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  1. 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 ...

  2. On-Field Ohio: Rewriting Ohio’s Phosphorus Risk Index to Keep Nutrients and Water on Fields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/field-ohio-rewriting-ohio%E2%80%99s-phosphorus-risk-index-keep-nutrients-and-water-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 ...

  3. ‘State of the Science’ Algal Bloom Conference Is Thursday

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/%E2%80%98state-the-science%E2%80%99-algal-bloom-conference-is-thursday

    pea-green, sometimes-toxic outbreaks plaguing Lake Erie and other waters — will discuss their latest findings ... blooms in western Lake Erie, new precision agriculture technology for farmers, removal of bloom toxins by ... drinking water, lake ecosystems, recreation and tourism. Features latest on algal bloom research in Ohio “A ...

  4. Panel to Discuss Manure Storage Options, Benefits to Farms and Water

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/panel-discuss-manure-storage-options-benefits-farms-and-water

    a panel organizer and nutrient management specialist with the Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District. ... months, a year or otherwise. The farmers’ nutrient management plans and how closely the plans are ... nutrient runoff from manure into water. Experts say excessive nutrient runoff from fertilizer and manure is ...

  5. Water Quality, Watersheds, and Streams and Lakes Links

    https://epn.osu.edu/getting-started/helpful-links/water-water-quality-watersheds-and-streams-lakes-links

    treatment industry) North American Lake Management Society (focus on lake management for variety of uses; ... The Ohio Environmental Council (water programs:  rivers/streams; Lake Erie; community/watersheds; ... drinking water, education/training, grants/funding, laws/regulations, our water, pollution ...

  6. Ohio State Researcher to Re-write Ohio’s Phosphorus Index to Improve Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/node/842

    due to harmful algae blooms. And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie’s surface ... phosphorus. Because the Ohio P Risk Index is used by farmers statewide in developing nutrient management plans ... productivity and protecting surface water quality.”                   The research will focus on, but is not ...

  7. Manure Science Review Slated Aug. 12: How to Maximize Crop Benefits, Minimize Water Risks

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/manure-science-review-slated-aug-12-how-maximize-crop-benefits-minimize-water-risks

    nutrient runoff is in the spotlight due to the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. ... Marys and other water bodies. The issue made headlines last summer when toxins from a western Lake Erie ... Kurt Knebusch UNION CITY, Ohio — Manure Science Review this year will have a clear focus on water ...

  8. Ohio State’s Agricultural Fertilizer Program Helps Farmers Keep Phosphorus on Fields, Improve Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state%E2%80%99s-agricultural-fertilizer-program-helps-farmers-keep-phosphorus-fields

    recent years. In August, a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in ... Environmental Sciences is ramping up its efforts to improve Ohio’s water quality through a new fertilizer ... training covers water quality and crop production best management practices, including encouraging growers ...

  9. CFAES Research Conference Is Friday, Will Focus on Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cfaes-research-conference-is-friday-will-focus-water-quality

    and water quality at Arkansas, where his research focuses on nutrient cycling in soil-water ... blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other water bodies in recent years. The blooms have hurt tourism, ... Lake Erie. Latest CFAES water research Eight CFAES faculty will give brief “lightning round” ...

  10. More Fertilizer Certification Opportunities in 2018

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/more-fertilizer-certification-opportunities-in-2018

    risk that the fertilizer runs off the land with rainwater and into nearby waters, especially Lake Erie ... become in Lake Erie. Warmer weather leads to warmer water temperatures, which spur the growth of algal ... water quality of Lake Erie, it’s impossible to put a time frame on when changes in farmers’ fertilizer ...

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