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  1. Knowledge Exchange – See What is New

    https://extops.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/news-and-notes/january-27-2022/knowledge-exchange-%E2%80%93-see-what-new

    within larger themes of water quality, food security, farm stress, and health. Visit the current research ... explore, and engage with the world-class research from CFAES at Ohio State. Collaborations: KX actively ... partners with researchers, Extension professionals, and other colleges at Ohio State. Our goal? To bring ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. Efficient Lawn Care Practices to Help Protect Ohio’s Waterways

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5812

    remove. Therefore, one way we can contribute to improving water quality is by preventing nutrients from ... algae and water quality. Fertilizer nutrients are especially harmful. Ohio needs everyone’s help to ... improve Ohio waters and minimize nutrient contamination. Read on for tips on how to maximize lawncare ...

  4. Using Cover Crops to Improve Soil and Water Quality

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-57

    soil compaction decreases and soil quality improves with time. Cover crops may be utilized to improve ... crop establishment and killing. Cover crops improve soil and water quality. May reduce nutrient and ... improve soil and water quality. Community of Soil Science Plant Analysis, 32 (7 & 8), 1221–1250. ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Livestock Water Development

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ANR-12

    Specialist, Beef Livestock Management, Dr. Karen Mancl, Ohio State Professor and Extension Water Quality ... improves the distribution of water and preserves water quality. The Water Trough or Tank Figure 1. Heavy ... individually to water, a tank that allows two to four percent of the animals to drink at one time and a flow ...

  7. Phosphorus Nutrient Management for Yield and Reduced P Loss at Edge of Field

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/agf-509

    delay application one (or more) growing seasons, if needed. WATER QUALITY —The greatest risk for event ... more than 0.5 inches of rainfall. Use the Ohio P risk index, field scale hydrology/water quality ... hydrologic and water quality models. For sites with predicted high P losses, consider one or more of the ...

  8. Checklist for Business Success: Organic Vegetable Production

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ANR-28

    ANR-28 Agriculture and Natural Resources 02/06/2015 Dr. Subbu Kumarappan, Ohio State ATI, 1328 ... — Mechanization can reduce labor intensity in organic farms; but the farms may be forced to specialize in one or ... concerns. Regular training on production and customer service concepts can improve farm profits.   Proximity ...

  9. Oilseed Radish Cover Crop

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/SAG-5

    SAG-5 Agriculture and Natural Resources 04/17/2008 Alan Sundermeier, Ohio State University ... Extension, Wood County, Ohio Oilseed radish is a unique cover crop that farmers are planting to improve their ... time. Capturing and recycling of excess soil nutrients in biomass is one of the most important features ...

  10. Environmental Professionals Network

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/events

    For the first time in our state’s history the open waters of western Lake Erie have been deemed ... our state’s leading universities to help the Ohio EPA assess whether the open waters of Lake Erie met federal ... and state water quality goals, as well as key lessons learned from water quality management in the ...

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