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  1. Ohio Farm Bureau announces new Blanchard River demo farm project

    https://advancement.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/cfaes-connect/may-2016/cfaes-news/ohio-farm-bureau-announces-new-blanchard-river-demo

    farms are a key component of Ohio Farm Bureau’s Water Quality Action Plan, a comprehensive initiative to ... help farmers proactively improve and protect water quality while maintaining viable farming practices. ... Three farms in northwest Ohio’s Blanchard River Watershed have been selected by the Ohio Farm ...

  2. Ohio State Economists to Hold Water Quality Discussion During 2013 Farm Science Review

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-economists-hold-water-quality-discussion-during-2013-farm-science-review

    quality in Ohio, experts from Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental ... economic impact of compromised water quality systems in Ohio. “We hope to inform the discussion on ... the water quality debate in Ohio.” The panel will include Brent Sohngen, an environmental economics ...

  3. OARDC annual conference spotlights water quality

    https://advancement.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/cfaes-connect/may-2015/cfaes-news/oardc-annual-conference-spotlights-water-quality

    North Carolina State University soil science professor, who spoke on “Can We Protect Water Quality? The ... production while improving water quality in Lake Erie.” Watch: CFAES Dean Bruce McPheron speaks April 16 at ... Gebhardt, OEPA’s deputy director for water resources, speaking on the need for agencies, Ohio State and ...

  4. Manure Storage and Land Application- Where are we going? How fast can we get there?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-2/manure-storage-and-land-application-where-are-we

    Mr. Jon Rausch, Waste Management Extension Associate, The Ohio State University  In today's ... necessary and more economical. Water and air quality standards should drive the environmental requirements ... placed upon manure handling, storage, and nutrient recycling practices. Water quality impacts from land ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Is Your Herd Positioned for Profit?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-3-issue-4/your-herd-positioned-profit

    John M. Smith, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Community Development Agent, The Ohio State ... high quality. It is very expensive to upgrade poor forages with other feeds. 2. Clean, Fresh Water ...  Water is the cheapest most important nutrient and the one most often ignored. Big, high producing cows ...

  7. Ohio State Economist: Taxing Phosphorus Could Reduce Risk of Algal Blooms

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-economist-taxing-phosphorus-could-reduce-risk-algal-blooms

    phosphorus in the watershed doesn’t appear to be one of them. Improvements in water quality in the 1980s and ... National Center for Water Quality Research at northwest Ohio’s Heidelberg University and study how ... to reduce erosion and improve both water and soil quality. Conservation tillage, including no-till ...

  8. AEDE at the 2013 Farm Science Review

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/aede-2013-farm-science-review

    The 2013 Farm Science Review will be held from September 17-19, 2013 at Ohio State’s 2,100 acre ... Sponsored by Ohio State’s  College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), the Farm ... Science Review: “Water Quality: State and National Concerns and Consequences”. The discussion will focus ...

  9. 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 ...

  10. Addressing Water Quality in Agriculture: Institutional Aspects and Prospects

    https://aede.osu.edu/about-us/publications/addressing-water-quality-agriculture-institutional-aspects-and-prospects

    States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) asserts, based on water quality sampling and other ... There can be little doubt that agriculture is America's # 1 water quality challenge of the ... controlled and the non-point sources, of which farming is one, rise to the top of the do list. The United ...

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