A conversation with?Mark Lyons, Global Vice President and head of greater China for Alltech who spoke at the recent National Institute for Animal Agriculture meeting in Columbus.OCJ: What are some things you want farmers to know about what their consumers in China are...
For thousands of years livestock roamed the plains and forests and contributed to an ecosystem that produced some of the richest soils in the world. More livestock producers are taking note of this system with a long history of proven success and working to implement...
The National Pork Board?s new porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus research booklet is now available. The guide, PRRS Initiative Research, is the most comprehensive source of Checkoff-funded research available on the subject, spanning 20 years of...
Dry weather brought opportunities for producers to get back into the fields and get some planting done, according to Cheryl Turner, Ohio State Statistician with the USDA?s National Agricultural Statistics Service. There were 4.6 days suitable for fieldwork for the...
This week on The Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by AgriGold, Dale Minyo, Matt Reese, Bart Johnson and Ty Higgins discuss the U.S. pulling out of the Paris Accord and how one agribusiness is helping guide new and young farmers in a profitable direction. Matt Reese...
The benefits of cover crops for soil fertility and crop growth are being proclaimed far and wide: increased organic matter and fertility, reduced erosion, improved soil structure, weed suppression, reduced nutrient runoff, and potential increase in crop yields and...
Following a meeting between President Trump and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguy?n Xu?n Ph?c, the two countries last week announced plans to enhance political, diplomatic, economic and trade relations.Among the topics addressed directly with Vietnam?s prime minister...
On June 1, President Donald Trump announced a U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Accord agreement that laid out a framework for countries to adopt clean energy and phase out fossil fuels in a global effort to address climate change.?President Trump promised that he would...
President Donald Trump again sent the left wing aflutter when he fulfilled another campaign promise by announcing a U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement that laid out a framework for countries to adopt clean energy and phase out fossil fuels in a global effort to...
The first stop for the 2017 AgriGold Feeding Farmers tour was in Edison, Ohio at McChesney Farms. Phil and his family farm about 3,200 acres in Morrow County and in addition to growing corn, soybeans, wheat and hay, the McChesneys also have a hog operation. The Ohio...
