Site

Search results

  1. More Fertilizer Certification Opportunities in 2018

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/more-fertilizer-certification-opportunities-in-2018

    have said, ‘Now I need to think about what leaves the farm.’ ” Farmers sometimes assume the more ... which can determine how much, if any, nutrients are needed. However, soil tests can be costly, so it ... fertilizer, Watters said. A lot more than fertilizer application determines how extensive the algal blooms ...

  2. Manure Science Review Slated Aug. 12: How to Maximize Crop Benefits, Minimize Water Risks

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/manure-science-review-slated-aug-12-how-maximize-crop-benefits-minimize-water-risks

    algal bloom caused a two-day water use ban in Toledo. Experts think the blooms are fueled by excess ... step in the direction of better water quality,” he said. OSU Extension is the outreach arm of the ... Faucet, it aims to ensure safe water for all Ohioans while keeping the state’s farms productive and ...

  3. Study: Most Farmers Willing to Take More Steps to Improve Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/study-most-farmers-willing-take-more-steps-improve-water-quality

    impact their farm profits as well as how it will impact local water quality,” Wilson said. “Despite some ... said. “In talking with these farmers, the focus needs to be on how nutrient loss negatively impacts ... profits on their farm, how it negatively impacts water quality locally and regionally, and how nutrient ...

  4. Testing a new way to kill harmful algal blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/testing-new-way-kill-harmful-algal-blooms

    harmful algae and possibly help cut off the algae’s food supply, thus preventing future blooms.   How well ... will help researchers understand how much ozone is needed, if the nanobubble technology also helps ... Alayna DeMartini COLUMBUS, Ohio—As the weather warms and draws people to the water, tests are ...

  5. For Youth in 4-H, a Deep Dive Into Science of Water

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/for-youth-in-4-h-deep-dive-science-water

    — while keeping farms productive, profitable and sustainable. Water sources, uses, access and careers will ... wants to work in environmental sciences. As a step toward that goal, the student at Cincinnati’s ... Sycamore High School last year completed Ohio 4-H’s Ways of Knowing Water project. It and some 200 other ...

  6. Experts Predict Smaller Lake Erie Algal Bloom This Summer

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/experts-predict-smaller-lake-erie-algal-bloom-summer

    developing new technologies to keep toxins out of our drinking water to assessing the human health impacts of ... still needed to reduce nutrient runoff and therefore the size of future harmful algal blooms, Lake Erie ... PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — Experts are predicting that Lake Erie’s harmful algal bloom this summer will be ...

  7. Farmers: What Smoke Test Can Teach About Fields, Yields and Water

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/farmers-what-smoke-test-can-teach-about-fields-yields-and-water

    Understanding that flow can improve both a farm’s bottom line and water quality, Custer said. Steps can be taken ... to keep liquid-manure nutrients in a field where they’re needed — as fertilizer for crops and a way ... smoke testing — a way to show how fast a liquid, including liquid manure, can flow through and out of ...

  8. Gypsum Spread on Farms Could Help Keep Water Clean, Not Green

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/gypsum-spread-farms-could-help-keep-water-clean-not-green

    keeps soluble phosphorus from running off of farm fields and getting into water. The Ohio Coal ... may have a bright future, and not just as a booster of crops but also a protector of water. Warren ... seeing an average 55-percent reduction in soluble phosphorus runoff, based on tests of water samples ...

  9. 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

    currently underway to reduce nutrient loading, optimize water treatment and understand bloom dynamics need ... indication of how toxic it is. The toxins in a large bloom may not be as concentrated as in a smaller bloom ... . NOAA is currently developing tools to predict how toxic blooms will be. The predicted bloom is expected ...

  10. Changes Made to Rules on Applying Fertilizer

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/changes-made-rules-applying-fertilizer

    be certified, a measure aimed at keeping nutrients from farm fields from contributing to algal blooms ... of algal blooms. Those blooms produce toxins in the water, making it unsafe to swim in or drink. And ... as the blooms decompose, they take oxygen from the water, depleting the supply available for other ...

Pages