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Bumper crop of jobs for ag-school graduates
https://fst.osu.edu/news/bumper-crop-jobs-ag-school-graduates
the farm — at companies that sell seed, fertilizer, equipment and services to farmers, or that process ... company’s newly built Lancaster office this summer. “More farmers and agricultural workers are needed to ... pet-care products. The maker of Pedigree and Whiskas pet food needed food-science majors to come up with ...
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Ohio’s Drainage Laws Get Major Update
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/ohio%E2%80%99s-drainage-laws-get-major-update
a critical role in maintaining surface water drainage on Ohio lands but were in serious need of updating. An ... a majority of the initial length of the proposed improvement would exist, and assignment of responsibilities ... 2021 Ohio’s “petition ditch laws” are at last receiving a major revision. The Ohio General Assembly ...
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New Study Will Track Ways to Cut Runoff from Elevated Phosphorus Fields
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/new-study-will-track-ways-cut-runoff-elevated-phosphorus-fields
the study is partnering with nutrient service providers — consultants who advise farmers on crop and ... soil matters, such as the types and rates of fertilizer to apply — and some of the farmers they work ... fertilizers and manures that farmers apply to their fields. But rain can wash phosphorus out of the soil and ...
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In the News
https://ansci.osu.edu/newsletter/department-roundup/department-roundup-2016-01-07/news
to the Community CFAES News: feat. April Boehnen, animal sciences major, and Shades of Animal ... Ag Landscape CFAES News: feat. Dr. Steve Moeller Three area agriculturalists recognized by Ohio ... alumni Madison Press: feat. Deb Miller, animal sciences alumna CFAES Gender Initiative CFAES: feat. Dr. ...
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NOAA, Partners Predict Significant Summer Harmful Algal Bloom for Western Lake Erie
The deadline to complete FACT training, which is required of farmers who apply fertilizer to more than ... nutrient loading, optimize water treatment and understand bloom dynamics need to continue,” said ... developing a Farmer Sampling Network in western Lake Erie’s watershed. For that project, LaBarge and his ...
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More Fertilizer Certification Opportunities in 2018
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/more-fertilizer-certification-opportunities-2018
The new year brings more courses to become certified in a skill farmers will probably need in ... leaves the farm.’ ” Farmers sometimes assume the more fertilizer they put on their crops, the higher ... sometimes a field may not need more nutrients added to it, so the fertilizer is an unnecessary expense, he ...
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CD Weekly Wire- February 24, 2014
https://comdev.osu.edu/osue-cd-professionals/cd-weekly-wire/2014-02-24
-administrative-and-program-resources/signature-program-guidelines. Discovery Themes Initiative Second Funding ... ***************************************************************************** REMINDERS / UPDATES / NEWS: Reminder... Promotion for Faculty and Educators- Submit Requests by ... their well-being. AD Update: The Other 27%- A Goal of 5% Annually Last week’s Update looked at how and ...
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CD Wire- February 25, 2014
https://comdev.osu.edu/cd-wire/2014-02-24
-administrative-and-program-resources/signature-program-guidelines. Discovery Themes Initiative Second Funding ... ***************************************************************************** REMINDERS / UPDATES / NEWS: Reminder... Promotion for Faculty and Educators- Submit Requests by ... enhance their well-being. AD Update: The Other 27%- A Goal of 5% Annually Last week’s Update looked at ...
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Conference to Discuss Enriching Soils While Keeping Water Safe
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/conference-discuss-enriching-soils-while-keeping-water-safe
ADA, Ohio — Farmers who apply fertilizer to their fields, particularly manure, need to be aware ... that if the fertilizer winds up in a waterway, they could be facing fines as farmers in northwestern ... Williams, Allen and Hardin counties. Farmers had treated their fields with manure, then a major ...
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Revised Phosphorus Index Can Help Curb Agricultural Runoff
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/revised-phosphorus-index-can-help-curb-agricultural-runoff
Ohio farmers will soon have access to a newly revised tool that can quickly and easily tell them ... developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service to help farmers ... assess their risk of phosphorus moving off farm fields. It will soon allow farmers to input their ...