Ty Higgins had to stop when he saw some soybeans being harvested between Galena and Sunbury in Delaware County with two very different combines running in the same field. The one Perry Buxton was driving looked like many green and yellow combines you see this time of...
Ohio Country Journal
NAFTA renegotiation talks extended
The timeframe for North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiation talks was extended last week as the United States, Canada and Mexico seek alignment on controversial issues surrounding the auto industry, dairy, dispute resolutions and a ?sunset clause.?The...
Consider all the scenarios and make a marketing plan
Many farmers tell me they do well at picking prices. Maybe some do, but many do not. If farmers were good at predicting prices, most would have sold their 2016 crop for over $4.25 and would have their 2017 crop already sold for $4. Unfortunately, most farmers didn?t...
Ohio youth encouraged to apply for citizenship educational experience
The Ohio Youth Capital Challenge program provides teens a hands-on experience that encourages citizenship and community service. The annual program is a collaboration among Ohio FFA, Ohio State University Extension and Ohio Farm Bureau to support members of Ohio?s 4-H...
Ohio Ag Weather and Forecast ? October 24, 2017
Ryan Martin 10-24-17The worst of the precipitation is done over the state this morning. However, that does not mean we have all that nice of a forecast for you. On the contrary?there is no change in our thinking this morning that we are looking at cloudy, damp, cold...
Ohio?s Crop Progress ? October 23, 2017
Dry weather accelerated harvest progress for many field crops, according to Cheryl Turner, Ohio State Statistician for the USDA?s National Agricultural Statistics Service. There were 6.2 days available for fieldwork for the week ending October 22, 2017. Dry, warm...
Rains slowing up harvest progress this week Between the Rows
Brandon Monebrake, Preble Co.We?re about finished with beans. I think we have about 60 acres left and it just started raining about 15 minutes ago. We had two tenths on Sunday two weeks ago and we got back in the next day.We ran about 100 acres of corn while we were...
Ben Klick, Oct. 23
We are racing against the clock and the rain. We are done with all of the first crop beans. We have about 100 acres of double-crop beans behind hay and wheat to cut, but I?m not too concerned about those. We switched over last evening to corn after we got done baling...
Brandon Monebrake, Oct. 23
We?re about finished with beans. I think we have about 60 acres left and it just started raining about 15 minutes ago. We had two tenths on Sunday two weeks ago and we got back in the next day.We ran about 100 acres of corn while we were waiting on some beans and then...
Scott Metzger, Oct. 23
We are done harvesting our first crop beans and onto shelling corn now. We got all the wheat sown and are working on getting cover crops sown.Our Plenish beans made 58 and all of our XtendiMax beans made 57 and they were all right there together. I thought they?d be a...