Bt corn, used to control insects that damage corn, reduced the need for herbicides. Herbicide-tolerant corn allows less tilling of the soil, resulting in a 58% reduction in soil loss from 1980–2015.

Agriculture is Ohio’s largest industry, earning over $124 billion annually on 76,900 farms in the state.

The use of fuels containing ethanol blends reduce toxic tailpipe emissions by up to 50%.

More than $1 million is being invested by Ohio’s agricultural organizations to conduct on-farm, edge-of-field testing to determine exactly how nutrients are getting into Ohio’s waterways.