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  1. 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. ...

  2. Livestock Resources

    https://wayne.osu.edu/program-areas/agriculture-and-natural-resources/livestock-resources

    Buckeye Dairy News Heat Stress Abatement Techniques for Dairy Cattle Ohio Dairy Industry Resources Center ... Productivity: A Review Sheep and Goats Ohio Sheep Team- OSU Extension Ohio Sheep Improvement Association ... Livestock production in an important part of agriculture in Wayne County. According to Ohio ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Increased Dairy Cow Productivity and Reduced Environmental Impact

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/increased-dairy-cow-productivity-and-reduced-environmental-impact

    2017 to 2007.   The authors of the article point out that with increased attention on water quality and ... 2.9% of GHG emissions.  Regarding US dairy production, the authors state that the GHG emissions per one ... A 2019 Journal of Animal Science article entitled “The effects of improved performance in the U.S. ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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 ...

  10. Forestry Terms for Ohio Forest Landowners

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/f-0104

    forests’ contributions to not only the Ohio economy, but also wildlife habitat, water quality, and ... benefits such as improved water and air quality, conserved ground and surface water, increased soil health, ... Forestry Specialist; Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; Ohio State University Extension H. ...

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