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Best Management Practices for Winter Manure Application
application of nutrients to the land should be to protect water quality. No matter the size of a livestock, ... a threat to water quality. Application of manure to frozen or snow covered ground is not recommended unless ... Over the past several years, manure application to farm fields has come under additional scrutiny, ...
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The Clean Water Act, Wetlands & Stream Alteration: An Introduction
Lake City, Utah. Merritt brings fifteen years of Clean Water Act experience on the federal and state ... levels to her position, with a focus on water quality standards, 401 water quality certification, ... water quality certification) and how you can engage in that process. Resources for learning more about ...
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H2Ohio Cover Crop Usage
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-5/h2ohio-cover-crop-usage
Jamie Hampton, Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Auglaize County, Ohio State ... University Extension A collaborative approach to the issues facing Ohio’s water is how the H2Ohio website ... defines their program. Launched in 2019 as a water quality initiative to address the inflow of nutrients ...
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Northwest Ohio Water Quality Workgroup
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/groups/northwest-ohio-water-quality-workgroup
bespen@co.wood.oh.us The Northwest Ohio Water Quality Workgroup was created in 2007 to increase awareness and obtain ... a better understanding of the environmental impacts affecting the water quality in Northwest Ohio. Members ... quality in Wood County by local monitoring of a key water quality parameters including E. coli, dissolved ...
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National Dairy FARM Program to Release Animal Care Version 5
The Ohio State University The Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) program was launched in ... farmers are committed to producing high quality, safe milk with integrity. The National Dairy FARM Program ... tools that can be leveraged to improve best management practices in each respective pillar. The FARM ...
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2008 Recipients of the Dairy Science Hall of Service Awards
Dr. Maurice L. Eastridge, Extension Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University Extension (top of ... on Saturday, May 10 at the new Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center on the OSU campus in ... contribution toward the improvement of the dairy industry of Ohio, elevated the stature of dairy farmers, or ...
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Agricultural Reflections
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-3-issue-5/agricultural-reflections
on life and the world around us. It is really important to have time to reflect so that one can put ... a factory is all about. Ohio livestock farms began to consolidate in the 1980s because consumers demanded ... low-cost, high-quality products. First to consolidate in the livestock sector were the chicken farms ...
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Using Total Quality Management to Organize Labor and Work
represents a commitment to continual improvement of quality. The success of TQM is dependent on identifying ... regardless of herd size, is that it simplifies your work life because it defines the important farm quality ... Chris Zoller Extension Agent ANR/CD Tuscawaras County What is Total Quality Management? Total ...
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Upper Big Walnut Creek Water Quality Partnership
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/groups/upper-big-walnut-creek-water-quality-partnership
water resource for the City of Columbus. The goal of the partnership is to improve the water quality ... largely in response to water quality problems that impacted the integrity of the Big Walnut as a drinking ... Conservationist Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District 557-A Sunbury Rd. Delaware, OH 43015 (740) 368-1921 ...
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Valuing Bedded-Pack Manure
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-6/valuing-bedded-pack-manure
Glen Arnold, Manure Management Field Specialist, Ohio State University Extension Due to the ... captured 10 lb of manure, the application rate was 10 tons/acre. We always want to keep water quality in ... and organic matter in pen-pack manure are an excellent addition to farm fields. The most common types ...