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1. Chemical Soil Health

   environmental functions. In Ohio, maintaining balanced soil chemistry is essential for productive farming, water ... maintaining productive farms, improving water quality, and ensuring long-term soil health. Understanding the ... BMPs that can improve the chemical health of soil and reduce environmental impacts. Solutions to ...

2. Biological Soil Health

   environmental stress, improved input efficiency, and long-term farm productivity. Additional Resources Baseline ... and other soil life drives decomposition, releases nutrients, suppresses certain diseases, and builds ... soil structure that improves water movement and storage. Understanding soil biology not only helps ...

3. New Ohio Mesonet expands weather data access, boosts agricultural resilience

   radar,” Wilson said. “Actual soil moisture observations provided by mesonets improve these products and ... Wilson said, “saving the general public and specific farmers improved property damage and/or loss of ... which directly benefit farmers. “The state of Ohio was in need of a more robust and technologically ...

4. Closing the weather gap: New mesonet network strengthens rural Ohio’s resilience

   network is a growing system of research-grade weather stations that provide real-time, hyperlocal data to ... Mesonet records detailed environmental conditions, including air and soil temperature, humidity, wind, ... When the weather turns, both farmers and first responders need accurate, ground-level information. ...

5. Soil Health Testing

   ’s ability to function as a vital living ecosystem. Improving on-farm soil health results in soil becoming ... for future improvements in on-farm soil health. Core Soil Health Indicators The concept of soil health ... supports crop productivity, environmental quality, and farm resilience. By incorporating soil health ...

6. Soil Health

   improving soil health when needed) is critical for not only food security but also water quality, air ... communities year-round and improve soil structure along with nutrient cycling. Maximize soil cover. Protect ... biodiversity. Support a wider range of soil organisms and ecological functions. On-Farm Implementation of Soil ...

7. Producers Should Plan Their Final Grazing Based On Conditions

   As we finish up the month of October, producers need to be looking toward next spring as they plan ... made any soil fertility applications in anticipation of fall dormancy.  Our cool-season grass species ... growth rates.  Shortening day length combined with decreasing soil temperatures are signaling to the ...

8. Farmers Are Advised To Maintain Weed Control

   & Farming Education and Research (OFFER) program with input  from a planning committee of land grant ... thousands or even hundreds of thousands of seeds being introduced into the soil seed bank. Species ... a recent article by the G.R.O.W. Network (Get Rid Of Weeds), author Emily Unglesbee highlights this exact ...

9. Physical Soil Health

   Improving or maintaining the soil’s physical health is crucial for improving farm profits, mitigating ... On the farm, these factors are often recognized in more practical terms—soil texture and parent ... adequate pore space for water, air, and roots). Key strategies for improving physical soil health: Adding ...

10. Ohio State researchers ranked among world’s most influential scientists

    Tracy Turner COLUMBUS, Ohio — What do soil health, food safety and honeybee survival have in ... Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) are driving global progress — and now, 23 of ... those researchers have been named among the most influential scientists in the world. The 2025 World’s ...

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