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Keeping Phosphorus Out of Waterways
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/keeping-phosphorus-out-waterways
million. Almost every year, somewhere in Ohio, at least one public alert goes out about high nitrate levels ... are testing phosphorus filters that have removed up to 75 percent of the phosphorus running through ... field, rainfall percolates through layers of soil and eventually into an underground plastic pipe system ...
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February/March 2023 Department Highlights
https://fst.osu.edu/februarymarch-2023-department-highlights
celebrates graduate student success in publishing high quality research in a timely manner. Dr. Sheryl ... highlighted a joint project between Dr. ‘VM’ Bala Balasubramaniam and Dr. Abigail Snyder of Cornell University ...
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Ohio State University Extension Small Farm Program announces the 2020 Ohio New and Small Farm Colleges
participants will receive a notebook (per each $150 registration) of all resource materials, a soil test ... week. This class will be limited to the First 50 registrations. The cost of the course is $150 per ...
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Individual Studies
https://fst.osu.edu/courses/fdscte-8193
level FdScTe. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 4 completions. This course is progress graded ...
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Pancakes won’t turn you into a zombie as in HBO’s ‘The Last of Us,’ but fungi in flour have been making people sick for a long time
additives in bread but not in a powdered mix. Mycotoxins The biggest risk from fungi is not that it will ... eye on mycotoxin levels during crop production and storage. Just make sure you cook your bakery ...
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New Study Will Track Ways to Cut Runoff from Elevated Phosphorus Fields
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/new-study-will-track-ways-cut-runoff-elevated-phosphorus-fields
phosphorus field requires soil test results, and those aren’t public information; they’re often kept only ... than their crops can use. Called “elevated phosphorus fields,” such fields may be at higher risk of ... hopes to learn about those fields and lower that risk by creating new public-private partnerships. Led ...
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Farm Bill Could Help Farmers Weather Low Milk, Other Commodity Prices
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/farm-bill-could-help-farmers-weather-low-milk-other-commodity-prices
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Dairy farmers have a stronger safety net against low milk prices and high feed ... farmers will pay lower premiums for a federal program that provides them payments when the margin between ... milk prices and feed costs dips below a certain level set by the government. The top level of coverage ...
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Dig into soil health at Feb. 14 workshop
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/dig-soil-health-feb-14-workshop
on how to test your soil. “Soil testing provides a window into the soil, revealing if a plant is ... Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). The workshop, called “Digging Into Soil Health: What Tests ... CFAES’ Soil Balancing Research Team, who plan to share details on testing the soil and on ways to improve ...
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Soil health at risk on fallow fields
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/soil-health-risk-fallow-fields
risks to next year’s crops, soil experts from The Ohio State University warn. If wind or rain carry away ... fallow this year if a soil test indicates the soil is low in phosphorus, he said. Across Ohio, 1.5 ... a soil fertility specialist with Ohio State University Extension, the outreach arm of Ohio State’s College of Food, ...
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Rainy days lead to muddy, thinner cows
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/rainy-days-lead-muddy-thinner-cows
say, a high of 50 degrees to a high of 20 degrees put further stress on a cow’s body to adjust to the ... enough weight are at risk of having weak or stillborn calves and of not being able to produce enough milk ... hay tested for nutrients to see what, if anything, is lacking in it. Even if hay has all the necessary ...