There are certainly times when it would be much easier to just leave all the gates open and let the livestock manage themselves. Obviously, there must be some merit in this type of management, or lack of, because it is still pretty common. This is especially true in...
Our new Ohio Forages website has been launched, and can be found at https://forages.osu.edu/. This is the same url as our old Ohio Forage Network site.We intend for this website to be the go-to place to find all things forage within the Ohio State University Extension...
Senate Bill 150 gives Ohio farmers until September 30, 2017 to become certified to apply fertilizer. We are now in April of 2017, and at the end of the winter meeting season, meaning you have a very, very few meetings left to become certified. This site gives final...
BeansThe Tuesday USDA report surprised many with an increase in world bean stocks, making levels the highest in history. With stocks to use rations also very high (third highest ever), conditions are not bullish and significant rallies are very unlikely.To put this...
This week, Ohio pork farmers, through the Ohio Pork Council (OPC), partnered with generous supporters, including the Ohio Corn Marketing Program, to provide The Foodbank, Inc. in Dayton with nearly 6,000 pounds of lean ground pork and the Mid-Ohio Foodbank in Columbus...
Weather forecasts are favorable for planting the next two weeks, so the market is expecting the 2017 corn will be planted easily. This news combined with positive long-term forecasts means the market is pulling back some, suggesting the possibility of another record...
Even if you are planting RR Xtend soybeans, the answer to this could be: maybe nothing. A number of growers have told us that even though they are planting RR Xtend soybeans, they plan on ?letting the dust? settle this first year and stay with their regular herbicide...
Lower retail prices for several foods, including eggs, ground chuck, sirloin tip roast, chicken breasts and toasted oat cereal resulted in a significant decrease in the American Farm Bureau Federation?s Spring Picnic Marketbasket Survey.?As expected due to lower...
This month provides one of the two preferred times to seed perennial cool-season forages. The other preferred timing for cool-season grasses and legumes is in late summer, primarily the month of August here in Ohio. The relative success of spring vs. summer seeding of...
Brian E. RavencraftFarmers and agribusiness owners have many choices available to them in regard to accounting software. I have talked about a variety of them in previous articles. One of the options available is cloud-based software. Let?s talk about the basics of...
