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  1. Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference

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

    Building and maintaining healthy soils not only leads to profitable farming and improved water ... Reeder, a retired Ohio State University Extension agricultural engineer. From offering a workshop on the ... Districts of Northwest Ohio. OSU Extension and OARDC are the outreach and research arms of The Ohio State ...

  2. OARDC Impact Archive

    https://oardc.osu.edu/node/1992

    Ohio’s farmed fish — and the profitability and success of the state’s 140-plus fish farms. Healthy Bees, ... healthy bees and environments that boost bee numbers. Improving Water Quality: Wetlands Offer Keys to ... Cleaner Water Cleaner water for Ohioans could spring from 52 acres in Columbus. The Ohio State ...

  3. Conservation Action Project

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/groups/conservation-action-project

    www.capofohio.org CAP is a water quality effort aimed at improving the water quality of Lake Erie. The attempt is to ... increase the number of acres of conservation tillage on the farms in seven counties bordering or draining ... a agricultural dealer, one agency person and one farmer from each of the seven counties in CAP. 04100001 04100002 ...

  4. ‘Toledo was a wakeup call’: Dean announces new water quality initiative

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2014/%E2%80%98toledo-was-wakeup-call%E2%80%99-dean-announces

    16 at the Farm Science Review trade show, announced the creation of a new wide-ranging water quality ... and to ensure clean drinking water across Ohio. Video: CFAES Communications. “Ohio State University, ... Bruce McPheron, Ohio State’s vice president for agricultural administration, while speaking Sept. ...

  5. Most farmers willing to take steps to protect water, says study done near lake Erie

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2014/most-farmers-willing-take-steps-protect

    willing to take at least one additional action to reduce nutrient losses from their farms, provided they ... profits as well as how it will impact local water quality,” said Wilson, associate professor in the School ... profits and don’t care about water quality, farmers are generally concerned about nutrient loss and the ...

  6. Teaming up with farmers to protect Ohio’s water

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/july-august-2014/teaming-farmers-protect-ohio%E2%80%99s-water

    improve the state’s water quality. Now in its second year, the On-Field Ohio project aims to make the ... Resources. Phosphorus is an agricultural pollutant often implicated in reduced water quality in Ohio. It is ... Conservation Innovation Grant and $1 million in matching donations from Ohio farm groups are supporting the ...

  7. How do I recognize a healthy stream?

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1465/how-do-i-recognize-healthy-stream

    important because they: Improve water quality through pollutant filtration and stream shading (cooling of ... determine the health of Ohio?s surface waters (http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/). The Ohio Federation of Soil ... erosion prevention and water management (http://ofswcd.org/index.html) The Ohio State University ...

  8. Study: Spreading gypsum on farms can help keep water clean, not green

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2014/study-spreading-gypsum-farms-can-help-keep

    into a three-year study of gypsum’s benefits on farms, including to soil quality, crop yields and ... Gypsum, which has roots in the past as a farm soil treatment, also may have a bright future, and ... not just as a booster of crops but also a protector of water. OARDC scientist Warren Dick is two years ...

  9. Martin to lead Field to Faucet water program, has ‘ability to bring people together’

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/july-august-2015/martin-lead-field-faucet-water-program-has-

    while maintaining productive, profitable farming. “Solving the water quality problem in Ohio will take ... OARDC scientist Jay Martin, pictured, has been picked to lead Ohio State’s Field to Faucet water ... quality program. A response to last summer’s Toledo water crisis and the ongoing harmful algal bloom ...

  10. Wolf Creek Awareness and Resource Evaluation (WeCARE) Project

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/groups/wolf-creek-awareness-and-resource-evaluation-wecare-project

    making improvements that will lead to improvement of the quality of water within the watershed. 05040004 ... Evaluation (WeCARE) Project. It is a water quality project in progress, designed to create a workable ... management plan for the watershed through water testing and input from stakeholders concerning the quality of ...

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