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'We are continuing to look for best management practices' to 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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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Welcome Jordan Beck, New Water Quality Associate for Lucas, Fulton and Williams Counties
We would like to welcome Jordan Beck to OSU Extension. Jordan is the Water Quality Extension ... research, and outreach with impacts on water quality. Jordan has interest in livestock/manure management, ... nutrient use efficiency, and cover crop demonstrations and trials. Prior to his water quality position, ...
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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 ...
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Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training Course
https://butler.osu.edu/events/produce-safety-alliance-grower-training-course
Announcement The Ohio Department of Agriculture and The Ohio State University Extension Office Butler County ... cost for Ohio produce growers. The PSA Grower Training Course is one way to satisfy the FSMA Produce ... Safety Rule requirement outlined in § 112.22(c) which states ‘At least one supervisor or responsible ...
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CFAES scientist breeds 30 percent faster-growing perch
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/cfaes-scientist-breeds-30-percent-faster-growing-perch
Researchers at The Ohio State University South Centers, partially funded by Ohio Sea Grant, are ... colleagues are currently conducting on-farm and on-station trials in Ohio and Wisconsin, with four separate ... researchers also found that the genetically improved fish seem to be more resilient to overcrowding in farm ...
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Organic Food & Farming Education and Research (OFFER)
https://lucas.osu.edu/news/organic-food-farming-education-and-research-offer
CTC videos.) Changes to the Ohio Specialty Crop Registry Ohio State’s Ag and Resource Law Program ... Interested in organics? OSU has a website called the Organic Food & Farming Education and ... producers, processors, and marketers of organic foods with the goal of expanding the abundance, quality, and ...
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A better tool in the toolbox: New project will bolster Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index
Ohio's fresh surface water, with use of phosphorus fertilizer on farmland as a contributing factor. To ... help mitigate these water quality issues, a CFAES scientist has launched a $2 million project to ... Service Ohio Phosphorus (P) Risk Index to better predict the risk of phosphorus moving off farm fields. ...
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Ohio 4-H has strength in (volunteer) numbers
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/ohio-4-h-has-strength-in-volunteer-numbers
values and skills, and Ohio is home to one of the largest and best 4-H programs in the nation. Annually, ... and committed parents are absolutely essential to the success of Ohio 4-H. It's one thing to ... Ohio 4-H youth development, pointed out this spring, a recent study determined that the median time ...