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When Dealing with Phosphorus and Nitrate Losses, Many Long-Term No-Till Benefits Are Being Challenged as Researchers Take a More Serious Look at Water Quality

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 10, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

For years, growers in northwest Ohio have battled claims that farm runoff of phosphorus (P) is the cause of the extensive algae blooms that develop most years during the summer months in western Lake Erie.

Why Roots — Not Iron — are Key to a More Prosperous No-Till Future

Nuffield scholar and Merlin, Ontario no-tiller Blake Vince discusses valuable lessons learned abroad and at home about putting healthy soils and water first.

By Blake Vince and Sierra Wolff posted on October 19, 2018 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

We started no-tilling in 1983 and are still on that path today. For years, we’ve incorporated cover crops and now we’re using multi-species cover crops to protect the soil.

[Podcast] Why Phosphorus is Leaving the Farm and What to Do About it

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome owner of Nester Ag Joe Nester to talk about why he thinks we're seeing more problems with phosphorus runoff and what growers can do to keep the nutrient from leaving their fields.

June 22, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management

6 Tips for Keeping ‘P’ in Fields and Out of Local Water Sources

While researchers find more phosphorus is leaving fields via tile, here’s what no-tillers can do to keep their fertility in their fields.

By Laura Barrera posted on October 29, 2016 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

For no-tillers with poorly drained soils, tile drainage has become a necessity to prevent oversaturated soils that hurt crops and the bottom line.

Scientists: Glyphosate Contributes to Phosphorus Runoff in Lake Erie

Low soil pH and certain metals are causing glyphosate to release phosphorus from the soil, which is responsible for about 25% of dissolved reactive phosphorus runoff in the Maumee watershed.

By Laura Barrera posted on June 11, 2016 | Posted in Crop Protection, Nutrient Management

Scientists now know that the increase in dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) runoff that’s been plaguing the western Lake Erie basin is mostly coming from farms located in the Maumee watershed.

U.S., Canada Form Phosphorus Goals to Protect Lake Erie

February 25, 2016 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Associated Press

The U.S. and Canadian governments have called for deep cuts in phosphorus runoff from farms and other sources into Lake Erie, where an overload in recent years has fed harmful algae blooms that have fouled drinking water and killed fish.

Ohio Limits Fertilizer, Manure Spreading to Curb ‘P’ Runoff

No-tillers in watersheds along Lake Erie’s western basin face limits on surface applications of manure and fertilizer, but the key change may simply be keeping good records.

By Laura Barrera posted on May 18, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management

AFTER A TOXIC algae bloom in Lake Erie prevented a half-million Toledo residents from using public water last summer, Ohio lawmakers have passed Senate Bill 1, designed to curb phosphorus (P) runoff, the main culprit of the algae blooms.

Ohio Lawmakers Pass Bill to Reduce Phosphorus Runoff

April 1, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Senate Bill 1 includes a number of new rules designed to reduce the phosphorus runoff that has resulted in toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie's western basin in recent years.

Drought Responsible for Lake Erie's Massive 'Dead Zone'

January 8, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Source: Carnegie Institution for Science

A team of researchers led by Carnegie Institution for Science's Anna Michalak and Yuntao Zhou has shown that the widespread drought in 2012 was associated with Lake Erie's largest dead zone since the mid-1980s.

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Taking No-Till Further with Water Management, Positive Nutrient Practices - Mike Werling - NNTC 2016 Presentation - MP3 Download

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Mike Werling has been conservation farming for more than 30 years. In this time, the Decatur, Ind., farmer has adopted never-till, cover crops, waterways, water sediment and control basins, a two-stage ditch and drainage water management structures to further advance his conservation efforts. Werling shares his conservation journey and the practices that have markedly improved his soil tilth. In this presentation, he also provides information on studies and test plots he’s been involved with and share examples of practical application. Werling, who operates in the Maumee Watershed, explains his nutrient management practices and the positive effects they may have on Lake Erie’s water quality.

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