One issue that impacts soybean harvest in the eastern Corn Belt at some level each year is green stem syndrome. Green stem syndrome could be larger issue for the 2017 harvest because of latter planting dates in many areas. When green stem syndrome occurs, stems and...
The crew of host Joel Penhorwood, Ty Higgins, Dale Minyo, and Matt Reese bring this week?s podcast from the 2017 Farm Science Review (recorded on Monday before FSR got underway, September 19-21).The Farm Science Review always one of Ohio agriculture?s biggest events...
Dry Conditions ContinueLimited rain fell over the week, extending a dry spell as growers gear up for harvest, according to Cheryl Turner, Ohio State Statistician for the USDA?s National Agricultural Statistics Service. There were 5.6 days available for fieldwork for...
The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) said trade teams from South Korea visiting the U.S. over the last three months helped to solidify trade between the U.S. and Korea under the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, known as KORUS.The Council has been hosting trade teams this...
The National Farm Safety and Health Week is observed every third week of September. This commemorative week has been practiced for 73 years, with the first observation being in 1944 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt was in office. Ohio will celebrate this week on...
My favorite law professor, the late Morgan Shipman, used to love to refer to environmental cases as ?birds and bunnies? law. While he felt strongly that the environment should be protected, he often pondered if the Draconian regulations protecting ?birds and bunnies?...
Matt Davis, a Vice President of AgriBusiness with Farm Credit Mid-America, visits with the Ohio Ag Net?s Ty Higgins about how farmers can develop a successful operation. In part 2 of their conversation, Davis talks about how balancing family living expenses and...
It?s a truism that rain is needed for yields. The bitter irony is that rain, and fog, and dew also drive the growth of the fungal diseases that limit our yields. Here are a few examples of what you can see from the road, and what it looks like up close. Inspect your...
The recent cooler than normal temperatures may impact corn drydown. Once corn achieves physiological maturity (when kernels have obtained maximum dry weight and black layer has formed), it will normally dry approximately 3/4 to 1% per day during favorable drying...
With harvest beginning across the country, the National Corn Growers Association reminds farmers that online harvest forms for the 2017 National Corn Yield Contest are available online for those who entered the contest. While the harvest information form deadline may...
