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OARDC Receives $6.5M Grant for Bioenergy, Biofuel Research
while improving soil fertility and crop yield. To that extent, Bhavik Bakshi, a researcher in Ohio State's ... December 15, 2014 Project will research production of biogas from yard waste, corn residue and ... University's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) has received a $6.5 million grant from ...
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Ag. Technology Program Part of Conservation Conference
soil fertility, water quality, insect and disease management, strip-till research, value-added farming, ... growers, researchers and industry professionals deal with on a day-to-day basis.â The half-day program ... verification technologies for fertilizer, pesticide or manure applications that are used in specialty crop ...
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Crawford/Huron Agronomy Day Slated for December 11
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/crawfordhuron-agronomy-day-slated-december-11
November 27, 2007 WILLARD, Ohio-- Managing crop fertilizer inputs, examining corn hybrids for ... fertility short course presented by OSU Extension soil fertility specialist Robert Mullen; use of foliar ... insect management, and evaluating the payback to corn or soybean fungicide applications will be among the ...
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Ohio State Receives $2.6M NSF Grant for Unique Research in Africa's Threatened Sahel Region
our previous NSF-funded research in the region, we have discovered that these shrubs play ... also expect this research could lead to a new way to remediate polluted soils by taking advantage of ... vast experience managing international development, research and outreach projects in many other ...
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Ammonia
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1534
levels in well water. Water contaminated with sewage, animal wastes or fertilizer runoff may contain ... elevated levels of ammonia. Ammonia is very soluble in water. Because of its solubility, excessive soil ... ammonia may penetrate into deeper soils and eventually reach groundwater. In some soils part of the ...
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Putting Farmers in Driver's Seat of Precision Ag Technology
• Managing data more effectively. • How to make use of various data sets for map creation, soil sampling and ... yield data, soil sampling and analysis, making fertility recommendations, working with other data ... use the data in management decision-making. "Precision Agriculture Data Management, Analysis, and ...
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Cash for Manure? Workshop Looks at Ways to Clean Up Grand Lake St. Marys
still have the same amount of manure, so we need to look at ways of reducing our nutrient loads,” said ... features new technologies for turning livestock waste into sellable fuel, fertilizers and bioresins. It’s ... “Farmers can adopt these technologies, sell their manure for a profit, and reduce their nutrients,” Hoorman ...
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Nutrient Management and Edge of Field Monitoring Conference (Memphis, TN)
The Nutrient Management and Edge of Field Monitoring Conference will provide an opportunity for ... research, nutrient reduction strategies and activities, and conservation programs that have been successful ... researchers, conservation professionals, and farmers from across the nation to discuss edge of field monitoring ...
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Following Harvest, Farmers Have Plenty of Work Ahead
Guide.” Watters said that while fertility and weed management activities have been delayed due to the ... Eastern Corn Belt, the work is just getting started on many farms, with fertilizer, herbicide and tillage ... productive this fall. He noted that in addition to fertilizer applications to improve the fertility of the ...
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Algae Blooms and Land Use Practices
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/resources/best-practices/algae-blooms-and-land-use-practices
and how they may help reduce nutrient losses from agricultural lands while improving soil quality. ... This webinar was offered in February of 2011 as part of the webinar series "Research to ... lead to algae blooms in lake environments. Jim Hoorman will review the latest research on cover crops ...