The Ohio State Fair is looking for past Sale of Champions exhibitors to attend this year?s 50th Anniversary of the Sale of Champions as honored guests of General Manager Virgil Strickler. Two tickets to the fair will be provided.If you know of anyone on the list...
Spring has brought extremely varied planting conditions to Ohio?s producers and many others in the eastern Corn Belt. Illinois has seen record levels of crop insurance corn replant claims. Many seed corn companies scrambled to get inventory to affected areas. The last...
I enjoyed a bowl of Cheerios one recent morning as I scanned the marketing content on the box. From experience, I?ve learned you should take what you see on a cereal box with a grain of salt. Pretty much like reading a newspaper or watching the evening news.I trace...
Last week?s forecast remains on track. After a cool week last week we expect a much warmer than normal week this week. Temperatures will run some 5 to 7 degrees above normal. After the recent dry period, it does look like rain chances will be increasing this week. Due...
CornCorn showed signs of life with hot and dry weather forecasted throughout the Midwest the next two weeks. Realistically prolonged dry weather is necessary for a significant rally since subsoil moisture has been plentiful. Trend line yields are definitely still...
If you own a business, you have hopefully established a buy-sell agreement in case you or a co-owner voluntarily or involuntarily leaves the company. The creation of the document is just one step in a larger process. You simply can?t draft the agreement and lock it...
The spring of 2017 has created many challenges for winter wheat growers. As wheat harvest begins across the eastern Corn Belt, producers should keep an eye out for potential problems that may cause yield loss and impact grain quality. Growers have observed the...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally rendered a decision on Ohio?s list of impaired waters following several months of delay and two lawsuits filed to compel the EPA to make a decision.On May 19, 2017, the EPA decided to accept the Ohio...
Soybean planting around Ohio is nearly complete, but some of those fields planted more recently are having a hard time emerging due to crusting. As DuPont Pioneer Account Manager Ben Murphy shares in this week?s DuPont Pioneer Field Report, his area of Ottawa,...
The Ohio Department of Agriculture will begin aerial treatments designed to disrupt gypsy moth mating on 74,850 acres in Athens, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Morgan, Muskingum, Perry, Ross and Washington counties.To help protect Ohio?s diverse habitat, the Ohio...
