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  1. Ohio State Experts Offer Tips on Best Management Practices to Keep Phosphorus on the Field, Improve Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-experts-offer-tips-best-management-practices-keep-phosphorus-the-field

    should be used as part of the development of a nutrient management plan to assess the individual field ... tillage needed to mix nutrients into the soil. Recommendations for farm and field features include:    ... engineer with USDA-ARS who is working with Dayton on the On-Field Ohio project. Steve Culman, an OSU ...

  2. NOAA, Partners Predict Significant Summer Harmful Algal Bloom for Western Lake Erie

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/noaa-partners-predict-significant-summer-harmful-algal-bloom-for-western-lake-erie

    example, developing two new apps that help farmers manage costs, optimize yields and minimize nutrient ... nutrients from their fields. Phosphorus runoff is a main cause of the blooms. “We don’t have a single source ... currently underway to reduce nutrient loading, optimize water treatment and understand bloom dynamics need ...

  3. AgTech Innovation Hub awards inaugural research projects

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/agtech-innovation-hub-awards-inaugural-research-projects

    understanding, managing and mitigating climate risk, Pierzynski said. The projects chosen include: Drought risk ... reduction: With increased extreme weather events like flooding on farm fields, effective water management for ... farmers and producers often means installing drainage tiles on their farm fields. This project will study ...

  4. Fertilizer Application Record Keeping App Now Available

    https://fairfield.osu.edu/news/fertilizer-application-record-keeping-app-now-available

    Bill 1 (SB 1) and Senate Bill 150 (SB 150). The Ohio Nutrient Management Record Keeper (OnMRK) is ... enter your farm and field information. Download and open the app on you smartphone or tablet and enter ... those fertilizer applications are also required. Now, a free app for your smartphone or tablet has been ...

  5. Ohio State’s Conservation Tillage Conference Supports Research

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state%E2%80%99s-conservation-tillage-conference-supports-research

    technology, water quality and nutrient management for growers, crop consultants and agribusinesses. But the ... helped support the goals of CTC,” Reeder said. “The grants help fund research projects that enable us to ... timing of application, to crop rotation and tillage systems, the grants have funded projects that have ...

  6. Ohio State Water Experts to Speak to Columbus Metropolitan Club June 3

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-water-experts-speak-columbus-metropolitan-club-june-3

    the college started Field to Faucet, a new program meant to ensure safe water for all Ohioans while ... Marys and other lakes, too. McPheron explains Field to Faucet in a video at go.osu.edu/5Jq. The program ... Kurt Knebusch COLUMBUS, Ohio — Three experts from The Ohio State University will talk about the ...

  7. CFAES Researcher Part of New Project Studying Conservation Incentives, Farming Practices

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cfaes-researcher-part-new-project-studying-conservation-incentives-farming-practices

    practices are meant to reduce sediment and nutrient runoff from farm fields, a contributor to harmful algal ... analysis, led by Michigan State’s Saichon Seedang, also is part of the project. “I’m excited about ... project to determine whether conservation incentives provided by the federal Great Lakes Restoration ...

  8. Chow Line: App, Websites and Grocers offer Ways to Keep Abreast of Food Recalls

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/chow-line-app-websites-and-grocers-offer-ways-keep-abreast-food-recalls

    resource that alerts consumers to food recalls is the U.S Department of Agriculture Foodkeeper app. The ... receive food recall alerts as they happen, once a day or weekly. The app, which also offers mobile ... product has been mislabeled or hazardous, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Food ...

  9. Manure Event to Show New Ways to Boost Both Crops and Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/manure-event-show-new-ways-boost-both-crops-and-water-quality

    Arnold, field specialist in manure nutrient management systems with Ohio State University Extension. “As ... water bodies. “Nutrient management and water quality are critical issues, and understanding their ... farmers who use manure as a nutrient for crop production can learn how to adopt and utilize management ...

  10. CFAES is partnering with NRCS and Cargill for better soil health and water quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cfaes-is-partnering-with-nrcs-and-cargill-for-better-soil-health-and-water-quality

    and by Glen Arnold, OSU Extension’s field specialist for manure nutrient management. Arnold, based in ... for a soil health study,” she said. “It could be talking to them about potential best management ... fields in the region, which is located in Lake Erie’s watershed. Phosphorus, a nutrient needed by crops, ...

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