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  1. Ohio State, Iceland Team Up on Environmental Issues

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-state-iceland-team-environmental-issues

    Rattan Lal, a world-renown Ohio State soil scientist with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development ... academic collaborations. The collaborations are designed to help restore soil fertility, create political ... that Ohio State University researchers, in collaboration with Icelandic institutions, are striving to ...

  2. Economist to Address Reducing Nutrient Runoff in Ohio Waters

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/economist-address-reducing-nutrient-runoff-ohio-waters

    June 20, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Reducing nutrient runoff in Ohio waters may take more creative ... Farmers and producers may have to get by with fewer nutrients on crops in order to prevent more ... State's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. “We can do better than what we’ve done,” he ...

  3. Corn Stover Removal Decreases Soil Carbon, Impacts Crop

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/corn-stover-removal-decreases-soil-carbon-impacts-crop

    amount of carbon stored in the soil, and has an adverse impact on overall soil fertility and crop ... soil carbon is available," said Blanco, who is also part of the Carbon Management and ... Sequestration Center at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. His study, "Soil and crop ...

  4. Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference Invaluable for Certified Crop Advisers

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/conservation-tillage-and-technology-conference-invaluable-certified-crop-advisers

    areas of pest management, nutrient management, soil and water, crop production, and a host of other ... biofuels to nutrient management to precision agriculture. Presenters include speakers from nine ... conservation tillage. Soil and water credits are most coveted because they are the hardest to obtain. We have ...

  5. Conference Offers Training for Crop Advisers and Farmers

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/conference-offers-training-crop-advisers-and-farmers

    from nationally known experts in the field of soil conservation, nutrient management and water quality. ... feature a Train-the-Trainer program to teach soil quality management. It will be useful also for crop ... OSU Extension, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Northwest Ohio Soil and Water ...

  6. Dormant Turfgrass Still Needs a Little 'TLC'

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/dormant-turfgrass-still-needs-little-tlc

    and provide additional maintenance. Boggs said that such factors as poor soil fertility, poor mowing, ... Kentucky bluegrass, to enter dormancy to preserve water and nutrients, but stressed the importance of ... the soil. If the crown dies, the grass dies." Healthy turfgrass can tolerate up to four or five ...

  7. Green by Nature: Algae Research May Lead to New Alternative Fuel Industry in Ohio

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/green-nature-algae-research-may-lead-new-alternative-fuel-industry-ohio

    to expand this project, our staff and our research and do other collaborative work with OARDC as we move ... close to our project and our expansion plans. We see good things in the future.” OARDC is the research ... a biosystems engineer with the university’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), is working with ...

  8. New Trick in Measuring Carbon Shows Conservation Tillage Value

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-trick-measuring-carbon-shows-conservation-tillage-value

    soil carbon value more quickly.   Ohio State University agricultural engineers and soil fertility ... Rafiq Islam, an OSU South Centers at Piketon soil fertility specialist) compared carbon sequestration ... controlled traffic-- a method to manage soil compaction, whereby all farm equipment is the same width and ...

  9. Career Choice of Researcher a Benefit to Millions

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/career-choice-researcher-benefit-millions

    soil management—where there is no money for fertilizers or equipment, or such technology is not ... speak." A few of Lal's areas of research include soil processes and atmospheric greenhouse effects, ... sustainable management of soil and water resources, restoration and rehabilitation of degraded soils ...

  10. New OSU Book Helps Farmers Make Switch to Organic

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-osu-book-helps-farmers-make-switch-organic

    harvesting/handling standards. • Pest, weed, disease, crop nutrient and soil fertility management standards. ... Ohio State University.   A Transition Guide to Certified Organic Crop Management, published by the ... Organic Food and Farming Education and Research (OFFER) Program, part of the university’s Ohio ...

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