Manure Science Review
Program receives $5,000 Ohio EPA Grant
The annual Manure Science Review educates Ohio farmers on manure
nutrient management. To further this effort, Ohio EPA awarded Ohio
State University Extension a $5,000 environmental education grant to
help fund this year’s event.
Conducted by The Ohio State University Extension, this year’s Manure
Science Review (MSR) will be held in Darke County in August. MSR
provides an educational field day with science-based information on
best practices to approximately 200 farmers.
The program will include presentations on relevant issues including
feeding strategies to reduce phosphorus in manure, methods for reducing
nutrient runoff from cropland and technologies to utilize manure. Field
demonstrations will illustrate practices and equipment that can reduce
the risk of runoff, including field trials for cover crops,
technologies for injecting liquid and solid manures, smoking drainage
tile to illustrate preferential flow and manure application equipment
calibration.
The MSR site is rotated to different regions of the state each year to
reach new livestock producer audiences. The Ohio Department of
Agriculture’s Certified Livestock Manager program is providing
continuing education hours for those attending. Other collaborators are
the Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Auglaize, Darke,
Mercer and Shelby counties.
The Ohio Environmental Education Fund provides funding each year for
environmental education projects targeting kindergarten through
university students, the general public and the regulated community. In
this grant cycle, six projects throughout the state were funded for
$26,777.
The next grant application deadline is July 15, 2015, with an
electronic letter of intent to apply due by July 8. For additional
information, contact the Ohio Environmental Education Fund on the
web or at (614) 644-2873.
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