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  1. 'We are continuing to look for best management practices' to improve water quality

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/we-are-continuing-look-for-best-management-practices-improve-water-quality

    Survey: BMPs help improve water quality In fact, a strong majority of row crop farmers living within the ... that it is likely to have a negative impact on water quality and profit potential, said Greg LaBarge, ... practices farmers can implement to reduce farm field phosphorus lost into water resources, which increases ...

  2. New lab to help fight the (algae-fueled) battle of Lake Erie

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/new-lab-help-fight-the-algae-fueled-battle-lake-erie

    Algae and Water Quality Lab, housed in the Stone Lab Research Building and slated to open later this ... summer.  Adding significantly to Stone Lab's research capabilities, the Water Quality Lab will offer ... research projects.  "The new Water Quality Lab will focus on nutrient and phytoplankton analysis, ...

  3. Farm Science Review: 'Breaking new ground'... while flying above it

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/farm-science-review-breaking-new-ground-while-flying-above-it

    From teaching techniques to help growers improve water and soil quality to helping farmers and ... Review. "How do we protect the soil, how do we improve water quality are just some of the issues ... quality," he said.       Related story:  Farm Science Review to Offer Farmers First-Time View of Unmanned ...

  4. Western Ohio Precision Ag Day

    https://darke.osu.edu/events/western-ohio-precision-ag-day

    also talk about a 5 th R, right data.” “It’s about improving water quality, increasing efficiency and ... July 12 Western Ohio Precision Agriculture Day hosted by Ohio State University Extension, Darke and ... Miami County in partnership with Dr. John Fulton, Precision Agriculture Specialist, The Ohio State ...

  5. Produce Safety Rule to Change the Way Fresh Fruit, Vegetables Are Grown and Handled

    https://farmoffice.osu.edu/news/produce-safety-rule-change-way-fresh-fruit-vegetables-are-grown-and-handled

    well. Water The rule’s provisions regarding water quality on produce farms might be its most complex ... the requirements. If water doesn’t meet the new criteria initially, farms have some time to make ... operations, said Peggy Hall, field specialist in agricultural and resource law for Ohio State University ...

  6. Chancellor Carey visits ATI, OARDC in Wooster

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/chancellor-carey-visits-ati-oardc-in-wooster

    crucial to Ohio's farmers and to efforts to improve water quality. Mel Kurtz, president of quasar ... efforts to improve water quality. ATI students' high employability The tour concluded on ATI's ... the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI). The Board of Regents oversees the ...

  7. Ohio’s Drainage Laws Get Major Update

    https://farmoffice.osu.edu/news/ohio%E2%80%99s-drainage-laws-get-major-update

    Ohio Farm Bureau staff, and Ohio State University's Agricultural & Resource Law Program and ... of improvement through the petition process.  Some of Ohio’s oldest laws, the drainage laws play ... a critical role in maintaining surface water drainage on Ohio lands but were in serious need of updating. An ...

  8. Nutrient Stewardship for Cleaner Water

    https://darke.osu.edu/news/nutrient-stewardship-cleaner-water

    producers and agri-business persons across Ohio have received water quality education from 50 OSU Extension ... implemented in 2014. IMPLEMENTATION Implementation has been timely; due to the heightened attention on water ... quality and nutrient effects in Grand Lake St. Mary’s, Lake Erie and Ohio River Watersheds, farmer ...

  9. West Ohio Agronomy Day

    https://darke.osu.edu/events/west-ohio-agronomy-day

    grain markets? • Water Quality – Where are we today? • Advancing Corn Production • Weed Control – What ... we learned in 2019 • Using precision ag to improve nutrient and pesticide applications • How can you ... make manure work for you in your farming operation? • How the extremes of 2019 affect nutrient ...

  10. Agricultural Nutrients and Water Quality: Recent Litigation in the United States

    https://farmoffice.osu.edu/news/agricultural-nutrients-and-water-quality-recent-litigation-united-states

    redress for potential agricultural runoff.  Some of the cases are challenges to state water quality laws, ... agricultural nutrients from 2018 through 2020. Agricultural Nutrients and Water Quality: Recent Litigation in ... the United States, is available here.   Since the advent of the Clean Water Act (CWA), states have ...

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