Cooler than normal temperatures and dry conditions were unwelcome for most growers when moisture and warm weather could have helped with grain fill and maturity, according to Cheryl Turner, Ohio State Statistician for the 20 USDA?s National Agricultural Statistics...
Very little has changed with regard to the amount of rainfall we have received. We are in the final stages of crop development for corn and soybeans and we need some rain to finish this crop off. In the fields I scouted most recently, it appears that we do not have...
Scott Metzger, Pickaway Co.We are pretty dry. After having 10.6 inches of rain in July and almost perfect conditions, we?ve turned off dry in August. You see a lot of crops on the clay knobs and drier ground getting stressed and starting to turn. We have had a couple...
We are pretty dry. After having 10.6 inches of rain in July and almost perfect conditions, we?ve turned off dry in August. You see a lot of crops on the clay knobs and drier ground getting stressed and starting to turn. We have had a couple of inches in August right...
Our crop adjuster is coming out to do yield reports this week for the corn silage. I hope he gives me very good news.We?ve had less than a half-inch of rain in the last two weeks. We?re not hurting as much as some guys are. We have neighbors with corn ears hanging and...
We have been dry for the last two weeks. We had a sprinkle and that is it. They are calling for a couple of inches through today, tomorrow and Wednesday.The dry conditions are starting to really show in the crops. Beans are starting to turn as they dry up a little...
This week on the podcast, brought to you by AgriGold, Matt Reese, Bart Johnson and Ty Higgins talk about what Ty saw last week on the Midwest Crop Tour, a new multi-row planter, more Palmer amaranth in Ohio and a farmer that decided to call it quits at the 2017...
Justin Chaffin, research scientist for The Ohio State University?s Stone Lab and Ohio Sea Grant, along with partners across Ohio and Michigan, has received funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study what causes Lake Erie algal...
A horse from Ashtabula County was recently confirmed to have eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) by the Ohio Department of Agriculture?s (ODA) Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.The animal was euthanized in late July after showing neurological symptoms. The animal was...
The first round of talks for the modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement closed in August, with more negotiations right around the corner.Negotiators from Canada, Mexico and the United States will sit down in Mexico City over Labor Day weekend for a...
