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Study: Spreading gypsum on farms can help keep water clean, not green
plants. Gypsum also provides calcium and sulfur, nutrients that can improve the soil and crop yields. ... Gypsum, which has roots in the past as a farm soil treatment, also may have a bright future, and ... into a three-year study of gypsum’s benefits on farms, including to soil quality, crop yields and ...
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Field to Faucet making strides in improving Ohio’s water quality
address the water quality problem and accelerate our research to reduce the amount of nutrients coming off ... nutrient runoff in side-by-side fields, each under different management systems. To contact the source: Jay ... initiative includes research, training and education, all designed to ensure safe drinking water while ...
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Ohio Cropland Values, Cash Rent and More
manage soil fertility, soil quality, water, weeds, pests, diseases, biodiversity and wildlife in an ... agroecosystem. This resource analyzes cover crops ideal for Southest Ohio. Farm Management Decision Tools Click ...
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Wooster Science Building
https://oardc.osu.edu/facility/wooster-science-building
1600 Wilson Rd, Wooster, OH 44691 Wooster Science Building The facility houses the research ...
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Water Quality
https://oardc.osu.edu/impacts/water-quality
fertilizer in the soil where crops can use it and to apply only what is needed for growing crops. ... algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other bodies of water in recent years. Researchers at The Ohio State ...
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Introductory Workshop on Aquaculture and Aquaponics
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/introductory-workshop-aquaculture-and-aquaponics
a marriage of two systems – aquaculture and hydroponics,” he said. “Nutrient-rich fish wastewater fertilizes ... Ohio needs more fish farmers, and researchers at the Ohio Center for Aquaculture Research and ... Introduction to pond and RAS Business planning for new aquaculture/aquaponics ventures Water quality management ...
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And now for a really big show: See latest ag tech, innovations
latest research on improving a farm’s bottom line, said Chuck Gamble, manager of the show, which is ... research arm. “When you talk about technology and innovation, that’s what farmers are looking for and what ... advance their farm operations. “We’ll offer information on new markets, such as growing hops to locally ...
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History
https://oardc.osu.edu/about/history
directing research on the station land. The budget was a meager $3000 per year. The work went slowly and was ... Cooperative Experimentation at the research station. The following year the university hired Mr. A.B. Graham ... The era of Director Thorne was one of farm land reclamation, fertilizers, horses and steam power. The ...
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Teaming up with farmers to protect Ohio’s water
in terms of phosphorus runoff. Data is being collected on soils, farmers’ management practices, and ... that farmers use to predict phosphorus runoff from their fields, know their management options and ... index more accurate and to increase farmers’ management options for reducing phosphorus runoff, said ...
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OARDC Impacts
https://oardc.osu.edu/about/oardc-impacts
for research on disease management. This work impacts virus disease manage management in a global food ... done: The Ohio State University and United States Department of Agriculture researchers conducted ... viruses are spread. Results: New, critical information for wheat management was discovered, including two ...