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Listed chronologically to the right are all of the news articles released in 2003 pertaining to Plant Industry.  If you do not find the particular story that interests you, please e-mail the Division of Plant Industry and we will e-mail you the article you request.  2002 articles are listed in the Archives section of this website.


Emerald Ash Borer News

General Plant Industry News Articles

Grain Elevator News

Gypsy Moth News

 

General Plant Industry News

08/01/05 Ohio Department of Agriculture Announces Farm Pesticide Disposal Collection
08/01/05 Sylvania Man Found Guilty of Violating Ohio’s Plants and Nursery Stock Law
11/10/03 Ohio Agriculture Department to Look for Illegal Pet Food Ingredient
11/10/03 Cost-Share Program to Help Farmers, Protect Environment in Lake Erie Watershed Region

 

Emerald Ash Borer

AUGUST 2005

08/12/05 CONSUMER ADVISORY: ODA Warns of Emerald Ash Borer Infested Firewood
08/03/05 BACKGROUNDER:  ODA Attacks Emerald Ash Borer Infestations
08/03/05 EAB Discovered in Central Auglaize County
08/03/05 ODA Strengthens EAB Regulations

JULY 2005

Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Delaware County (7/19/05)

Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Ottawa County Campground (7/11/05)

JUNE 2005

Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Four Additional Northwest Ohio Locations (6/13/05) (Map)

MAY 2005

FACT SHEET: Facts About Ohio’s Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine (5/20/05)

Op-Ed: Deadly Pest Threatens Ash Trees; Agriculture Department Fights Back (5/4/05) (Photo of Director Fred L. Dailey)

APRIL 2005

Emerald Ash Borer Open Houses Slated for Lucas, Hancock, Wood Counties  (4/26/05)

Ohio Ag Department Expands Regulated Area in Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine (4/15/05)

MARCH 2005

Emerald Ash Borer Infestation Expands Into Hancock County (3/31/05)

Emerald Ash Borer Open Houses Slated for Toledo-Area in Lucas County (3/24/05)

FEBRUARY 2005

Ohio Ag Department Expands Regulated Areas in Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine (2/14/05)

JANUARY 2005

Ohio Ag Department Strengthens Emerald Ash Borer Regulations; Quarantine Now Prohibits Movement of All Non-Coniferous Firewood (1/20/05)

Emerald Ash Borer Open House Scheduled for Northwood and Walbridge Area (1/6/05)

DECEMBER 2004

Firewood Information for Consumers from ODA, ODNR (12/13/04)

Emerald Ash Borer Open House Scheduled for Oak Openings Metropark and Maumee State Forest Areas (12/7/04)

Emerald Ash Borer Open House Scheduled for Oregon (12/2/04)

Emerald Ash Borer Open House Slated for Pioneer in Williams County (11/24/04)

NOVEMBER 2004

Emerald Ash Borer Open House Slated for North Baltimore (11/10/04)

Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Two Additional Lucas County Locations (11/9/04)

OCTOBER 2004

Ohio Ag Department Expands Regulated Areas in Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine (10/28/04)

Agriculture Officials Work with State Highway Patrol to Enforce Emerald Ash Borer Quarantines (10/25/04)

Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Two Additional Toledo Locations (10/19/04)

SEPTEMBER 2004

Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Henry County in Maumee State Forest (9/22/04)

Agriculture Officials to Mark Ash Trees In and Around Oak Openings Metropark (9/17/04)

 

MAY 2004

Ohio Ag Department Expands Regulated Areas in Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine (5/27/04)

BACKGROUNDER: ODA Attacks Emerald Ash Borer Infestations (5/26/04)

MARCH 2004

FACT SHEET: Facts about the Procedure to Eradicate Emerald Ash Borer (3/23/04)

FACT SHEET: Ash Tree Identification and Emerald Ash Borer Symptom Checklist (3/23/04)

State Action to Eradicate Emerald Ash Borer Could Begin Next Week (3/23/04)

FEBRUARY 2004

Agriculture Officials to Mark Ash Trees in Rossford, Easton Area (2/19/04)

 

2003

Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Franklin County; Director Quarantines Property (12/01/03)

MEETING NOTICE:  Emerald Ash Borer Task Force Meeting November 12 (11/04/03)

Ohio Emerald Ash Borer Task Force to Develop Plan of Action (9/30/03)

Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Wood County; Property Quarantined (9/30/03)

ODA Investigates EAB Infestation (9/8/2003)

Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in Defiance County; State Ag Director Seeks Quarantine (8/15/03)

FACT SHEET: Emerald Ash Borer in Ohio (8/15/03)

No New Findings of Emerald Ash Borer in Ohio, State to Expand Survey (6/23/03)

Controlling Board Approves Spending of Federal Dollars to Control EAB (5/7/03)

FACT SHEET: ODA Begins Preventive Treatments for EAB (4/25/03)

FACT SHEET: Procedure to Eradicate Emerald Ash Borer (4/16/03)

State Action to Eradicate Emerald Ash Borer Could Begin Next 
Week
(4/11/03)

State Takes Action to Eradicate Emerald Ash Borer; Homeowners in Lucas County Cooperate in Eradication Efforts (4/2/03)

Agriculture Department Expands Quarantine to Restrict Movement of Ash Trees and Wood Products from Whitehouse Properties (3/26/03)

State Restricts Movement of Ash Trees and Wood Products from Whitehouse (Ohio) properties (3/19/03)

FACT SHEET: Emerald Ash Borer Poses Economic, Environmental Threat to Ohio (3/19/03)

Exotic Pest Confirmed in Ohio Ash Trees: State Task Force Formed to Determine Course of Action (2/28/03)

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Grain Elevators

Dec. 17 Deadline for Farmers to Make Claims on Shepard Grain Insolvency (12/02/03)

ODA Licenses Bobb Bros. Facility to Operate (10/10/03)

Backgrounder: ODA Suspends Grain License for Bobb Bros., Inc. (7/24/03)

ODA Suspends Grain License for Bobb Bros., Inc. in Highland County; Advises Farmers to Protect Themselves from Grain Elevator Insolvencies (7/23/03)

ODA to Prepare Indemnity Claims of Insolvent Shepard Grain Co. (7/15/03)

ODA Suspends Grain License for Shepard Grain Co., Advises Farmers on How to Protect Themselves from Grain Elevator Insolvencie2 (2/28/03)

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Gypsy Moth

Gypsy Moth Treatment Open House Planned for Nine Ohio Counties (2/15/05)

Ohio GM Treatments Planned for First Week of May; Planes to Fly Just Above Trees to Apply Treatments (4/8/04)

Gypsy Moth Treatment Planned for Franklin County (3/3/04)

Gypsy Moth Treatment Plans for Southern, West Central, and Northwest Ohio (2/18/04)

Lucas County Open House Set for Gypsy Moth Suppression Program (2/18/04)

Gypsy Moth Treatment Starts Next Week in Southern Ohio Counties (6/17/03)

Middletown Business Owner Found Guilty of Violating Ohio's Pesticide Law (6/16/03)

Gypsy Moth Treatment Scheduled to Begin Next Month  (5/28/03)

Bright Yellow Crop Dusters a Sign of Gypsy Moth Suppression, Not Terrorism (4/29/03)

Ohio Gypsy Moth Treatments Planned for First Week of May; Planes to Fly Just Above Trees to Apply Treatments (4/8/03)

FACT SHEET: ODA Takes Three-Step Approach to Controlling Gypsy Moths in Ohio (4/8/03)

Gypsy Moth Treatment Planned for Lawrence and Scioto Counties (4/1/03)

Gypsy Moth Treatment Planned for Butler County (3/31/03)

Gypsy Moth Treatment Planned for Areas in Cincinnati (3/21/03)

Gypsy Moth Treatment Planned for Areas in Southern and West Central Ohio (3-14/03)

ODA to Explain Gypsy Moth Control Efforts at Local Open-House Style Meetings (2/14/03)

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