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Farm practices tied to H2Ohio credited with early cuts in phosphorus runoff
Summary
Farm leaders said H2Ohio cost-share and technical programs have encouraged grid soil sampling, variable-rate fertilizer application and other practices that produced early reductions in dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) and fertilizer use in growing seasons since the program launched.
Panelists at a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum described how on-farm practices funded through the H2Ohio agricultural component have reduced phosphorus losses and lowered fertilizer use.
"Just in 4 growing seasons, we've already seen a 10% reduction," Adam Sharp, executive vice president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, said of dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) moving toward Lake Erie. Sharp said that during some spring flows the state has…
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