Episode 5 - Highlights from the East Ohio Women in Agriculture Conference
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Farm stress, civil discourse, and raising healthy livestock were among the topics at the East Ohio Women in Agriculture conference. Speakers and attendees from the conference are featured on this episode including Dr. Jeff Dwyer, Director of Michigan State University Extension, who gave the keynote at the conference about farm stress and the innovative approach MSU is using to reach farmers. Other guests are State FFA officers Grace Lach and Holly McClay, veterinarian Dr. Terri Specht, and Susan Mykrantz, editor of the Ohio Jersey News. More information about Ohio Women in Agriculture is available at u.osu.edu/ohwomeninag
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