Experts from the wheat and flour processing industries will share an update on Ohio?s future in this billion dollar market at the Northwest Ohio Ag-Business Breakfast Forum, Thursday, June 15, 2017 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. The event is hosted by the Center for...
Warmer than normal winter weather means that an earlier than normal harvest is coming for wheat fields throughout Ohio. Matt Hutcheson, Product Manager with Seed Consultant?s, says an early harvest isn?t a surprise, but the condition of wheat is a pleasant surprise,...
The White House released its detailed proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018 that included deep cuts to agricultural and rural related agencies and programs, including a cut farm bill programs of nearly $230 billion and a 21% decrease in the U.S. Department of...
Ohio is winning and I decided I want to try and keep it that way.As part of its ?Raise Your Hand? campaign, National 4-H wants alumni to sign in at 4-H.org/alumni. The state with the most registered alumni by the end of June will bring home $20,000 to use towards 4-H...
Due to large rain events this spring, many fields have been flooded.While both corn and soybeans can survive flooding/ponding for a period of time, several factors determine the length of time plants can survive. Young corn plants can usually survive two to four days...
As farmers continue along with planting and replanting progress, many are wondering what the same heavy rains that kept them out of the fields and put them back in some fields for a second time may have done to their starter nitrogen situation. Trent Brisby, DuPont...
The U.S. Senate confirmed of Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to be the U.S. Ambassador to China, a move which many in agriculture appreciated.?As the six-term governor of a state with more than $10 billion in annual agricultural exports, Terry Branstad is an ideal person to...
With the slow growth, no growth, or no emergence of the corn and soybean crop through the first half of May, insects in many cases have been able to keep up with crop progress. I like to use a chart from the Corn, Soybean, Wheat and Alfalfa Field Guide as a starting...
While researchers say it is difficult to determine whether unusual weather patterns this winter and spring will lead to larger mosquito and tick populations in the Upper Midwest this summer, one thing is certain ? anyone planning to spend time outdoors should take...
Kelse Brown, of Edgerton was recently selected as a National Teach Ag Ambassador, an outreach program of the National Council for Agricultural Education, led by the National Association of Agricultural Educators to promote the agricultural education profession.Over...
