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  1. Good news: Ohio’s soil phosphorus levels are trending down

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/good-news-ohio%E2%80%99s-soil-phosphorus-levels-trending-down

    farming, water quality Phosphorus soil testing is an important tool for farmers. They use it to determine ... about protecting surface water quality while maintaining agricultural production, said CFAES scientists ... (go.osu.edu/Bawz). Phosphorus runoff from farm fields is one of the causes of the harmful algal blooms plaguing ...

  2. Important Issues in Water Quality and Nutrient Placement Conference

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/important-issues-water-quality-and-nutrient-placement-conference

    How to improve water quality across the region will be discussed by Ohio State University ... Pulse of Ohio Watersheds” by Laura Johnson, director of the National Center for Water Quality Research ... Conservation Society March 14. The “Important Issues in Water Quality and Nutrient Placement” conference will ...

  3. Water Quality

    https://oardc.osu.edu/impacts/water-quality

    University are working to solve this problem and improve Ohio’s water quality by helping farmers continue to ... algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other bodies of water in recent years. Researchers at The Ohio State ... Experts say soluble phosphorus runoff from farms is one of several contributors to the harmful ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Manure practices, not glamorous, can be a star for both food crops and water

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/september-october-2014/manure-practices-not-glamorous-can-be-star

    Ohio Livestock Coalition, an event sponsor. “Nutrient management and water quality are critical ... storage and application. Speakers came from OARDC, Ohio State University Extension (OARDC’s outreach ... partner), the farming community, and state and federal agencies. “Manure is an excellent product for ...

  6. Conservation Tillage Conference

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/conservation-tillage-conference

    conference will also offer a focus on Ohio’s water quality concerns and on some of the ways to deal with ... those issues, including how to save money, improve water quality, and manage soil erosion and ... the event, nearly half, 400, are certified crop advisers, said Harold Watters, an Ohio State ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Breakfast Presentation by the Environmental Professionals Network

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/breakfast-presentation-environmental-professionals-network

    aimed at protecting and improving water quality.   “The importance of water is increasingly on the ... either 9:45 a.m. or noon March 8 in Ohio State’s Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, 2201 Fred ... services; and Ohio State’s Global Water Initiative.   The free student registrations and breakfasts are ...

  9. 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 ...

  10. Dairy Feed Bunk and Water Trough Management

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/dairy-feed-bunk-and-water-trough-management

    could help to improve production and possibly even impact herd health. One size definitely does not fit ... Feed should be available 20 to 22 hours/day.  Moving from one feeding time/day to two feeding times ... if the ration feed is delivered one or two times per day, feed should be pushed up at least twice ...

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