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Interdisciplinary Programs
https://oardc.osu.edu/research-resources/interdisciplinary-programs
nutrients, reduce the need for chemical fertilizer and pesticide inputs, improve soil fertility, reduce odor ...
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Study: Spreading gypsum on farms can help keep water clean, not green
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 ... average 55-percent reduction in soluble phosphorus runoff, based on tests of water samples collected from ...
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Wheat Field Day
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/wheat-field-day-0
on June 1 as well as take a tour of several of the trial test plots. The event will feature ... the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center have some four acres of test plots at the farm, ... performances of several wheat varieties, the trials also focus on seeding rates, plant pathology and soil ...
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Utilizing Genomic Selection to Accelerate the Pace of Developing FHB Resistant Wheat Varieties
soft winter wheat lines. The populatlon was evaluated for lncklence (INC). severity (SEV). index (IND). ... Fusarium damaged kernel (FOK). kernel damage index (ISK). and deoxynlvalenol concentration (DON) in ...
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New buzz on bees and crops: New answers, more questions, ‘good potential’ for joint research
their hives, where it carries a risk to young bees. In another study, Johnson and a colleague found that ... 47 percent of the Ohio honey they tested had pollen from soybeans present in it. “We know that bees ...
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Organic Crop Field Day
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/organic-crop-field-day
various aspects of agronomic, specialty and cover crops. A featured topic will be soil management using ... the soil balancing philosophy, an idea described by William Albrecht in The Albrecht Papers which says ... that ideal soils contain 60-75 percent calcium, 10-20 percent magnesium and 2-5 percent potassium on ...
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Recent paper: States’ renewable energy standards work — they help cut carbon emissions
state-level implementation of renewable portfolio standards (RPSs) in the U.S. reduced national carbon ... Resources for the Future, is the first to look at the link between RPSs and carbon intensity — measured in ... reduce our state-level carbon emissions.”—Samantha Sekar ‘Significant’ cuts already, even more possible ...
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Important Issues in Water Quality and Nutrient Placement Conference
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/important-issues-water-quality-and-nutrient-placement-conference
the Soil and Water Conservation Society and $50 for nonmembers. Registration for students is $20. The ... climatology and environmental economics during a workshop and annual conference hosted by the Soil and Water ... Conference participants are eligible for 4 hours of Soil and Water Management credit in the Ohio Certified ...
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New book, backed by citizen science, shows state of birds in Ohio
A highly anticipated new book sheds light on the state of the Buckeye State’s birds. The Second ... complex relationships between species distributions and land use,” he said. Researchers in the school also ... complex relationships between species distributions and land use.”—Matt Shumar Took a thousand volunteers, ...
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Seeing (and using) the good in manure and keeping our water clean, too
manure while minimizing the risk of them entering lakes and streams. Co-hosted by OARDC, it was for ... farmers and others in the industry. “Manure is an excellent soil amendment and provides nutrients for crop ...