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Aug 7, 2024
Soil health related field days in Ohio have been added to the August calendar and a new Ohioline factsheet is available on how soil health responds to gypsum application based on Ohio-based research trials.
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Nov 6, 2020
The Ohio No-Till Conference on Dec. 3 will be a hybrid conference, changing as needed with COVID-19 conditions. Pre-registered attendees will gather at Der Dutchan Restaurant in Plain City, Ohio. Registration is limited to 140 participants with a November 25 deadline. The event will also be broadcast live online by Ohio Ag Net, on Facebook.com/OhioNoTill, and on the OhioNo-TillCouncil.com website.
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Jun 24, 2019
Hardin County – Do you have questions about what cover crops should be used on Prevented Planting acres? Do you have concerns about weed control for unplanted fields? What are the rules regarding crop insurance and planting forages to be used for grazing, cutting, and haying for livestock? Get these and other questions answered this Thursday, June 27. The Ohio No-Till Council, in cooperation with OSU Extension will host a meeting at Ohio Northern University Mcintosh Center in Ada. The address is 402 West College Avenue, Ada, Ohio 45810. The meeting will be from 6:30 to 9:00 pm
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Mar 18, 2019
By Vinayak Shedekar
The Conference on Connections Between SOIL HEALTH & HUMAN HEALTH was organized Oct. 16-17, 2018 at Silver Spring, Maryland. Here is a series of videos from the conference.
Details of the conference are at: https://soilhealthinstitute.org/humanhealthconference/
Watch Videos of all presentations at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdFVkeklZuqzXJwiWGU2j1WjiA2F5daFP
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Nov 30, 2018
By Dr. Tom Worley
OSU South Centers Director
and Alan Sundermeier
Wood County Extension Educator
Within the framework of the Civilian Research Defense Foundation (CRDF)-funded Ukrainian-US project entitled “Impact of sustainable agricultural management practices on soil quality and crop productivity,” workshops and meetings were organized in Kherson, Ukraine as part of International Field Day “XXI century - Climate-Smart Agriculture.”
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Nov 30, 2018
By Dr. Rafiq Islam
Soil, Water, & BioEnergy Program Leader
The Ohio State University is actively involved in capacity building of the research, education, and Extension activities at the Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences-Jiamusi located in the Peoples Republic of China.
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Nov 30, 2018
By Dr. Rafiq Islam
Soil, Water, & BioEnergy Program Leader
Dr. Rafiq Islam attended and delivered a presentation entitled “Rethinking Agriculture in the 21st Century: Growing Healthy Food with One Health Vision” at the Plenary Session of the Ohio One Health Symposium, which was held at Drake Performance and Event Center on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus on November 1-2.
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Nov 30, 2018
By Dr. Rafiq Islam
Soil, Water, & BioEnergy Program Leader
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Nov 27, 2018
In 2016, The Ohio State University Office of International Affairs partnered with the Office of Research and Planning to assess the Fulbright Scholar Program. The Office of International Affairs has released a full-length report detailing the findings of the study and outlining recommendations going forward.
Below you can access the full report, a one-pager of the Executive Summary and Recommendations, and an endorsement letter from Executive Vice President and Provost Bruce McPheron and Vice Provost for Academic Programs W. Randy Smith.
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Aug 22, 2018
By Rafiq Islam, PhD
Soil, Water and Bioenergy Resources Program
Several members of our Soil, Water, and Bioenergy Resources Program staff and The Ohio State University Extension educators recently organized a field day on “Hands-on Soil Health” for farmers and two-day “Advanced Soil Health Systems” workshops for USDA-NRCS personnel in Indiana. The field day and workshops were held in Wenning Farms, Greensburg, and Brocksmith Farms, Vincennes, Indiana, respectively from July 24 to 26, 2018.
