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SECO Virtual Summer Symposium session
The Science Education Council of Ohio wants to help teachers, in person on online. So they organized their first ever Virtual Summer Symposium this month, providing presentation on a variety of topics. Ohio Corn Education’s Heather Bryan presented on behalf of Feed the World. Bryan gave a tour of the website, pointing out: virtual resources …
What is soil health?
from Ohio Country Journal by James Hoorman, Hoorman Soil Health Services Soil health is a term that everyone seems to be confused about or have their own opinion. Soil health is about three things: soil organic matter (SOM), soil microbes and organisms, and plants. Good soil and soil health are dependent upon the interaction of these three things. …
Rock dust could be farming’s next climate solution
From Smithsonian magazine SmartNews For farming, the latest climate fix isn’t especially high tech or glossy. By spreading rock dust over large swatches of land, carbon dioxide could be trapped in transformed, scrubbing it from the atmosphere. If this technique, called enhanced weathering, were to be employed around the world, scientists estimate …
Using manure to help corn crops and water quality
Glen Arnold, Associate Professor and Field Specialist in Manure Nutrient Management at the Ohio State University, shared about current research and best practices involving manure. By lessening the amount of fertilizer used, runoff can be reduced, improving water quality and protecting the environment. Glen conducts field research on using liquid …
Taking it to the screen
The global pandemic changed the 2-day Feed the World workshop from an in-person event to a virtual one, but the learning didn’t skip a beat. 27 teachers from around the state participated in Ohio Corn & Wheat’s first online teacher workshop. Each participant was mailed a box of supplies ahead of time, so they could follow along with hands-on …
High tech and data in ag today
Elizabeth Hawkins, an Extension Field Specialist with the Ohio State University, works with farmers to maximize productivity while stewarding the environment. Hawkins is part of eFields , an OSU program striving to advance production agriculture through the use of field-scale research. The program conducts on-farm studies to help farmers …
Hand Sanitizer - POET’s Newest Co‑product
from VITAL magazine, Spring 2020 issue Soon after COVID-19 began sweeping the nation, consumers started rapidly stocking up on health-safety products to protect themselves from the virus. Adobe Analytics, an agency that monitors E-commerce transactions for the top 80 online retailers, reported that the December-to-January demand for hand sanitizer …
New gene-editing technique eliminates GMO ‘delivery vehicle’ for CRISPR crops
credit: Genetic Literacy Project, Greg Watry | University of California Davis | June 3, 2020 Despite evidence that demonstrates genetically-modified crops are as safe as crops produced through traditional breeding, sections of the public remain suspicious about genetically modified organisms (GMOs). For UC Davis Professor of Plant Biology …