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Spent foundry sand’s second life: OK to use in some soils
A study by two OARDC scientists played a key role in a recent public health and environmental risk ... analysis of SFS in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service. ... Their work supported a risk assessment by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which found that ...
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Visit Us
https://oardc.osu.edu/about/visit-us
As the research arm of Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) is dedicated to enhancing the well-being of people throughout the world th ...
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Soybean rust never sleeps … so team of scientists stands guard against it
Experts from more than 30 U.S. and Canadian institutions, including OARDC, continue to battle soybean ... rust, a big yield robber elsewhere in the world that invaded the U.S. 10 years ago. Two new videos are ... to the U.S. soybean crop,” said OARDC Director Steve Slack (pictured), a plant pathologist and member ...
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New study looks at why Americans waste so much food
Even though American consumers throw away about 80 billion pounds of food a year, only about half ... published in July in the journal PLOS ONE is just the second peer-reviewed large-scale consumer survey about ... food waste and is the first in the U.S. to identify patterns regarding how Americans form attitudes on ...
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Secrest Arboretum
https://oardc.osu.edu/facility/secrest-arboretum
plant introductions. The public simply enjoys its beauty and serenity. The Secrest Arboretum Support ... Council supports programs, planning and development. Many of the trees were lost in the tornado and about ...
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Pollinators
https://oardc.osu.edu/impacts/pollinators
We need honeybees and other pollinators for the successful growth of about one-third of U.S. food ...
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How climate change has cost U.S. soybean growers $11 billion, and what can be done about it
have suppressed the U.S. average soybean yield gain — how much it goes up every year — by about 30 ... the competitive ability of U.S. soybean farmers, and (would) subsequently impact food security for ... U.S. consumers.” “Failure to develop region-based strategies to mitigate climate change impacts would ...
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Turfgrass Pathology Disease Day
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/turfgrass-pathology-disease-day
trials. •Hear about new and current fungicides and how to get the most for your chemical dollar. •Get an ... Program Coordinator at 614-778-9172 or hicks.19@osu.edu. Visit us at turfdisease.osu.edu. View the flyer ...
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Growing season: OARDC's organic farming program gets a shot in the arm
Food and Farming Education and Research program, which shared fruits of that growth at a recent public ... science-based information for Ohio’s organic farmers. Ohio has 506 farms certified under the U.S. Department of ... ninth in the nation. In all, the census reported U.S. organic farm sales of $3.12 billion in 2012, up ...
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2015 Breakfast on the Farm
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/2015-breakfast-farm
Bureau. This event provides opportunity for the public to visit a working dairy farm and learn more about ...