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CFAES Researcher Part of New Project Studying Conservation Incentives, Farming Practices
blooms and oxygen-free “dead zones” in the Great Lakes, including Lake Erie. Key among those nutrients ... Lakes. The new project will help decision-makers “understand the current and potential future impact of ... people rely on the Great Lakes for tourism, drinking water, business and more. Wilson will compile survey ...
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Manure Event to Show New Ways to Boost Both Crops and Water Quality
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/manure-event-show-new-ways-boost-both-crops-and-water-quality
water bodies. “Nutrient management and water quality are critical issues, and understanding their ... Adviser, 3.0 Soil and Water Management continuing education units and 2.5 Nutrient Management CEUs; and ... Arnold, field specialist in manure nutrient management systems with Ohio State University Extension. “As ...
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CFAES is partnering with NRCS and Cargill for better soil health and water quality
Water Quality Initiative (WQI) to learn more about and boost soil health, improve Lake Erie’s water ... fields in the region, which is located in Lake Erie’s watershed. Phosphorus, a nutrient needed by crops, ... Mulinex, director of the Lake Erie Commission, praised the new partnership, too. “It’s exciting to see the ...
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New Grant Focuses on Nutrient Management, Cleaner Lake Erie Water
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/new-grant-focuses-nutrient-management-cleaner-lake-erie-water
lawsuits as stipulated in Ohio’s new nutrient management laws. Provide technical support to private ... to help farmers develop nutrient management plans and to assist fertilizer service providers gain ... certification in a national nutrient stewardship program. The initiative — funded by $531,000 in grant money and ...
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Ohio State Economists to Hold Water Quality Discussion During 2013 Farm Science Review
Ohio. “We hope to inform the discussion on agricultural nutrient management in Ohio with the goal of ... decreasing nutrient runoff into Ohio’s water resources,” he said. “There has been great research out of our ... solutions in protecting the region’s water resources and focuses on the impact that agricultural ...
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Experts: Smaller Algal Bloom Predicted For Western Lake Erie
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/experts-smaller-algal-bloom-predicted-for-western-lake-erie
Lake Erie and fewer nutrients to fuel a bloom. “With a return to average spring discharge, and much ... this year in Lake Erie than in 2015. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its ... research partners predict that western Lake Erie will experience a less severe bloom than the ...
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Ohio Colleges and Universities Invited to Submit Pre-Proposals for Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative
funding focuses on agency priorities aimed at reducing nutrient loading to Lake Erie via wetland design, ... Agency, and the Ohio Lake Erie Commission. “The Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative demonstrates how ... proposal coordination and ongoing project management. The Ohio Sea Grant College Program is part of The ...
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Experts Predict Smaller Lake Erie Algal Bloom This Summer
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/experts-predict-smaller-lake-erie-algal-bloom-summer
still needed to reduce nutrient runoff and therefore the size of future harmful algal blooms, Lake Erie ... PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — Experts are predicting that Lake Erie’s harmful algal bloom this summer will be ... developing new technologies to keep toxins out of our drinking water to assessing the human health impacts of ...
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Study: Most Farmers Willing to Take More Steps to Improve Water Quality
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/study-most-farmers-willing-take-more-steps-improve-water-quality
Erie are willing to take at least one additional action to reduce nutrient loss on their farm if they ... feel like the action will both benefit their farms as well as water quality. That’s according to new ... adopt a new conservation practice if they believe that nutrient loss from their fields will have ...
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On-Field Ohio: Rewriting Ohio’s Phosphorus Risk Index to Keep Nutrients and Water on Fields
input costs while protecting water quality. The Ohio P Index is an integral part of nutrient management ... experts say. Dayton’s goal is to make the P Index, used by farmers as part of nutrient management plans, ... Marys and Western Lake Erie Basin watersheds, the latter two being the most problematic watersheds, she ...