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  1. OSU Extension Training Reaches Nearly 1 Million Acres Toward Improving Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/osu-extension-training-reaches-nearly-1-million-acres-toward-improving-water-quality

    a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. “Education is a key component for helping farmers manage nutrients ... certification, OSU Extension is planning on-farm research focused on nutrient management. Nutrient Stewardship ... management. “Farmers want to avoid the negative financial impact on their crop production due to nutrient ...

  2. Oct. 14: How to Stop Algal Blooms, Keep Drinking Water Safe

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/oct-14-how-stop-algal-blooms-keep-drinking-water-safe

    for her work with farmers to reduce nutrient runoff into Lake Erie. The second panel will focus on ... a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. The event’s first panel will ... are the focus of an Oct. 14 program called “Ohio’s Water Resources and Citizens at Risk: Ag-related ...

  3. Seeing (and using) the good in manure and keeping our water clean, too

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2015/seeing-and-using-good-manure-and-keeping

    algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other water bodies. The issue made headlines in summer 2014 when ... toxins from a western Lake Erie algal bloom caused a two-day water use ban in Toledo. Experts think such ... This year’s  Manure Science Review  had a crystal-clear focus on water. The annual learning event, ...

  4. NOAA, partners predict severe harmful algal bloom for Lake Erie

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/noaa-partners-predict-severe-harmful-algal-bloom-for-lake-erie

    western Lake Erie harmful algal bloom season will be among the most severe in recent years and could ... develop from west to east in the Lake Erie Western Basin, beginning this month. It is important to note ... a media event and science presentation at Ohio State University’s Stone Lab on Lake Erie today. “This is ...

  5. Multimillion-dollar pilot watershed project set for NW Ohio

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/multimillion-dollar-pilot-watershed-project-set-for-nw-ohio

    ’s water quality goals focus on reducing nutrient runoff from agricultural fields in the lake’s watershed, ... scale—can help meet Lake Erie’s water quality goals. The Regional Conservation Partnership Program, part of ... Preserve Lake Erie, maintain farm productivity The new project “targets the ultimate goal of preserving ...

  6. CFAES Researcher Part of New Project Studying Conservation Incentives, Farming Practices

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cfaes-researcher-part-new-project-studying-conservation-incentives-farming-practices

    blooms and oxygen-free “dead zones” in the Great Lakes, including Lake Erie. Key among those nutrients ... Lakes. The new project will help decision-makers “understand the current and potential future impact of ... people rely on the Great Lakes for tourism, drinking water, business and more. Wilson will compile survey ...

  7. Manure Event to Show New Ways to Boost Both Crops and Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/manure-event-show-new-ways-boost-both-crops-and-water-quality

    water bodies. “Nutrient management and water quality are critical issues, and understanding their ... Adviser, 3.0 Soil and Water Management continuing education units and 2.5 Nutrient Management CEUs; and ... Arnold, field specialist in manure nutrient management systems with Ohio State University Extension. “As ...

  8. Annual Congressional Assistant's Tour comes to Waterman Farm

    https://waterman.osu.edu/annual-congressional-assistants-tour-comes-waterman-farm

    about nutrients, water and environmental issues related to agricultural management and nutrients ... held their annual tour on the Columbus campus at Ohio State University. The tour had a focus on Lake ... and sediment loading to Lake Erie and the Gulf of Mexico. ...

  9. OCAMM odds & ends

    https://ocamm.osu.edu/news/ocamm-odds-ends

    Carolina, swine facilities have been the focus of regulations designed to reduce nutrient impacts on water ... Manager: N utrient stewardship in the Western Lake Erie Basin. A recent survey of farmers in the basin ... News and more from the manure and composting worlds: From the North Central Region Water Network: ...

  10. Manure practices, not glamorous, can be a star for both food crops and water

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/september-october-2014/manure-practices-not-glamorous-can-be-star

    OSU Extension field specialist in manure nutrient management. The program emphasized practices and new ... Ohio Livestock Coalition, an event sponsor. “Nutrient management and water quality are critical ... fertilizer and manure is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other water bodies. Lake ...

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