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  1. Study: Spreading gypsum on farms can help keep water clean, not green

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2014/study-spreading-gypsum-farms-can-help-keep

    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 ...

  2. Field to Faucet making strides in improving Ohio’s water quality

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/january-february-2016/field-faucet-making-strides-improving-ohio

    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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Research Resources

    https://oardc.osu.edu/resources

    OARDC's Research Profile Ohio State is one of only a few universities in the U.S. that, in ... agriculture. Research activities are emerging from departmental and college silos and occurring within ... Collaboration and partnership are the watchwords for the future and through these, solutions to our greatest ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. And now for a really big show: See latest ag tech, innovations

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/september-october-2014/and-now-really-big-show-see-latest-ag-tech

    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 ...

  7. Teaming up with farmers to protect Ohio’s water

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/july-august-2014/teaming-farmers-protect-ohio%E2%80%99s-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 ...

  8. Hervida 4-H Camp 100th Anniversary Celebration

    https://washington.osu.edu/news/hervida-4-h-camp-100th-anniversary-celebration

    our beloved Camp Hervida. Everyone is invited and welcome to join in the festivities! A weekend full ...

  9. Scarlet, gray make a brownfield green: OARDC team turns waste into soil

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/march-april-2016/scarlet-gray-make-brownfield-green-oardc-team

    pathogens and full of nutrients that help plants grow. In this case, the sewage came from Chicago’s sanitary ... sewer system. In test plots at the site, a biosolids-based soil blend made by Basta and team worked ... better than a wood-chip-based compost at supporting plants and beneficial soil organisms. The slag is ...

  10. 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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