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New study looks at why Americans waste so much food
said they were aware food waste is a problem. That figure is about 10 percent higher than a Johns ... Even though American consumers throw away about 80 billion pounds of food a year, only about half ... published in July in the journal PLOS ONE is just the second peer-reviewed large-scale consumer survey about ...
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HCS Spring 2016 Seminar Series: Fertile or futile? What ties Ahead in Soil Fertility Research for Ohio Farmlands
Since joining the faculty in SENR, the Culman lab has taken on a number of projects spanning from ... applied nutrient management to more long-term research goals. This talk will outline current projects in ...
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OARDC Impacts
https://oardc.osu.edu/about/oardc-impacts
natural resources and the environment; keeping Ohio positioned favorably in a global economy. ... INVESTIGATOR(S): Brian Hodge, Pierce Paul, Lucy Stewart TITLE: Viruses in Ohio Wheat Issue: Ohio is the largest ... producer of soft red winter wheat in the U.S., with an estimated 500,000-700,000 acres planted yearly. It ...
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New greenhouses give OARDC, Ohio a competitive edge
advance plant research and strengthen Ohio agriculture. The original Williams Hall greenhouse complex was ... enhance the research and educational capabilities of our programs,” said Michelle Jones, professor and D.C ... research and educational capabilities of our programs. It is a huge improvement.”—Michelle Jones New ...
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Western Nutrient Management and Placement Field Day
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/western-nutrient-management-and-placement-field-day
Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University. Learn all about the ‘4 Rs’ Participants ... western Ohio. Both events aim to help farmers maximize yields of their crops while minimizing nutrient ... runoff from their fields, said co-organizer Greg LaBarge, an agronomic field specialist with Ohio State ...
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Northwest Nutrient Management and Placement Field Day
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/northwest-nutrient-management-and-placement-field-day
Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University. Learn all about the ‘4 Rs’ Participants ... western Ohio. Both events aim to help farmers maximize yields of their crops while minimizing nutrient ... runoff from their fields, said co-organizer Greg LaBarge, an agronomic field specialist with Ohio State ...
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Want to Add Solar Power on Your Farm? Go to This Workshop
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/want-add-solar-power-your-farm-go-workshop
installer community, OARDC, Ohio State University Extension and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. OARDC ... incentives exist that can help them get started. So say the organizers of a March 10 workshop at the Ohio ... program to support their projects,” said Mary Wicks, a program coordinator at OARDC and one of the event’s ...
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14 billion ways honey bees let you eat
Bees are crucial to agriculture and food security. They pollinate about a third of the crops we ... eat, valued at more than $14 billion annually in the U.S. But this valuable resource is at risk. During ... the 2013-2014 winter alone, Ohio beekeepers lost 50-80 percent of their honey bees. Bees are dying in ...
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Good time to start: Fall farm practices for helping crops and water
Farmers can boost their yields and protect water, too, by using a set of best management practices ... and refined the practices, is sharing details on them with farmers around Ohio. “There are some ... help them continue to maximize yields while helping improve water quality,” said team member Greg ...
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Most farmers willing to take steps to protect water, says study done near lake Erie
profits and don’t care about water quality, farmers are generally concerned about nutrient loss and the ... Most farmers in northwest Ohio’s Maumee River watershed, Lake Erie’s largest tributary, are ... loss (such as of phosphorus), you should be talking about how not taking action can impact their farm ...