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  1. Low-impact Lawn Care

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/resources/human-dimensions/mental-models/basic-stream-and-watershed-ecology-lesson-plans/low-impact-lawns

    lawn care utilizes practices like soil testing, water conservation, careful cultural practices and ... soil and use simple steps such as soil testing.   Photo credit: ... lawns require practices that might seem nontraditional lawn care to homeowners including: soil ...

  2. Snow and Freezing Temperatures Bring Harvest Challenges

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/snow-and-freezing-temperatures-bring-harvest-challenges

    tear. Another important factor to consider is the soil. When you run a combine and a grain cart over ... wet, cold soil, compaction and rutting will happen. It is best to be patient and wait for a time when ... either the soil is frozen enough to be on, or the soil is dry enough to reduce compaction chances. The ...

  3. Increased Fertilizer Applications May Not Increase Yield or Profits

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/increased-fertilizer-applications-may-not-increase-yield-or-profits

    nutrients in the soil. The goal was to reduce fertilizer costs without reducing yield, thus increasing ... Unfortunately, some nutrients will escape our soils regardless of the level of management. Some slowly leach down ... through the soil until they are out of reach of plant roots. Others may get washed away in runoff after ...

  4. Field Management Post Harvest… What Now?

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/field-management-post-harvest%E2%80%A6-what-now

    residue, in the spring while planting include attaining good seed-soil contact or disease issues due to ... as inoculum for diseases and slow soils from warming up and drying out in the spring. Sanitation of ... hand, it can act as a mulch that lessens the impact of rain falling on the soil, lessen the amount of ...

  5. Social Marketing

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/resources/human-dimensions/social-marketing

    http://ag.utah.gov/divisions/conservation/documents/GettingYourFeetWet.pdf USEPA has a publication that covers many aspects of social marketing along with recommendations ... marketing. Download a pdf copy of Getting Your Feet Wet with Social Marketing Guidebook. ... for engaging communities in environmental issues. Download a pdf copy of Community Culture and the ...

  6. Summer Forage Field Days

    https://wayne.osu.edu/events/summer-forage-field-days

    Improving soil with multi-species grazing and accelerated lambing will be the theme of our first ...

  7. Plant Now to Graze Later

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/plant-now-graze-later

    fields to allow the seeds to germinate. Regardless of seeding, always make sure to run a soil test for pH ... summary, prepare for late summer forage planting as you would other times of year – soil test, prepare ...

  8. Direct Marketing of Meat

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/direct-marketing-meat

    a CFAP information page with articles, documents, and useful web sites at http://go.osu.edu/agwayne. ... USDA web site at https://www.farmers.gov/cfap.  In addition, the Wayne County Extension office has ...

  9. Winter Pasture Management

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/winter-pasture-management

    livestock producers with stock out on winter pastures.  Saturated unfrozen soils, dormant pasture grasses, ... Through careful management, the productivity of the pasture can increase from year to year.  When soils do ... soil didn’t freeze and the sod base was destroyed as cattle wintered on stockpiled fescue/clover ...

  10. Backyard Conservation

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/resources/human-dimensions/mental-models/basic-stream-and-watershed-ecology-lesson-plans/backyard-conservation

    http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs143_023308.pdf ... farmers and ranchers use aim to protect the quality of air, soil, water, plants, and wildlife in the area. ... Willamette Soil and Water Conservation District, Eugene, Oregon Resources Riparian Corridor Birds in Ohio ...

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