CornCorn traded within a 10-cent range this previous week, ending 1 cent lower than last week. The Dec futures low at $3.44 continues to hold as the bottom for the year so far. If this holds for another week or two, there is a chance this will be the year?s low.Early...
Eleven states and several large pork producers are moving away from gestation crates for sows, but the effects of alternative housing designs on the sows? reproductive performance are unclear. In a new article, an animal welfare expert from the University of Illinois...
Ty Higgins spent Tuesday chasing dust (and a lot of it) as harvest begins to ramp up across Ohio. He made a stop in Wyandot County to visit with Kyle Brown for a Cab Cam. Kyle and his Dad have a hog operation in addition to row crops and the work load seems just about...
I have already seen several photos and even some video clips of harvest 2017 combine fires come across my twitter feed. On our recent CORN newsletter conference call, several Extension Educators mentioned seeing or hearing about combine fires this fall. Crop residue...
Every summer, Washington D.C. is turned blue and gold as FFA members from across the country travel to the nation?s capital as participants of the Washington Leadership Conference (WLC). The conference focuses on developing students into motivated citizens who desire...
Students at The Ohio State University and Central State University, a historically black university in Wilberforce, will soon benefit from a $2.8 million grant designed to develop leaders for the bioeconomy industry in Ohio and nationwide.Ohio State?s College of Food,...
Stink bug damage is becoming a greater concern in Eastern Corn Belt soybean fields, especially with the presence of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB), a species that has moved into our sales footprint in recent years. While other stink bugs cause damage, the BMSB...
Pursuant to Section 924.07 of the Ohio Revised Code, David T. Daniels, Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture will conduct an election of the Ohio Corn Marketing Program Board on December 15, 2017.The Ohio Corn Marketing Program is designed to increase the market...
Extreme heat and dry conditions over most of Ohio helped push corn and soybeans to maturity last week, according to Cheryl Turner, Ohio State Statistician for the USDA?s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Rain was largely confined to the northwestern part of...
The heat is drying stuff down. I?m not a fan of working in it but it is helping out the crop. We started shelling corn on Saturday and we?re just getting a good start on it. The moisture is running 19.5% to around 22% or 23% and it is pretty variable. This was the...
