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Jul 8, 2025
The North American Manure Expo will be occuring in Ohio this summer on July 30th and 31st at the Fulton County Fairgrounds. The event will showcase manure haulers, applicators, and nutrient management discussions. Visitors will get an opportunity to learn, network, and observe new technology and research in manure arena. For more information and registration, visit: https://www.manureexpo.ca/
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Jul 8, 2025
A soil health and water management field day is upcoming in Lima, OH. The event is scheduled for Aug 28, 2025 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. The field day will feature discussions on cover crops, soil fertility, drainage water recycling, irrigation, and saturated buffers. Contact Vinayak Shedekar (shedekar.1@osu.edu) for additional details.
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Nov 17, 2025
Are you interested in learning innovative ways to improve soil health and farm profits? Yes! Make sure to register for the 2026 Soil Health Webinar series, held Thursdays each month from January through April. In this series, extension educators, industry personnel, and academic experts will discuss science-backed practical strategies to boost crop yields, farm profitability, and environment quality. This year, we are featuring a wide variety of soil health topics relevant to row crop producers and small-scale backyard gardeners.
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Sep 19, 2025
Dr. Aline de Camargo Santos, a postdoctoral researcher in the Soil fertility and Soil Health lab, published an article in titled “Sixty years of crop diversification with perennials improves yields more than no-tillage in Ohio grain cropping systems,” highlights the long-term benefits of crop diversification and reducing soil tillage on grain yields in Ohio.
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Jul 8, 2025
A soil health and water management field day is upcoming on Aug 28, 2025 in Lima, Ohio (Time: 8:30 am to 3:45 pm). The event will feature topics related to cover crops, soil fertility, drainage water recycling, irrigation, and saturated buffers. CCA credits will be offered. Contact Vinayak Shedekar (shedekar.1@osu.edu) for more details.
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Nov 26, 2024
Get ready to dig into soil health with the 2025 Ohio State Soil Health Webinar Series! This year’s topics are based primarily on viewer requests from recent years. Register at go.osu.edu/SoilHealthWeb to receive meeting links and calendar reminders or read more.
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Oct 29, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio —Celebrating the vital importance of soil health during the inaugural Ohio Soil Health Week, the School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) in The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), will host a special Environmental Professionals Network (EPN) breakfast event on Nov. 12.
“The breakfast will bring together a diverse group of individuals interested in soil health from agricultural, land use, and ecological perspectives,” said Harrison Fried, EPN program director. “There will be ample opportunity for participants to connect and discuss soil health science and policy, and we look forward to engaging dialogue of the connection between soil health, environmental health, and human health.”
Ohio Soil Health Week, organized by Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) and the Ohio Soil Health Initiative, provides a time and space to celebrate and protect Ohio’s soils. This weeklong event, which henceforth will be held annually during the second full week of November, includes outreach and educational opportunities aimed at raising awareness of Ohio’s most valuable natural resource: soil. Read more about the celebration and learn how to register >>
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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
