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New Test Simplifies Soil Quality Assessment
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-test-simplifies-soil-quality-assessment
simplified test would enable users to measure soil quality directly on site and make soil management ... Agriculture. "With this test anyone can monitor the quality of their soil right in the field and measure ... "It's not meant to replace the commercial soil tests, but it's just another tool for farmers who ...
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Learn about Online First Detector Training at Conservation Tillage Conference
or locally occurring high-risk pests that could spell trouble for the nation's crops and ... provide an update on high-risk and high-consequence pests of concern to Ohio and surrounding states. ... McIntosh Center of Ohio Northern University in Ada. Early registration (before Feb. 15) is $50 for one day ...
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Southern Ohio Corn May be at Risk for Stewart's Wilt
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/southern-ohio-corn-may-be-risk-stewarts-wilt
March 17, 2008 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Southern Ohio's corn crop may face a high risk of ... and spread by adult flea beetles. Based on the flea beetle index, conducted by Ohio State University ... populations are predicted to be high in southern Ohio, and low to moderate in northern and west central Ohio. ...
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Improve Soil Quality with New OSU Extension Tool
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/improve-soil-quality-new-osu-extension-tool
and soil quality is usually characterized by high levels of active carbon. Active carbon includes ... maintaining healthy soils. "This CD addresses the relationship between soil health and plant health to ... on how to use the OSU Extension Soil Quality Test Kit. The kit, developed by OSU Extension soil and ...
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Ohio Growers Looking to Double Profits with One System
October 29, 2007 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Based on historically high futures market prices of wheat and ... increase throughout the state next season. Historically high futures prices of $6.75 per bushel for wheat ... following wheat harvest in the same field. Relay intercropping involves planting soybeans between 15-inch ...
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Nature Now
https://ocvn.osu.edu/news/nature-now
active as they represent the biggest overlap in activity between many of our amphibians (which are most ...
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Agriculture Conservation Practitioner
farming, reduces climate change risks, and protect our soil and water resources now and into the future. ... The strategy centers on: Climate Adaptation and Mitigation, Soil Health and Nutrient Management, and ... outcomes to support current soil health and nutrient management programs focused on peer-to peer farmer led ...
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Moisture Stress Biggest Limiting Factor in Crop Production
"Ohio is fortunate in that medium textured soils are common in the state, and many Ohio soils have high ... a little over an inch of that is available to plants. Slater said the ideal soils are medium textured, such ... scenario. Consistent springtime soil moisture failed to promote root growth to its fullest water-exploring ...
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Phosphorus Risk to Water? Seminar Thursday (1/27) on How to Gauge It
Phosphorus Risk Index is a field-based planning tool that integrates soil properties, hydrology and ... a Phosphorus Risk Index Framework in Ohio” from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday (1/27) as part of the school’s ... agricultural management practices to assess the risk of phosphorus movement from soil to water, according to ...
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Chow Line: Vitamin D and heart health: jury still out
blood levels of vitamin D might be a separate risk factor for heart disease. But-- and this is a big ... concern that Americans 50 and older are at risk of not getting enough vitamin D to maintain bone health. ... with the lowest levels of vitamin D in their blood at the beginning of the study had twice the risk of ...