Tag: water quality
You can help keep trash out of the water
Each year, Living Lands and Waters, with countless conservation districts, watershed groups and local organizations, offers river and stream cleanups.
Ohio farmers put conservation to test
The demonstration farms in northwest Ohio continue to test and demonstrate practices that can improve water quality.
Small-town writer challenges agriculture, gets Pulitzer Prize
Art Cullen of the Storm Lake Times won journalism’s highest honor for a series of 10 editorials on why Iowa “has the dirtiest surface water in America.”
Connecting water quality to digestion in dairy cows
Eighteen farms in the Northern New York region participated in research evaluating the impact of water quality on fiber digestion in dairy cows.
Supreme Court to hear Waters of the U.S. case
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether jurisdiction for the Clean Water Act rule known as WOTUS rests with the federal district or appellate courts.
Ohio’s 4R certification expands
Effective Jan. 1, all Ohio-based agricultural retailers and nutrient service providers will be able to participate in the water quality effort.
Pa. farmers’ Chesapeake Bay conservation efforts ‘significant’
Penn State survey finds farmers have put a lot of their dollars and resources into efforts to protect the Chesapeake Bay.
Ohio’s 4R water quality certification expands
Ohio ag retailers are proactive in finding ways to improve water quality, and not just in Lake Erie: 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program expands statewide.
Fencing out cattle improves herd health
When water quality is compromised cattle will not receive the proper nutrition that they need to grow, regulate their body temperature, reproduce and digest as well as many other bodily functions.
Ohio State offers new farm app
Ohio State PLOTS was created with funding from Field to Faucet, an OSU initiative for research, education and outreach to find solutions for harmful algal blooms and other water quality issues.
