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Ohio State Shares in $20M USDA Grant for Sustainability of Corn Production in the Midwest
said Robert Mullen, OARDC and OSU Extension soil fertility and nutrient management specialist. ... authority on the impact of carbon sequestration on soil fertility and sustainability, and Kristie Lekis, ... $3 million. The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), OSU Extension, and the ...
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Sequestering Carbon in Costa Rican Agriculture to Mitigate Climate Change
the lab for the next two months in order to explore how fertilization management might affect soil ... I am particularly interested in the soil-plant continuum and how the management of these components ... researchers and visiting scholars, I’m broadening my knowledge in soil carbon stability, effects of soil ...
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300-Bushel Corn? Learn More at the Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference
production management topics including cover crops, soil fertility, nutrient management, crop management ... which includes information on fertility, weed control, fungicides, geography, soil types and water ... strip-till, and managing risk. "We'll be looking at some of the tools, cultural practices, and ...
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Corn Residue an Option if Forage Supplies are Short
Robert Mullen, an OSU Extension soil fertility specialist. "The actual amounts of nitrogen, ... McCutcheon. "We can also help our pastures by fertilizing. Fall is an excellent time to fertilize. Proper ... soil pH and adequate soil nutrients will enhance forage competitiveness." For the latest ...
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Look to Soil Tests, Not Yields When Making Fertilizer Applications
University Extension soil fertility specialist, said that producers should look to soil tests to determine ... potassium applications last year due to high fertilizer prices, but don't let bumper corn and soybean ... the level of potassium and phosphorus in the soil, then decide whether or not an application is ...
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Soybean School Focuses on Increasing Yields
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-school-focuses-increasing-yields
covering soil and water; nutrient and manure management; advanced scouting techniques; cover crops; crop ... Mullen, OSU Extension soil fertility specialist. "There's some indication that maybe we're ... specialists and scientists with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, soybean experts from ...
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Drainage Technology Can Better Manage Crops, Protect Environment
through the soil. "Such data teaches farmers how to best use the structures for nutrient management ... takes to manage crop nutrients while protecting the environment. The sub-surface drainage structure ... allowing Sullivan to more accurately manage crop nutrients, such as nitrogen, and keep pollutants out of ...
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Farmers Can Take Steps to Decrease Manure Pathogens in Runoff
movement of pathogens and nutrients from the soil surface to the field drain tiles, with potential ... available demonstrating the transport of manure pathogens through no-till soils. Fertilizer chemicals and ... nutrients are also readily transported through no-till soils via macropores from the surface to drain tiles. ...
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Increasing Yields by Suppressing Soilborne Pests via Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation Documented by Ram Khadka’s Dissertation
in Plant Pathology Sally A. Miller. Anaerobic soil disinfestation is the relatively new process they ... employed, amending the soil with organic matter, then flooding and covering the soil to promote conditions ... initiative. Khadka plans to resume his work at the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC). Dissertation ...
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ECO Farming: A New Farming System for the 21st Century
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/eco-farming-new-farming-system-21st-century
“The goal is to protect the soil from soil erosion, increase water infiltration, and decrease nutrient ... mining it of nutrients, destroying soil structure and losing 60 to 80 percent of soil organic matter,” ... Continuous living cover, and Other best management practices,” said Jim Hoorman, assistant professor with OSU ...