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  1. Soil Health Workshops

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/soil-health-workshops-1

    soil health and maximizing cover crops. The workshops are a joint effort with Ohio State University ... Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The workshops will provide farmers with an overview of soil ecology ... program leader for the Healthy Soil Healthy Environment program with OSU Extension. The day-long program ...

  2. Chow Line: Growing Giant Pumpkins

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/chow-line-growing-giant-pumpkins

    water. Fertilizer and lime: When planting, you’ll need to have the soil tested to determine whether lime ... several hours of daily sunlight and access to water, considering that pumpkins require large amounts of ... and fertilizers are needed based on your soil requirements.  Planting and space requirements: The ...

  3. Ohio State’s Rattan Lal Receives International Agriculture Award

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/ohio-state%E2%80%99s-rattan-lal-receives-international-agriculture-award

    ability of soil to address such global challenges as climate change, food security and water quality. The ... NANJING, China — Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State ... Iceland, and is the current president of the Vienna-based 60,000-member  International Union of Soil ...

  4. Farmers need to gear up for more rain

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/farmers-need-gear-more-rain

    State University. As a result, the state's farmers will have to deal with more and more water ... pouring onto and running off of their fields, and that could threaten the quality of water downstream, ... first half of the 20th century, Wilson said. Warmer temperatures have led to a greater amount of water ...

  5. Helping farmers know their bottom line

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/helping-farmers-know-their-bottom-line

    the Thomases had the financial projections and analysis to show that it was likely the right move. ... They used information from several years of analysis done through the Ohio Farm Business Analysis and ... part of their business. The business analysis program is designed to help Ohio farmers achieve ...

  6. 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

    soil matters, such as the types and rates of fertilizer to apply — and some of the farmers they work ... organizations can work together to address an important unknown. By doing so, this will improve water quality ... many miles wide, and threaten recreation, tourism, drinking water safety and people’s health. The ...

  7. Chocolate chemistry – a food scientist explains how the beloved treat gets its flavor, texture and tricky reputation as an ingredient

    https://fst.osu.edu/news/chocolate-chemistry-%E2%80%93-food-scientist-explains-how-beloved-treat-gets-its-flavor-texture-and

    powdered cocoa more soluble in water. But when the beans are at a higher pH during roasting, it changes the ...

  8. Ohio State Organic Experts Among OEFFA Conference Speakers

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-organic-experts-among-oeffa-conference-speakers

    to limit soil erosion, improve soil health, cut the risk of water contamination and increase ... soils, sometimes present in cities, healthy for urban farming. How a new perennial grain could have ... double uses, as food for people and forage for livestock, and also double benefits, helping soil and ...

  9. Ohio State expert warns about effect of rock salt on plants

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-expert-warns-about-effect-rock-salt-plants

    salt content changes the chemistry of the soil so that plants can’t absorb water and the roots dry ... lowers the freezing point of the ice by creating a solution of water and salt.  However, this salt has ...

  10. 2019 Ohio Hop Conference

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/2019-ohio-hop-conference

    This conference will cover topics including quality, sensory analysis, maximizing yields, and ...

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