Things are wet and miserable. Every three days it rains. I have straw that has been rained on four times. We finally got all the wheat cut. When you get nice days do you bale straw or go cut the wheat before it gets rained on for four straight days and the test weight...
We finished up with wheat on July 3 and got all of the double-crops planted by July 4. We got three inches of rain that weekend but we were able to get done.We averaged in the upper 90s on the whole wheat crop. I was pleased with the yield. We had some frost damage...
South of us got 1.25 inches last night. We had right around four inches in the last couple of weeks. Corn is really looking good around here and the beans are coming on slow, but they are catching up. Grain prices have started going up a good bit, which is good too....
The 17th episode of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast, courtesy of AgriGold, brings a wide range of issues to the microphone. Ty Higgins talks the ongoing saga of Dicamba distress across the country and the devastating results many farmers are beginning to see. He?s joined by...
?A pretty incredible 40-year exercise on his part,? said Doug Loudenslager of his father?s unique collection. ?There?s over 6,000 pieces.?The Don F. Loudenslager Trust Toy Auction will take place July 28th and 29th, 2017. The auction begins at 10:00 a.m. with barn...
Even for those not good at holding their breath for longer than 24 minutes and unable to complete more than 36 consecutive backflips on a jet ski in one afternoon, there are yet undiscovered ways to earn a spot in the pages of the Guinness Book of World Records.One of...
There is tremendous power in teams or organizations to accomplish goals. Ohio is blessed with many wonderful agricultural organizations (checkoff-driven, commodity specific, and general) and there are many truly wonderful people working on behalf of farmers in Ohio...
Ohio farmers who still need to get fertilizer certification before the Sept. 30 deadline will have more than 20 opportunities to attend training sessions offered by experts from the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State...
Governor Kasich signed HB 49 on June 30, 2017, otherwise known as Ohio?s Operating Budget. In addition to setting the budget for various agencies, HB 49 changes how farmland is valued under Ohio?s Current Agricultural Use Value program. HB 49 changes Ohio Revised Code...
On June 27, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced their plan to repeal the Obama Administration?s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule. The EPA and the Corps? proposal involves two steps. First, the...
