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  1. Ohio Soil Health Symposium

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/events/ohio-soil-health-symposium

    Keynote speaker:  Jay Fuhrer, North Dakota Soil Health specialist, NRCS Camden Falls Conference Center, ...

  2. Clifton Martin

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/people/clifton-martin

    Clifton Martin Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources Muskingum County Extension, 225 ... Underwood St., Rm 600, Zanesville,OH 43701 740-454-0144 martin.2422@osu.edu ...

  3. Drainage

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-management/drainage

    Overview  Many Ohio soils have heavy clay contents which can lead to slow drainage and standing ... water during wet periods. Wet conditions can lead to nutrient loss through erosion or biological ... denitrification; poor plant growth or death; and reduced access to the field.  Key Strategies Increase organic ...

  4. Urban Fruit and Vegetable Production and Marketing Tour

    https://franklin.osu.edu/events/urban-fruit-and-vegetable-production-and-marketing-tour

    to Martin Ave. Turn left on Martin Ave. Park near Martin Ave. and Rich St. and walk west to 909 W. ...

  5. Do's and Dont's for Getting Your Yard and Garden Ready for Winter

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/dos-and-donts-getting-your-yard-and-garden-ready-winter

    is to make sure the hoses are drained, and outdoor faucets are covered. Any watering cans or buckets ... Covering the faucet will also protect the faucet from freezing and potentially causing problems, either ... with the faucet or inside the house. As water freezes and expands, whatever it is inside, be it the ...

  6. Fertilizer Costs Make Manure Look Better

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/fertilizer-costs-make-manure-look-better

    The past several weeks, agricultural news sources have been highlighting the rapid increase in ... like the farming business is sometimes a long list of “the bad news.” Fortunately, farmers are quite ... and calculating that value when it is applied to fields in order to reduce purchased chemical ...

  7. 2020 OSU Extension Internship Program

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/2020-osu-extension-internship-program

    classes, day camps, field days or fairs Attending meetings with community leaders and volunteers Developing ... news articles, exhibits, brochures, marketing materials, and resources for educational curriculum Using ... social media and technology to share research-based information Participating in field research, helping ...

  8. Wheat Harvest Concerns

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/wheat-harvest-concerns

    or maturing and drying naturally in the field. Rewetting of grain in the field after maturity but ... prior to harvest is one of the main causes of reduced test weight. Rain and harvest delay may also lead ... germination, which leads to reduced test weights. Even before visual signs of sprouting are evident, sugars are ...

  9. The Effects of Soil Conservation Practices on Selected Soil Health Indicators

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/effects-soil-conservation-practices-selected-soil-health-indicators

    considered. The field test cost per sample is approximately $40 less than the burst test however the digital color ... reader will increase one time costs for field testing by up to $900 (www.solvita.com). Accuracy of ... soil indicators may lead to false conclusions. Multi-seasonal, multi-year and replicated measurements ...

  10. Active carbon and respiration tests can be used to assess soil organic matter dynamics

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/active-carbon-and-respiration-tests-can-be-used-assess-soil-organic-matter-dynamics

    activity and nutrient availability. The team collected more than 1000 soil samples from farmers’ fields and ... assessment of organic matter dynamics (stabilization vs. mineralization) in farmers’ fields. (Their work was ... published in Soil Science Society of America Journal and featured in December 2016 Crops-Soils-Agronomy news ...

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