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How Do I Become a Master Gardener?
https://hamilton.osu.edu/program-areas/master-gardener-volunteers/program-details
I Become A Master Gardener? You must be accepted to the program, attend a training class and complete 50 ... are oriented to Extension and the Master Gardener Program: Basic Botany Plant Physiology Soils and ... Soil Fertility Basic Entomology Basic Plant Pathology Plant Disease Diagnosis Integrated Pest ...
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Francesca Rotondo
https://plantpath.osu.edu/our-people/francesca-rotondo
Diagnostic Clinic, CFAES Wooster Campus. The Clinic offers a broad spectrum of testing for residential and ...
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Online tool that helps protect water is now being made even better
Maintaining soil phosphorus levels in accordance with the research-based Tri-State Fertility ... revise the Ohio Phosphorus Risk Index, an online tool that farmers can use to determine — and, if ... necessary, reduce — the risk of phosphorus being washed off their fields into water. “Balancing between ...
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CFAES is advancing our understanding of wildlife, wildlife habitat, management, and conservation for generations to come.
Human-wildlife relationships reflect the interactions between natural and social systems. As ... changing climate, unsustainable hunting levels, human-wildlife conflicts, and diminishing public support ... the reintroduction of chestnut and regeneration in oak forests. "Certain interactions between plants and ...
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Learn About the Dangers of Lead Paint
https://butler.osu.edu/news/learn-about-dangers-lead-paint
exposure is at high enough levels. According to Groundwork Ohio's Building the Way Healthier Future ... about lead assessments or testing for your child. Currently the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a risk ... 4, 5 and 6 years of age. The recommendation is to do a risk assessment, and do a blood lead level ...
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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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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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Report Shows How to Say Goodbye to Harmful Algal Blooms
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/report-shows-how-say-goodbye-harmful-algal-blooms
the 50 percent adoption level that would be necessary, Scavia said. A scenario that included enhanced ... initiative. They include subsurface fertilizer application, cover crops, fertilizing according to soil tests ... agreed to in the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the U.S. and Canada. Scientists believe ...
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Hot summer temps increase risk of heat illness
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/hot-summer-temps-increase-risk-heat-illness
the weather is warmer, you’re at a higher risk for heat illness, which can come on suddenly with many ... acknowledge the risk of heat illness include, ‘I don’t need a break,’ ‘I need to prove I can work hard,’ or ...
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Master Gardener Volunteers
https://butler.osu.edu/program-areas/master-gardener-volunteers
information about state-level Master Gardener Volunteer programs and activities is available at ... an eight-week class, and complete 50 hours of volunteer activity. ...