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Good news: Ohio’s soil phosphorus levels are trending down
which came through the college’s Field to Faucet initiative, represent good news for Ohioans concerned ... if phosphorus fertilizer is needed for crop growth, and if so, how much. In Ohio, research-based, ... that Ohio farmers are doing a good job of managing soil phosphorus levels. “While there is still room ...
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Ohio State Report Evaluates Options for Reducing Lake Erie’s Harmful Algal Blooms
implemented, and what research still needs to be done to meet these goals by 2025. The majority of phosphorus ... consultation with producers. It is also hoped that these results convey confidence to the public and farmers ... lake by 40%. Now, researchers have a better understanding of what management practices need to be ...
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Most farmers willing to take steps to protect water, says study done near lake Erie
impacts of that on water quality locally and regionally.” “The majority of farmers have very positive ... Most farmers in northwest Ohio’s Maumee River watershed, Lake Erie’s largest tributary, are ... Wilson (pictured). “If you want to motivate farmers to take actions on their farms to lessen nutrient ...
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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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FABE Researchers Receive $5 Million Grant to Study Runoff from 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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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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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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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 ...