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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. '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 ...

  3. 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, ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Multi-Disciplinary Collaborations

    https://plantpath.osu.edu/research/multi

    Translational Plant Sciences Graduate Program Life Sciences Network at Ohio State This network is ... at Ohio State. Agronomic Crops Team The Agronomic Crops Team is a multi-disciplinary group of ... Extension agents, state specialists and researchers from OSU Extension, Ohio State and OARDC.  The team ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. On-Farm Research

    https://brown.osu.edu/program-areas/agriculture-and-natural-resources/field-reports/farm-research-2021

    About OSU eFields:  eFields represents an Ohio State University program dedicated to advancing ... and their advisors understand how new practices and techniques can improve farm efficiency and ... improve efficiency of fertilizer placement, enable on-farm evaluation, automate machine functionality, ...

  9. Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Class Set for May 4

    https://fairfield.osu.edu/events/good-agricultural-practices-gaps-class-set-may-4

    the risk of on-farm produce contamination. The topics that are covered include water quality, worker ... One registration form is requested per farm or household and pre-registration is requested by May 1, ... for certification will also be discussed. Cost for this class is $20 per household or farm operation. ...

  10. A better tool in the toolbox: New project will bolster Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/better-tool-in-the-toolbox-new-project-will-bolster-ohios-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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