In May, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer formally notified Congress of the Trump Administration?s plans to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico.The White House officially notified the Senate Finance and House Ways...
Farming involves a large number of variables, from equipment to inputs to the weather. For Austin Heil in Hardin County, the most important variable is the planter. He is seeing benefits from new-age upgrades he has added to his older planter. See what he has done to...
Following recent and excessive precipitation, many corn producers are now scrambling to replant. While there are many agronomic considerations associated with replanting, University of Illinois weed scientist Aaron Hager said farmers should keep weed control/herbicide...
The National Corn Growers Association filed comments with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on ethanol and the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) regulations, following President Trump?s executive order, ?Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda.?NCGA urged the EPA to...
With the weather finally allowing hay harvest to get underway across Ohio, it?s also a good time to consider strategies for replacing the soil nutrients that are removed during harvest. Since hay is the basis for most Ohio winter beef cow rations, it?s common for...
Katie Levesque has always really enjoyed beef jerky, but as a college student at the Ohio State University Lima Branch she did not always have the funds to purchase her favorite snack. To address this situation, she started making her own.?I found this article about...
POET Biorefining in Marion is undergoing an expansion to more than double its capacity from nearly 70 million gallons per year to 150 million gallons per year, improving the grain market for local farmers and adding new jobs to the community. With the expansion,...
About 89.5 million acres of soybeans will be planted across the United States in 2017 ? a record high, according to the USDA. Research published in the April 2017 issue of Pest Management Science indicates that many of these soybean growers will invest in...
One of the topics of discussion this winter at the corner table of the local coffee shop most certainly was the upcoming growing season and the expected higher than average insect populations due to the mild temperatures this winter. That topic of discussion paired...
The nearly ideal planting conditions followed by extensive rains statewide have led to some unusual crop emergence problems for corn and soybeans in Ohio.Peter Thomison reported several instances of somewhat unusual corn emergence issues.?Often the problems were...
