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  1. Environmental Professionals Network

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/events

    Chesapeake Bay, Grand Lake St. Marys, and the City of Columbus. Efforts to monitor harmful blooms, keep ... For the first time in our state’s history the open waters of western Lake Erie have been deemed ... other watersheds that have faced impairment designations and other challenges related to water pollution ...

  2. Water Quality Wednesday Winter Programming

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2021-39/water-quality-wednesday-winter-programming

    webinar in the series, titled “How can we manage Phosphorus to protect our water?” will be December 8 th ... Join the Ohio State University’s Water Quality Extension Associates for a webinar series ... discussing topics related to water quality, ranging from Phosphorus and agricultural Best Management ...

  3. Post-Harvest Tips for Combines

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-40/post-harvest-tips-combines

    Washing the exterior can also be beneficial but keep water away from bearings and bushings.  Once this ... step is complete, inspect the combine inside and out noting needed repairs and maintenance.  The final ... keep water off bearings and other moving parts. Might take time to touch up scratches and worn areas ...

  4. Using the Slake Test to Determine Soil Crusting

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2018-10/using-slake-test-determine-soil-crusting

    crusting.  The slake test compares two chunks of topsoil in water to see how well and how long they will hold ... An easy to use test can be done to predict potential soil crusting on farm fields.  All you need ... is some chicken wire, water, a glass jar, and a dry clump of soil.  When you immerse the clump of ...

  5. Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/resources/watershed-management/harmful-algal-blooms

    On July 7, 2011, Joe Bonnell (OSU Extension) interviewed Gail Hesse (Ohio EPA and Ohio Water ... Resources Council) about a new report released by OEPA: Harmful Algal Bloom Response Strategy. Gail explains ... how the report came about and provides an overview of the report, including agency plans for ...

  6. C.O.R.N. Newsletter 2010-03

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletters/2010/03

    Treatments Keeping Phosphorous on the Land Seed Corn Maggot on Soybeans New Soybean Insecticide Seed ... imidacloprid, the same material as in Gaucho seed treatment, and NipsIt INSIDE, which contains clothianidin, the ... same material as in Poncho seed treatment on corn. NipsIt INSIDE is the first seed treatment on ...

  7. Fall Manure Application Tips

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/fall-manure-application-tips

    monitored for insect activity and steps taken to keep insect populations in check if necessary. Farmers ... fields. Limiting application rates below legal limits can help keep more nutrients on fields. Remember, ... stockpile poultry litter close to the fields actually receiving the manure. Stockpiles need to be 500 feet ...

  8. Disclosure, Use and Sale Limitations-- The Big Data Confusion: Part 9

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/disclosure-use-and-sale-limitations-big-data-confusion-part-9

    non-aggregated farm data to a third party without first securing a legally binding commitment to be bound by the ... same terms and conditions as the ATP has with the farmer. Farmers must be notified if such a sale is ... with the contract with the farmer. If the agreement with the third party is not the same as the ...

  9. Know Your Well Water

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/know-your-well-water

    Wondering if your well water is safe?  A good first step is to have your water tested at ... interpretation tool) are organized by type which is often how water sample results are grouped on a laboratory ... -resources/water/drinking-water/water-testing/testing/how-to-interpret-a-water-analysis-report.    ...

  10. Spraying Insecticides on Soybeans and Honey Bees

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/spraying-insecticides-soybeans-and-honey-bees

    including the environment. We do NOT recommend an insecticide application unless there is a REAL need ... . However, we realize that this is being done. What we need to address is an extremely important and related ... issue, and that is the need for growers and custom applicators to protect bees when spraying insecticides ...

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