Matt and Kolt kick off National FFA Week with State FFA President at large, Alec Ogg. Dale attended Ag Day at the Capitol and talked to Frank Burkett and Yvonee Lesicko while he was there. And Dusty appears on the podcast once again after he interviewed Keeley...
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Ag Preps for Climate Change
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff ReporterARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) — Attendees at USDA’s annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in Virginia this week are getting an earful about the challenges posed by increasingly volatile weather extremes.Speakers in at least three separate...
America?s Best Shops ? 4
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer ContributorDave Geise’s friends tease him: That shiny new farm shop he recently built is not really a shop, they say, it’s a ?shouse.? Or, maybe it’s a ?barndominium.? Whatever they call the structure, Geise is proud of it. ?It’s a...
Norwayne FFA hosted a Feed-a-Farmer lunch
By Grace Gunkelman, Norwayne FFA reporterThe Norwayne FFA hosted a Feed-a-Farmer lunch on Monday, February 17th. In years past, they hosted a breakfast for farmers, but this year they decided to start something new and offer lunch. The event went on from 11am-2pm and...
Milton-Union MVCTC FFA Kicks off National FFA Week
Milton-Union MVCTC FFA will celebrate National FFA Week this week! Each year, FFA chapters around the country celebrate National FFA Week. It’s a time to share what FFA is and the impact it has on members every day. When our chapter Reporter, Kelsie Tomlinson, was...
Miami Trace/Great Oaks FFA Members Compete at District Level
The Miami Trace/Great Oaks FFA members took part in various career development events over the past two weeks including public speaking and ag sales.? These contests collmenated a the district competition which was held on February 18th at Ross Butler Tech High...
Will fungicide resistant frogeye be an issue for Ohio in 2020?
By Matt ReeseWith growing concern about fungicide-resistant frogeye leaf spot in some parts of the Corn Belt, farmers in Ohio may wondering if this will be a management issue with soybeans in 2020. This could be especially problematic after the fairly mild winter...
Continuous soybeans and cover crops
By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Ohio Field LeaderSoybean growers across Ohio, and especially farmers enrolling in the new H2Ohio program, will be interested in research conducted by Keeley Overmyer, investigating possible impacts from a crop rotation with continuous...
Farm bill decision deadline fast approaching
By? Chris Zoller, Mary Griffith, Ben Brown, Ohio State University ExtensionEnrollment in the 2018 Farm Bill programs (PLC, ARC-CO, and ARC-IC) ends on March 16. If you do not enroll by this date you will default to the election you made in the previous Farm Bill and...
Muddy issues: Mastitis and scours
By Christine Gelley, Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator, Noble County, Ohio State University ExtensionWe finally got some snow and freezing temperatures! At our house, we didn’t get snow a single day that our Christmas decorations were up, but snow on...