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Online tool that helps protect water is now being made even better
revise the Ohio Phosphorus Risk Index, an online tool that farmers can use to determine — and, if ... done.”—Libby Dayton An integral part of managing phosphorus The Ohio Phosphorus Risk Index is an integral part ... of Environment and Natural Resources. Through her On-Field Ohio project, she’s working to update and ...
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Good news: Ohio’s soil phosphorus levels are trending down
phosphorus in the soil should result in reduced phosphorus runoff risk,” Dayton said. “These findings show ... which came through the college’s Field to Faucet initiative, represent good news for Ohioans concerned ... that Ohio farmers are doing a good job of managing soil phosphorus levels. “While there is still room ...
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Teaming up with farmers to protect Ohio’s water
Work continues on a project to revise the Ohio Phosphorus Risk Index. The index is a planning tool ... index more accurate and to increase farmers’ management options for reducing phosphorus runoff, said ... Resources. Phosphorus is an agricultural pollutant often implicated in reduced water quality in Ohio. It is ...
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Ohio State Report Evaluates Options for Reducing Lake Erie’s Harmful Algal Blooms
Phosphorus, which includes Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus, lower oxygen levels in the lake, and result in the ... reduction goals for Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus. These results point to the need to further increase ... a higher potential of reducing phosphorus runoff. While this approach will result in accelerated gains in ...
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OARDC Impact Archive
https://oardc.osu.edu/node/1992
the risk of allergic reactions. On-Field Ohio: Rewriting Ohio’s Phosphorus Risk Index Ohio ... Conservation Service Ohio Phosphorus (P) Risk Index to be more precise in predicting the risk of phosphorus ... generates nearly $50 million a year for Ohio’s economy, and OARDC’s Ohio Center for Aquaculture Research and ...
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‘Toledo was a wakeup call’: Dean announces new water quality initiative
partnerships to leverage that.” “Ohio State is well positioned to lead the way in providing answers. But we ... Bruce McPheron, Ohio State’s vice president for agricultural administration, while speaking Sept. ... initiative, called Field to Faucet. “Toledo was a wakeup call,” said McPheron, dean of the College of Food, ...
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Food security? ‘We have to have water security first or there is no food’
Importance of Watersheds”; OARDC scientist Jay Martin on “ Field to Faucet: Impacts of Phosphorus and Steps ... conversations by saying, ‘Water is the next generation’s oil.’ I have abandoned that statement. Water is our ... oil. It is this generation’s oil. “When we talk about food security, we have to have water security ...
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Understanding Algal Blooms: State of the Science Conference
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/understanding-algal-blooms-state-science-conference
phosphorus leaves individual fields so they can target high-risk fields with best management practices,” ... are caused by a combination of warm water temperatures and high concentrations of phosphorus in the ... units of The Ohio State University – Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory, the College of Food, ...
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Food Science Grad Student Advises U.S. Policy-Makers on Global Food Security
https://fst.osu.edu/news/food-science-grad-student-advises-us-policy-makers-global-food-security
Agency for International Development's Feed the Future initiative. To read more: https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/food-science-grad-student-advises-us-policy-makers-global-food-security ... Rita Mirondo, a doctoral student in Ohio State's Department of Food Science and Technology, ... Results." The purpose of the event was to highlight advances in global food security being made by the U.S. ...
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FABE Researchers Receive $5 Million Grant to Study Runoff from Elevated Phosphorus Fields
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some farm fields in northwest Ohio’s Maumee River watershed have more phosphorus ... than their crops can use. Called “elevated phosphorus fields,” such fields may be at higher risk of ... phosphorus field requires soil test results, and those aren’t public information; they’re often kept only ...