Since the fall of 2014, 6,586 growers and producers responsible for farming some 1 million acres of Buckeye state farmland have gone through fertilizer applicator certification training offered by researchers from the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University as part of the college’s efforts to continue to improve Ohio water quality. The ultimate goal of the training is to keep nutrient runoff from fertilizers, especially phosphorus, out of Ohio’s waters. Read more at the Ohio State website.