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  1. Follow Guidelines When Applying Winter Manure

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/follow-guidelines-when-applying-winter-manure

    January 6, 2006 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Livestock producers who make winter manure applications must ... related to manure management issues and application guidelines. Letters and educational materials, such as ... fact sheets, are being mailed to livestock producers throughout Ohio. "The collaboration is in ...

  2. OSU Extension Holds First Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist Conference

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-extension-holds-first-ohio-certified-volunteer-naturalist-conference

    Naturalist program is a community-based natural resource education and volunteer program that trains ... resources. Volunteers receive certification with 40 hours of instruction along with 40 hours of volunteer ... service on an approved community service project or program benefiting natural resource education or ...

  3. Corn, Soybean Input Costs Expected to Climb 10-20% in 2012

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/corn-soybean-input-costs-expected-climb-10-20-2012

    fertilizer,” according to Ward. He said farmers in the U.S. compete with agricultural sectors in competitive ... October 17, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Led by increases in fertilizer and seed, farmers can expect to ... farmers make pre-purchases.” Ward said increases in the cost of fertilizer and seed are the key drivers of ...

  4. Food security? ‘We have to have water security first or there is no food’

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/july-august-2015/food-security-%E2%80%98we-have-have-water-security-first

    Importance of Watersheds”; OARDC scientist Jay Martin on “ Field to Faucet: Impacts of Phosphorus and Steps ... Challenges for a Better Tomorrow.” “I’ve been talking about water for a long time,” said McPheron, who was ... oil. It is this generation’s oil. “When we talk about food security, we have to have water security ...

  5. Secrest Arboretum

    https://oardc.osu.edu/facility/secrest-arboretum

    landscaping industry and master gardeners depend on the Arboretum for training programs and evaluation of new ... Council supports programs, planning and development. Many of the trees were lost in the tornado and about ... $400,000 in private donations have allowed restoration projects to develop rapidly. Another $20,000 has ...

  6. Corn Farmers 'Keeping Their Fingers Crossed'

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/corn-farmers-keeping-their-fingers-crossed

    experiencing severe drought as of July 3, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. In fact, temperatures have ... available for fertilization when the silks finally appear, he said. “ When such delays in silking are ... emergence will be delayed in many drought-stressed corn fields unless we get some significant rain very ...

  7. Using Carbon Trading to Boost Economics of Developing Countries

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/using-carbon-trading-boost-economics-developing-countries

    a great move for us to link with the UN on a project that could potentially improve land resources in ... the Chicago Climate Exchange in a unique project that could boost economic opportunities for farmers ... resources or other technology to accomplish such tasks. That's where this project comes into play. ...

  8. Conservation Tillage Conference

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/conservation-tillage-conference

    farmers who are able to attend, it also offers training for certified crop advisers who in turn use that ... University Extension agronomy field specialist and coordinator of the university’s Agronomic Crops Team. ... Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Soil and ...

  9. Growing season: OARDC's organic farming program gets a shot in the arm

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/september-october-2014/growing-season-oardcs-organic-farming

    event. The program’s June 17 field day in Wooster featured new research by OFFER scientists. “With the ... field day shared details on many of those efforts. OARDC established OFFER in 1998 to provide ... science-based information for Ohio’s organic farmers. Ohio has 506 farms certified under the U.S. Department of ...

  10. Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2012-13

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-15-issue-3/western-ohio-cropland-values-and-cash-rents-2012-13

    http://aede.osu.edu/about-us/publications/ohio-cropland-values-and-cash-rents-2005-2006 Ohio Farm Real Estate Markets (2003) at: ... http://aede.osu.edu/about-us/publications/2003-ohio-farmland-lease-and-real-estate-values        Also, check with your local OSU Extension Office for local land value/rental survey ... potential crop return, the variability of those crop returns, field size, field shape, drainage, population, ...

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