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  1. Ohio’s annual Stinner Summit makes plans for sustainable food, communities

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2015/ohio%E2%80%99s-annual-stinner-summit-makes-plans

    It was about growing green farms. Building sustainable communities. And helping keep more people ... — was welcome to attend. Hosting the event was OARDC’s Agroecosystems Management Program (AMP). ... Participants in the summit brainstormed and planned projects to enhance healthy agricultural ecosystems and ...

  2. OSU Extension to Host Annie’s Project

    https://butler.osu.edu/news/osu-extension-host-annie%E2%80%99s-project

    operations may sign up for Annie's Project, a multi-part risk-management course offered by Ohio State ... 9:00 p.m.  Annie's Project is designed to strengthen women's role in modern farm ... enterprises.  The project's namesake was a woman who grew up in a small rural community and spent her adult ...

  3. Good time to start: Fall farm practices for helping crops and water

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2014/good-time-start-fall-farm-practices

    Farmers can boost their yields and protect water, too, by using a set of best management practices ... LaBarge, field specialist with OARDC’s outreach partner, Ohio State University Extension  (pictured). “Some ... Soybeans, Wheat and Alfalfa, which, like the other practices, is designed to cut the risk of nutrients ...

  4. Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference

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

    get serious about preventing nutrients and other pollutants from getting off of their lands into ... and equipment, nutrient management, and advanced cover crops. It features some 60 presenters, ... regional soil health team leader for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation ...

  5. Muck Crops Agricultural Research Station

    https://oardc.osu.edu/facility/muck-crops-agricultural-research-station

    the fields, and chemically treated seeds. OARDC and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers ... disease, insect, and weed challenges with new cultural practices and management techniques. The knowledge ... and around the world.   Disease Management Diseases are a major challenge to fresh-market vegetable ...

  6. Most farmers willing to take steps to protect water, says study done near lake Erie

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2014/most-farmers-willing-take-steps-protect

    profits and don’t care about water quality, farmers are generally concerned about nutrient loss and the ... had adopted recommended “4R” nutrient management strategies. The four Rs stand for using the right ... willing to take at least one additional action to reduce nutrient losses from their farms, provided they ...

  7. Research Resources

    https://oardc.osu.edu/resources

    experiment station of its kind in the US. The campus provides more than 4,000 acres for field research in ... OARDC's Research Profile Ohio State is one of only a few universities in the U.S. that, in ... research wing of CFAES and has more than 500 research projects underway at any time.  Many of these ...

  8. National Ag Day Breakfast & Nutrient Management Workshop

    https://butler.osu.edu/events/national-ag-day-breakfast-nutrient-management-workshop

    Join local professionals to learn about nutrient management and what resources are available to ...

  9. Manure practices, not glamorous, can be a star for both food crops and water

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/september-october-2014/manure-practices-not-glamorous-can-be-star

    OSU Extension field specialist in manure nutrient management. The program emphasized practices and new ... Ohio Livestock Coalition, an event sponsor. “Nutrient management and water quality are critical ... issues,” White said, “and understanding their importance has never been more important.” “Nutrient ...

  10. Organic Crop Research Tour

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/organic-crop-research-tour

    Updates by OARDC-funded scientists on their multi-year organic soil management project; oat, corn ...

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