Brandon Monebrake, Preble Co.We started running yesterday and everything is looking pretty good so far. We ran about 60 acres of beans yesterday. The heat really helped.We are in early beans and we are not usually fans of early beans. Our first beans averaged 64 on...
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Brandon Monebrake, Sept. 25
We started running yesterday and everything is looking pretty good so far. We ran about 60 acres of beans yesterday. The heat really helped.We are in early beans and we are not usually fans of early beans. Our first beans averaged 64 on five acres and we are on a big...
Ben Klick, Sept. 25
We have some neighbors on the east side of the county and they started cutting last week. We have beans that will go but we are not ready yet. We just finished filling a silo yesterday and we have one more to do in a week or so. We are hoping to be rolling by the end...
Ohio Ag Net Podcast | Episode 27 | A review of Review and a preview of harvest
It was a full house for this week?s Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by AgriGold. Host Ty Higgins is joined by Dale Minyo, Matt Reese, Joel Penhorwood and Bart Johnson to recap Farm Science Review and harvest starting up. Matt visits with Cathann A. Kress, Vice...
Davis receives Kenny Walter scholarship
Kady Davis of Carrollton is the first recipient of the Kenny Walter Scholarship presented by the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation.Walter was a long-time Farm Bureau leader and advocate for rural Ohio. The foundation assisted Walter?s family with the creation of the fund to...
Ohio Cattlemen?s Foundation accepting scholarship applications
The Ohio Cattlemen?s Foundation (OCF) is offering several college scholarships available to beef industry youth. All scholarships recognize beef industry youth for academic effort, community service and career interests that utilize agriculture to enhance our quality...
Pigs and politics come together in small town mayor?s office
Lance Westcamp may be one of the few small-town mayors in central Ohio that can be found driving his tractor down Main Street and he is certainly the only one with an office full of champion hog banners from around the country.?I was born and raised on a farm just...
USDA now accepting applications for the Conservation Activity Plan Initiative
The U.S. Department of Agriculture?s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will offer technical and financial assistance to Ohio farmers, agricultural producers, and private forest landowners who want to better manage their agricultural and forest land...
Rain, heat and mud made for a memorable Farm Science Review
Despite a daylong drench and the mud that followed, this year?s Farm Science Review drew eager attendees who came to learn about the latest innovations in agriculture and tote home a bag of freebies.A record-number of exhibitors, 642, intrigued attendees with farm...
Getting grain carts ready for harvest
Typically, the combine gets the majority of attention when farmers prepare for harvest. However, performing some pre-season preventive maintenance on grain carts will help ensure they?re ready to roll.Brad Niensteadt, service representative and technology specialist...