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  1. Important Issues in Water Quality and Nutrient Placement Conference

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/important-issues-water-quality-and-nutrient-placement-conference

    a hot topic because seldom does a day go by without a news article on water issues such as algal blooms ... in Lake Erie or contaminated drinking water.” Topics to be discussed include: ·         “Healthy ... Extension, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and industry experts in agriculture, ...

  2. New App Helps Farmers Know When to Spray or Spread

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/new-app-helps-farmers-know-when-spray-or-spread

    the time. For example, the Western Lake Erie Basin Partnership sets laws that prohibit farmers from ... Erie, you have a greater potential for harmful algal blooms,” Wilson said. “This is detrimental to the ... fertilizer and pesticide is actually acting upon their crops, then it’s difficult to predict growth. The app ...

  3. Farmers need to gear up for more rain

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/farmers-need-gear-more-rain

    said. In 2017, Lake Erie recorded its third largest harmful algal bloom ever reported. Phosphorus runoff ... of nutrients, such as phosphorous and nitrogen, entering Lake Erie and other bodies of water, Wilson ... is a main driver of the lake’s blooms. Farmers might want to look into other measures – such as ...

  4. Changes Made to Rules on Applying Fertilizer

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

    of 2017 algal blooms in Lake Erie was the fourth most severe in a century, according to a November ... certified, a measure aimed at keeping nutrients from farm fields from contributing to algal blooms in Lake ... Erie and other bodies of water. Phosphorus and nitrogen in fertilizer can trigger the growth of algal ...

  5. Precision University: Nutrient Technology

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/precision-university-nutrient-technology

    that prevents it from running off the land and ending up in Lake Erie or other waterways. The ... phosphorous and nitrogen in the soil and away from bodies of water, potentially contributing to algal blooms ... in Lake Erie and beyond. “We’re trying to bring attention to a relevant topic,” said Kaylee Port, ...

  6. Precision University: Nutrient Technology

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/precision-university-nutrient-technology

    and away from bodies of water, potentially contributing to algal blooms in Lake Erie and beyond. ... the land and ending up in Lake Erie or other waterways. The conference is being hosted by Ohio State ... become even better stewards of the land and water,” she said. Precision University will feature experts ...

  7. EPN Breakfast Club

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/epn-breakfast-club

    reduce or prevent algal blooms and low-oxygen “dead zones.” Both the Ohio River and Lake Erie suffered ... record-setting algal blooms last summer. Speaking at the event will be: Jessica Fox, senior program manager for ...

  8. Online tool that helps protect water is now being made even better

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/july-august-2016/online-tool-helps-protect-water-now-being-made

    runoff is one of the causes of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie and other bodies of water. To contact ...

  9. Rain, Rain, Will It Ever Go Away?

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/rain-rain-will-it-ever-go-away

    fields and for the water quality of Lake Erie that’s affected by pollution sources including rain running ... Erie, which many municipalities rely on for their drinking water. In the summer of 2017, Lake Erie ... ’s algal bloom level was classified as severe. “I think that’s why farmers are working really hard on ...

  10. Soil Health Workshops

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/soil-health-workshops

    Western Basin of the Lake Erie Watershed understand the importance of reducing nutrient loss and this ... features OSU Extension and NRCS soil health experts. Local speakers will also be featured at the various ...

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