On July 5th, students from Miami Trace in cooperation with Great Oaks FFA chapter attended FFA camp Muskingum. Students who attended FFA Camp include Meri Grace Carson, Graham Carson, Makayla Eggleton, Morgan Eggleton, Bryce Bennett, Garrett Hagler, Regan Hagler,...
Northern Ohio and North Central Ohio farmers need to focus on Sclerotinia as we move into flowering. Southern Ohio producers also have something to focus on, scouting for frogeye leaf spot. There are still a few very high yielding but very susceptible cultivars...
At a recent Grow More Experience Field Day just outside of Marysville, Syngenta hosted growers and retailers to take a look at some test plots that focus on weed pressures, insect infestations and disease issues. The Ohio Ag Net?s Ty Higgins visited with Syngenta?s...
While the inclusion of changes to the Current Agricultural Use Value formula in the new state budget is cause for celebration in agriculture, there were a number of other ag-related components in the budget. Some were less favorable.Gov. John Kasich signed the budget...
The active weather pattern will continue. The week of July 11th will bring a very warm and humid week with rounds of showers and thunderstorms. Some storms may be severe at times with high winds and heavy rains. Maximum temperatures will be in the 80s to lower 90s...
A Purdue researcher and a team of scientists working on a new insecticide argue that mosquitoes should not simply be made extinct due to their role in various ecosystems.Catherine Hill, a professor of entomology, and her team are developing an insecticide that will...
Anyone who attended one of our Winter Agronomy Meetings heard a discussion of what conditions promote diseases (northern corn leaf blight and gray leaf spot) and possible management options. You might ask, ?What are the important management options that will protect...
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and the United States Department of Agriculture?s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) today announced the addition of 576 acres of the East Fork Wildlife Area to...
Wet Conditions Hinder ProgressLarge rain events were negatively affecting field crops in many parts of the State, according to Cheryl Turner, Ohio State Statistician with the USDA?s National Agricultural Statistics Service.There were 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork...
We have had too much rain in our area and it is affecting the crop. The heavy rains have really taken a toll on the replanted soybeans in our area. There are many fields of soybeans turning yellow with the saturated soil conditions. It is impossible spray our...
