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  1. Soil Health Winter Seminar Series

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/soil-health-winter-seminar-series

    improve soil health and measure impact on crop yield and farm profitability. Thursdays, January 14 – March ... https://agcrops.osu.edu/events/webinar-recordings/dirt-soil-health-investing-below-surface-0 January 14 – Does Soil Health Pay? Soil Health and Your Farm, Farmer Panel, Nathan Brown, Matt ... Falb, and Les Seiler 0.5 NM CCA CEUs January 21-  What Can Soil Health Tests Tell You? Steve Culman 0.5 ...

  2. Soil Health Assessment 1

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/node/137

    live or farm, visit the NRCS Web Soil Survey. Soil Properties Soil Health encompasses physical, ... Although farmers have intuitively understood the importance of soil quality and health for ... generations, recent efforts have focused on how to better measure and quantify soil health. Here we present ...

  3. Dr. Hua Wang

    https://fst.osu.edu/our-people/dr-hua-wang

    Microbe-AR-recommendation-otfkwe.pdf (cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com) Zhang L, Huang Y, Zhou Y, Buckley T, Wang HH. 2013. Antibiotic ... only (002).pdf The U.S.-UK Global Innovation Initiative team delivered international conference and ...

  4. Research

    https://forages.osu.edu/research

    Trials Report (pdf) 2018 Ohio Forage Performance Trials Report (pdf) Ohio Crop Forage Performance Trials ...

  5. Erosion Control

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-management/erosion-control

    Overview The top 6-8" of soil (or topsoil) is uniquely able to support plant and microbial ... soils and water quality. Key Strategies  Minimal disturbance – Using fewer tillage events, or at least ... lighter ones, will keep soil aggregates intact to slow the breakdown of organic matter and help prevent ...

  6. Soil Fertility for Forages

    https://forages.osu.edu/forage-management/soil-fertility-forages

    Proper soil pH and fertility are essential for profitable forage production. Adequate levels of ... fertilization should be based on soil-test levels and realistic yield goals. Take a soil test to determine soil ... (Ohio-Michigan-Indiana) from your soil testing lab, or use the soil recommendation spreadsheet listed below to check the ...

  7. Drainage

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-management/drainage

    Overview  Many Ohio soils have heavy clay contents which can lead to slow drainage and standing ... matter.  Increased soil organic matter enhances your soil's ability to absorb water, leading to less ... your rotation.  Add a sod crop to your rotation.  Reduce tillage to provide less disturbance to soil ...

  8. Endowed Chair in Food Science Created

    https://fst.osu.edu/news/endowed-chair-food-science-created

    documented an estate gift that, when realized, established and endowed the Virginia Hutchison Bazler and ...

  9. Soil Health Management

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-management

    Set Reasonable Soil Health Goals The first step to soil health management is assessing your ... current soil health and identifying what properties need to be maintained or improved. Then set up soil ... budget.  Achievable: Not everything can be changed. Soil texture and bedrock properties are difficult to ...

  10. Fertilizing hay and pastures

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/fertilizing-hay-and-pastures

    times when the soils are usually firm enough to support fertilizer spreading equipment and the nutrients ... are applied to actively growing plants when they are most needed. A recent soil test should be the ... can be helpful in diagnosis along with the soil test values. Where high rates of phosphorus and ...

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