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‘Toledo was a wakeup call’: Dean announces new water quality initiative
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. ...
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Most farmers willing to take steps to protect water, says study done near lake Erie
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 ...
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Teaming up with farmers to protect Ohio’s 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 ...
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Western Ohio Precision Ag Day
https://darke.osu.edu/events/western-ohio-precision-ag-day
also talk about a 5 th R, right data.” “It’s about improving water quality, increasing efficiency and ... July 12 Western Ohio Precision Agriculture Day hosted by Ohio State University Extension, Darke and ... Miami County in partnership with Dr. John Fulton, Precision Agriculture Specialist, The Ohio State ...
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Study: Spreading gypsum on farms can help keep water clean, not green
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 ...
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Martin to lead Field to Faucet water program, has ‘ability to bring people together’
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 ...
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Online tool that helps protect water is now being made even better
protecting Ohio surface water quality while maintaining agricultural production is a charge we take ... seriously,” she said. “I am increasingly optimistic that it can be done.” “Protecting water quality while ... runoff is one of the causes of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie and other bodies of water. To contact ...
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EPN Breakfast Club
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/epn-breakfast-club
and Others in the Ohio River Basin Establish the World’s Largest Water Quality Trading Program” is ... from 7:15 to 9:40 a.m. Feb. 23 in the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center at The Ohio State ... the School of Environment and Natural Resources in Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and ...
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Seeing (and using) the good in manure and keeping our water clean, too
Called Field to Faucet, it aims to ensure safe water for all Ohioans while keeping the state’s farms ... manure is a positive step in the direction of better water quality.” “Every positive step we take in ... properly applying manure is a positive step in the direction of better water quality.”—Glen Arnold ...
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Western Nutrient Management and Placement Field Day
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/western-nutrient-management-and-placement-field-day
runoff from their fields, said co-organizer Greg LaBarge, an agronomic field specialist with Ohio State ... Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University. Learn all about the ‘4 Rs’ Participants ... water quality will be covered. The field demos will show various fertilizer and manure application ...