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  1. EQIP signup period is ongoing

    https://fairfield.osu.edu/news/eqip-signup-period-ongoing

    Conservation Activity Plans (CAP 104), to evaluate current practices and improve nutrient application timing ... Lake Erie water quality, “When nutrients are lost from cropland, farmers lose money and water quality ... efficiency and water quality in the Western Lake Erie Basin.” The CAP104 process involves working with ...

  2. Ohio Soil Health Card

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/sag-1

    areas. Figure 1. Ohio Soil Health Card. Image by The Ohio State University. Best Times to Assess ... Sundermeier, Extension Educator, Wood County The Ohio Soil Health Card evaluates a soil’s health or quality as ... developed for farmers by farmers with assistance from Ohio State University Extension and the Natural ...

  3. Water Effects on Livestock Performance

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ANR-13

    Quality Specialist; Dave Miller, Ohio State University Extension Farm Management Specialist; and Clif ... and size of the animal, physical state, level of activity, dry matter intake, quality of water ... high levels of nitrogen forms in surface waters. Water Access and Quality Improve Performance Water ...

  4. Understanding How Soil Test Phosphorus Impacts Water Quality

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0111

    Systems, Ohio State University Extension Rachel Cochran, Extension Associate, Water Quality, Ohio State ... for water management practices is important to water quality improvement efforts. Measuring the amount ... thresholds (green line) to improve water quality entering Lake Erie from the Maumee River are defined by the ...

  5. CD Wire- August 19, 2019

    https://comdev.osu.edu/cd-wire/2019-08-19

    Friday, September 13 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center. Ohio State ... farmers Ohio stable in farm bankruptcies, while nation is up CFAES Research News (August 2019) © 2019, OSU ... Mission Statement: Ohio State University Extension Community Development helps communities enhance ...

  6. Efficient Lawn Care Practices to Help Protect Ohio’s Waterways

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5812

    remove. Therefore, one way we can contribute to improving water quality is by preventing nutrients from ... algae and water quality. Fertilizer nutrients are especially harmful. Ohio needs everyone’s help to ... improve Ohio waters and minimize nutrient contamination. Read on for tips on how to maximize lawncare ...

  7. Sarah Orlando

    https://comdev.osu.edu/people/sarah-orlando

    Source Pollution Lake Erie Water Quality Programs: Ohio Clean Marinas Clean Boaters / Clean Marinas ... water quality while preserving the economic activity and viability of the marine trades industry. Her ... Marinas, Clean Boaters, non-point source Lake Erie water quality, and other Lake Erie issues. She will be ...

  8. Cuyahoga River Achieves Important Milestone for Improved Aesthetics

    https://comdev.osu.edu/news/cuyahoga-river-achieves-important-milestone-improved-aesthetics

    identified for the Cuyahoga and its watershed in accordance with the 1987 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement ... the Great Lakes basin as well,” and congratulated Ohio EPA staff and “the many federal, state, and ... The United States Environmental Protection Agency recently approved the removal of “Degradation of ...

  9. Using Cover Crops to Improve Soil and Water Quality

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-57

    soil compaction decreases and soil quality improves with time. Cover crops may be utilized to improve ... crop establishment and killing. Cover crops improve soil and water quality. May reduce nutrient and ... improve soil and water quality. Community of Soil Science Plant Analysis, 32 (7 & 8), 1221–1250. ...

  10. Livestock Water Development

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ANR-12

    Specialist, Beef Livestock Management, Dr. Karen Mancl, Ohio State Professor and Extension Water Quality ... improves the distribution of water and preserves water quality. The Water Trough or Tank Figure 1. Heavy ... individually to water, a tank that allows two to four percent of the animals to drink at one time and a flow ...

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