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Ohio State Experts Offer Tips on Best Management Practices to Keep Phosphorus on the Field, Improve Water Quality
edge-of-field losses of phosphorus. The USDA-NRCS Ohio Phosphorus Risk Index provides a risk of loss index and ... project. Now in its second year, the project seeks to revise the Ohio Phosphorus Risk Index to be more ...
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Chow Line: Treat agave nectar as an added sugar (for 4/10/11)
skeptical. The claims are based on the glycemic index of agave nectar, which is lower than other sugars. The ... lower the glycemic index of a food, the lower your blood sugar will spike when you consume it. ... to the food you eat is much more complex than it might appear if you just examine the glycemic index ...
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Oct. 14: How to Stop Algal Blooms, Keep Drinking Water Safe
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/oct-14-how-stop-algal-blooms-keep-drinking-water-safe
revise Ohio’s Phosphorus Risk Index. Farmers use the index to plan their fertilizer applications. Steve ...
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Southern Ohio Corn at Risk for Stewart's Wilt
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/southern-ohio-corn-risk-stewarts-wilt
Extension appointment. Ohio State specialists use a "flea beetle index"-- the sum of the average ... subsequent risk of Stewart's wilt. Index values less than 90 indicate negligible disease threat, 90-95 ... disease threat. For locations monitored in southern Ohio-- Columbus, Oxford, Jackson and Piketon-- index ...
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New Grant Focuses on Nutrient Management, Cleaner Lake Erie Water
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/new-grant-focuses-nutrient-management-cleaner-lake-erie-water
plans for their farms, including the Phosphorus Index calculation, which helps them identify fields with ... phosphorus index and other water quality risk tools, in order to develop more user-friendly means for growers ...
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Stewart's Wilt Predicted Low Risk
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/stewarts-wilt-predicted-low-risk
"We say this because the mortality rate of the flea beetle is high where the flea beetle index is 90 ... tracked to determine the risk level of the disease. Researchers recorded a flea beetle index of 91 in ... Wooster; 84 in Hoytville; 93 in South Charleston; 107 in Piketon and 87 in Ashtabula. Index values less ...
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Producers Still Need to Watch for Heat Stress Signs in Livestock
of Ohio, with heat index values reaching upwards of 109 in many areas, meteorologists said. For ... based on a temperature-humidity index, which increases as the temperature and humidity increase. The ... danger level is indicated by an index value of 79, which is reached in various combinations of ...
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Three Ways to Safely Thaw Turkey
https://cfaes.osu.edu/features/three-ways-safely-thaw-turkey
-food-safety/countdown-to-the-thanksgiving-holiday/CT_Index ...
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Low Risk of Stewart's Disease on Corn Predicted
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/low-risk-stewarts-disease-corn-predicted
carried and spread by adult flea beetles. Based on the flea beetle index, conducted by Ohio State ... beetle index is calculated as the sum of the average temperatures of December, January and February. ... Index values less than 90 indicate a negligible disease threat, 90-95 indicates low to moderate levels, ...
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Media Advisory: U.S. Agriculture Acting Deputy Secretary Visiting Campus May 30
Phosphorous Risk Index Mazeika Sullivan, Wet lab renovations and Ohio Department of Natural Resources ...