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The OSU Food Safety Program – What Can It Do for You?
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/osu-food-safety-program-%E2%80%93-what-can-it-do-you
Growing hops and barley crops is an increasingly popular way to generate additional income from ... the farm. But before growers decide to devote some acreage to these new crops, they need to understand ... be a $20,000 per acre investment just to get started,” he said. “Hops and barley crops are having ...
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Water Quality
https://oardc.osu.edu/impacts/water-quality
achieve high levels of productivity while reducing input usage and cost. The key is to keep more ... fertilizer in the soil where crops can use it and to apply only what is needed for growing crops ...
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Study: Spreading gypsum on farms can help keep water clean, not green
not just as a booster of crops but also a protector of water. OARDC scientist Warren Dick is two years ... into a three-year study of gypsum’s benefits on farms, including to soil quality, crop yields and ... reducing phosphorus runoff. So far, he said, farm fields in his study treated with gypsum are seeing an ...
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OARDC Impact Archive
https://oardc.osu.edu/node/1992
produce renewable fuel from organic waste and bioenergy crops via a patent-pending technology developed by ... diseases and to safeguard our food production system has led to the creation of a startup company, LARAD ... Development works to further advance it with studies to improve the genetics, nutrition and production of ...
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Wheat Field Day
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Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University during Wheat Field Day June 21. The ... far this year, we have the potential for a pretty good wheat crop, but we’ve still got a long way to ... according to the April 25 Ohio Crop Report from the U. S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural ...
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Ohio No-Till Summer Field Day
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sessions at the field day will address the use of cover crops in no-till systems, Reeder said. Participants ... said. At the field day, participants will be able to see how cover crops affect the soil underground, ... health. Done properly, no-till systems can meet or exceed conventional tilled crop yields while reducing ...
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Environmental Quality
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The environment touches us in many ways: trees in yards, crops in fields, lakes and streams, and ...
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Pumpkin Field Night
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jack-o-lantern, colored pumpkins, pie pumpkins and specialty pumpkin cultivars during a Sept. 15 field night ... Shyville Road, Piketon, the Pumpkin Field Day will also offer growers the newest research on pumpkin pest ... Gardner said. “In addition to offering information on pumpkin crop management, we’ll also offer growers ...
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OFFER Field Day
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/offer-field-day
field day will start at West Badger Farm located at 1501 Apple Creek Road/County Road 44 between Wooster ... go south 1.1 miles on Apple Creek Road. Look for OFFER Field Day signs on the west side of Apple ... Creek Road between Ely Road and Secrest Road. Participants interested in vegetable production will ...
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Pollinators
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crops. But hard winters, habitat loss, unintended pesticide impacts and other environmental factors have ... — and in the process, securing farmers’ income and food production — is among the key work being done by ...