With another growing season underway across corn country, the National Corn Growers Association encourages farmers to complete a mental check list and assess your farming operation and any potential impact for pollinators like honey bees.If you are using treated seed,...
Ohio Country Journal
Don?t forget the S
Now that our corn is in the ground, it?s time to focus on the management and nutrition of our crop. Often times, when we consider what nutrients our corn needs between the V4 and V8 time frame, we think of nitrogen (N). Another nutrient that is essential to corn...
Trade leaders contacted by beef producers in North America about benefits of NAFTA
The National Cattlemen?s Beef Association joined its cattle-industry partners in Canada and Mexico in sending a joint letter to the presidents of those two nations and to President Trump, urging the three leaders to not ?jeopardize the success we have all enjoyed as...
Senate takes action on E15 fix
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee tis considering legislation that would extend the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) volatility waiver to gasoline blended with 15% ethanol (E15). The bill would allow retailers across the country to offer more biofuel choices...
Replant, patience and seed availability
This spring has been nothing short of frustrating for farmers who planted a large number of acres before heavy rains that caused ponding, drown-outs and crusting on those newly sewn fields. The season has been equally as taxing on seed companies working with their...
Ag Info Tech, LLC moving to a new facility
Ag Info Tech, LLC. is moving to a new facility July 3. Ag Info Tech?s newest partner, Central Ohio Farmers Co-op of Marion, purchased the facility formally owned by the Movers & Shuckers at 19325 Zolman Rd. in Fredericktown. Central Ohio Farmers Co-op will operate the...
AgTube ? A Video Tour of the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms
The Blanchard River Demonstration Farms project is a $1 million venture between the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. The goal of the effort is to demonstrate on-farm conservation...
Blanchard River Demonstration Farms will be a useful tool for water quality
The Blanchard River Demonstration Farms project is a $1 million venture between the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. The goal of the effort is to demonstrate on-farm conservation...
2017 Corn Planting Cab Cam ? Dusten Watson, Sandusky County
Over 7 inches of rain has not only kept Sandusky County farmer Dusten Watson out of the field for a few weeks, it will keep him in the field a little longer with some replant acres. Ty Higgins from The Ohio Ag Net met up with Watson just outside of Bellevue for the...
Brown elected to Ohio Farm Bureau board of trustees
Nathan Brown of Hillsboro has been elected District 20 Trustee for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. He will help govern the state?s largest and most inclusive farm and food organization and represent Farm Bureau members from Adams, Brown, Clermont and Highland...
