus exotic lady beetles are in Ohio and they are asking the state's farmers, gardeners and homeowners for help.
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- Drought behind them, farmers now deal with too much water
- Posted: May 08, 2013
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- Husky earnings down, Lima hydrotreater operational, company reports
- Updated: May 08, 2013 - 9:41 am
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LIMA — Husky Energy reported net earnings Tuesday of $535 million for the first quarter, compared with $591 million in the first quarter of 2012.
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- Consignment shops spring up in Lima area
- Posted: May 07, 2013
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LIMA — Value-conscious shoppers. Those going green, thinking of upcyling and recyling. Looking for home decor with character and history.
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- Economic indicators: The pickup is picking up
- Posted: May 04, 2013
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LIMA — The pickup has picked up.
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- Applause for business accomplishments
- Posted: May 04, 2013
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- Lock Sixteen opening second Lima location
- Updated: May 03, 2013 - 5:42 pm
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LIMA - Lock Sixteen Steakhouse will soon open a new restaurant at Lost Creek Country Club, in Bath Township.
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- Futures File: Chilly temps chase wheat higher; corn delays continue, soybeans substitute; stronger economy lifts commodities
- Updated: May 03, 2013 - 1:19 pm
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Chilly Temps Chase Wheat Higher
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- Reineke opens new Nissan facility on Cable Road
- Posted: May 02, 2013
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LIMA — Starting with a 35-year-old building and reconstructing it into 21st Century, customer-friendly state-of-the-art space isn’t easy or quick.
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- Girl power: Women-owned businesses cater to health, self-esteem
- Posted: April 27, 2013
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LIMA — These businesses aren’t just by women, they’re for women.
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- Past Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce award winners
- Posted: April 27, 2013
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EMERGING BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
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- Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce award profiles
- Posted: April 27, 2013
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ATHENA AWARD
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- Businesses earn energy awards from AEP
- Posted: April 27, 2013
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LIMA — Three area businesses — Ford Motor Co., Tom Ahl Chrysler and Tracy’s Appliances — have received Energy Efficiency Champion Awards from AEP Ohio.
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- Mustard Seed cafe flourishing in Bluffton
- Updated: April 26, 2013 - 7:05 pm
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BLUFFTON — A founding member of the village’s business incubator, Dick McGarrity thought he should take the matter into his own hands and create some jobs.
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- Futures Files: Spring fever helps beef demand; gasoline gears up for summer
- Updated: April 26, 2013 - 2:57 pm
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Spring Fever Helps Beef Demand
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- OSU expert: Now is the time to scout for alfalfa weevil in Ohio
- Posted: April 25, 2013
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WOOSTER, Ohio - Now is the time for growers in southern and central Ohio to start scouting for alfalfa weevil. Northern Ohio field crop growers should prepare to start scouting for the pest by next week, said an entomologist with Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.
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- Lower feed prices could help hog producer profits; delayed planting a potential factor
- Posted: April 25, 2013
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Hog producers should return to profitability this spring because of lower feed prices, although delayed planting could still change that, a Purdue Extension agricultural economist says.
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- Agricultural economists: U.S. dairy margin insurance programs offer pros, cons
- Posted: April 25, 2013
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The two competing margin insurance programs being debated as part of the dairy subtitle of the 2013 Farm Bill both offer pros and cons for dairy farmers, based on the individual farm characteristics, according to a pair of Ohio State University agricultural economists.
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- Cattle body condition monitoring important for producers
- Posted: April 25, 2013
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Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services0WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Monitoring condition in gestational and lactating cows is extremely important for successful reproduction, Purdue Extension beef specialist Ron Lemenager says.
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- Free manufacturing training offered
- Updated: April 25, 2013 - 10:53 am
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LIMA - The West Central Ohio Manufacturing Consortium will offer its basic manufacturing pathway class from May 6 to May 22 at Rhodes State College. The 40-hour class will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
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- Applause for business accomplishments
- Posted: April 25, 2013
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- Lima makes top 10 in green car interest
- Updated: April 23, 2013 - 3:44 pm
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LIMA — If someone asked you to put together a list of places where car buyers are most interested in hybrids, surely your list would include the likes of San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and ... Lima, right?
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- Unemployment rate continues to dip down
- Posted: April 23, 2013
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LIMA — West central Ohio continues to lead the way in low unemployment rates in the state.
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- All in the family: Furniture businesses battle big boxes
- Updated: April 20, 2013 - 4:40 pm
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DELPHOS — Family furniture store owners are battling box stores and furniture in a box.
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