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Ohio farmers are using best practices to improve the health of the soil and land they farm.
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For Ohio farmers, best practice management results in covering more acres in less time, with less equipment and using less fuel, improving the bottom line.
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Improvements in soil health, water quality and overall business revenue not only help each farm, but the communities they support.
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Hear from Ohio farmers about their use of best practices to benefit their land and community.
Benefits of Best Practice Management
Using best practices leads to better outcomes
Throughout Ohio farmers implement best management practices to not only boost their bottom line, but also strengthen the land, improve yields and protect the water.
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Farmers across Ohio follow industry best practices that result in benefits for the land and community
We strip band all of our fertilizer. We're using soil tests. We've reduced our use of commercial fertilizer substantially, and we also use cover crops. About 90 percent of our acres are no-till. It's amazing the results we've seen in soil health, soil fertility, our reduced fuel, our reduced tillage. We found that we could implement these practices effectively and efficiently and that our bottom line will benefit.

- Andy Stickel, Farmer, Wood County, Ohio
Farmers across Ohio follow industry best practices that result in benefits for the land and community
As part of our demonstration farm project we have installed a phosphorous bed to pull out excess phosphorous before the water leaves the field. It protects the water, but it also helps us get the most out of our soil and nutrients.

- Chris Kurt, Farmer, Dunkirk, Ohio
Farmers across Ohio follow industry best practices that result in benefits for the land and community
I've learned that we can farm acres more efficiently, I can utilize less nutrients, and I can utilize the best herbicide/pesticide practices and manage my crops well. I can be successful on more acres with less labor and less time and less equipment. Overall it affects the bottom line.

- Lane Osswald, Farmer, Eldorado, Ohio
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WTOL-Toledo
Protecting Our Water: What's Still Being Done To Stop Lake Erie Algae?
You've done it several times today and probably didn't even give it a second thought. A simple turn of a knob. A twist of a faucet. The convenience of our drinking water can make it easy to forget.
Ensia
Opinion: Farmers need flexibility to fight Lake Erie's algal bloom
Phosphorus from fertilizer running off cropland has been identified as the main culprit behind Lake Erie's algal woes, and the potential for governments in my province of Ontario and elsewhere to implement farm-level regulations has some farmers nervous.
Erie News Now
The Buoys are Out and Ready
The Regional Science Consortium deployed four RSC buoys and one DEP buoy into the water on May 6, 2019. Here is a summary.
Farm and Dairy
Farmers must get out in front
If you farm, you need to pay attention to how you manage your farm to minimize its impact on the environment. Period.
The Monroe News
Walberg, Ryan renew push to protect lakes from algae blooms
The bipartisan legislation would provide federal assistance to Great Lakes states that administer voluntary assurance programs to help farms minimize agricultural pollution risks, like harmful algae blooms on Lake Erie.
The Columbus Dispatch
Editorial: Protecting Great Lakes is important to Ohio and all of US
The Great Lakes states share an incredible treasure — one-fifth of all the freshwater in the world — and that's reflected in the fact that politicians of both parties work together to protect them.
Farm and Dairy
You are the expert in your neighborhood
The Lake Erie algal blooms and temporary shutdown on the Toledo Water Treatment Plant got everyone's attention. Shock and concern turned to finding the source or sources, which inevitably led to finger-pointing.