The Wayne SWCD Board of Supervisors will hold their monthly board meeting on Tues., Sept. 3, 2024 at 8:30 a.m.
The meeting will be held in the SWCD office located on the lower level of the County Administration Building, 428 West Liberty Street, Wooster, Ohio.
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Phosphorous Phield Day – Monday, August 26th from 1 pm to 4:00 pm
Presented by Wayne SWCD in cooperation with The Ohio State University
RSVP preferred by not required – Wayne SWCD (330) 263-5376
OSU Farm Operations Building
2600 Selby Road
Wooster, Ohio 44691
Presentation by Dr. Manbir Rakkar on nutrient planning, soil testing and best management practices.
With insights from over 45 years of phosphorous fertilizer research, Dr. Manbir Rakkar, will share current recommendations for phosphorus applications and examples of best management practices to keep nutrients working for us in growing crops rather than against us as a contaminant of surface water.
A trip to the OSU Sediment Capture and Reuse Field on Barnard Road, a quarter mile north of U.S. 250 – Dr. John Witter presenting. Dr. Witter will discuss reusing dredged material from Conservation Ditches on farm fields as a soil amendment to reduce chemical fertilizer use and eliminate dredged material hauling costs. Dr. Witter will also discuss the use of two-stage ditches and self-forming channels as a way to reduce streambank erosion, reconnect the floodplains and use vegetated streambanks for nutrient capture from subsurface tiles.
Wrapping up with a presentation by Dr. Steve Lyon at the OSU Smart Drainage Field also on Barnard Road. Dr. Lyon will share results will share the results of his study on how storing and releasing runoff water with a subsurface tile outlet control structure, or tile stop, can provide valuable nutrients to crop root structures and limit discharge and nutrient loss into waterways.
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The Wayne SWCD is a political subdivision of the State of Ohio, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Division of Soil and Water Conservation. Each one of Ohio's 88 counties has a local office. The Wayne SWCD was established by local election of the populace in 1947.
MISSION: The mission of the Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District is to protect, restore, enhance, and promote the wise use of natural resources. This will be achieved through the development of projects, technical assistance, education of the public, the cooperation of landowners/users, and through coordination with our partner agencies.
VISION: The Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District goal is to be recognized as a leader in promoting responsible stewardship and conservation of natural resources by providing education, technical assistance and the implementation of best management practices with friendly public service and a strong healthy working partnership with USDA/NRCS and our local agencies.
It was the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s, a time when drought choked the Great Plains stretching across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico and Colorado. Soil from America's breadbasket filled the skies. Sometimes a single dust storm lingered for days.
The storms were the result of drought and poor agricultural practices. Grasslands, which held soil in place, had been plowed and replanted with wheat. With rain, the crop was abundant. But when drought struck in the 1930s, farmers continued to plow and plant. With no ground cover remaining, the winds whipped the soil skyward.