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Using Cover Crops to Improve Soil and Water Quality
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-57
and Dabney 1996. Cover crop benefits include: soil erosion protection, reduced nutrient leaching, ... a stream, the carrying capacity of water or the stream competence to transport soil sediment and nutrients ... increase nutrient efficiency through reduced soil erosion (less soil organic matter and soil nutrient ...
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Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2013-14
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEDE-15-14
website: aede.osu.edu/research/osu-farm-management/publications. Written Sept. 12, 2014 by Barry Ward, ... Ohio’s cropland values and rental rates. Surveyed groups include farm managers, rural appraisers, ... Top land will typically be large tracts of land with highly productive soils. "Average" land ...
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Growing Peppers in the Home Garden
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-1618
gardeners determine: Is fertilizer needed? A soil test evaluates the chemical composition or nutrient ... in moderately fertile soil. The addition of compost, peat moss or other organic material can slowly ... help improve soil texture, fertility and drainage. Alternatively, gardeners may plant peppers in ...
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Elderberry Production in Ohio
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0110
Ensure ideal soil condition and fertility. Ideal nutrient conditions are a pH level of 5.5–6.5, 50 ... monitor the soil fertility. If soil test results call for it, amend the soil with composted organic ... material to help condition the soil and improve its water and nutrient-holding capacity. The above ...
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Growing Garlic in the Garden
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-1627
feeder, requiring a high level of nutrients. Have the soil tested and analyzed for site-specific ... recommendations for fertilizer applications. Contact your local OSU Extension office for information on soil ... based on the soil test. Soils higher in organic matter will generally need fewer applied nutrients ...
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Understanding Soil Microbes and Nutrient Recycling
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/SAG-16
plant nutrients become food for the microbes in the soil. Soil organic matter (SOM) is basically all the ... the carbon and nitrogen cycles. Soil Organic Matter Nutrients The nutrients in the soil have a current ... active carbon recycle and release more nutrients for plant growth than soils that are biologically ...
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Controlling Non-Native Invasive Plants in Ohio's Forests: Autumn Olive and Russian Olive
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-69-11
a wide variety of sites including nutrient- poor soils. They are among the first plants to leaf out in ... forests or wet soils. Identification The most prominent characteristic of both species is the silvery ... viable in the soil for approximately three years. Twigs Silvery or golden brown, scaly when young, often ...
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Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2017-18
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aede-17-18
quality soils translate into higher rents. Fertility Levels: Higher fertility levels often result in ... variability of those crop returns. Soils and drainage capabilities are the two factors that most influence ... cropland values and rental rates. Professionals surveyed were farm managers, rural appraisers, agricultural ...
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Water Effects on Livestock Performance
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ANR-13
increase nutrient distribution throughout the field. Through management of available water and tank ... livestock productivity. Management of the water source can lead to more uniform distribution of nutrients ... dramatically than any other nutrient deficiency (Boyles). Water constitutes approximately 60 to 70 percent of ...
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Soil Carbon Sequestration—Fundamentals
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEX-510
accomplished by management systems that add high amounts of biomass to the soil, cause minimal soil ... matter has been lost from our cropland mainly through plowing, which makes soil more likely to erode. ... unnecessary on most soils. We know from historic agricultural research plots at the University of Illinois and ...