Ohio Country Journal

It?s 6:00 and many Americans have just arrived home or are headed home from a long day of work. More often than not, Paul will call on his trek home and ask, ?What?s for dinner?? I?m sure he waits with bated breath for my answer. For after almost 30 years, I have...

Shortly after the Ohio House of Representatives passed the state budget bill (HB 49) that included language to reform Current Agricultural Use Valuation (CAUV), the Ohio Senate started work on the same agenda of reforming old calculations that have been a huge burden...

Cold temperatures, cold rain and cold soils have farmers concerned about the seed they?ve already put in the ground, but DuPont Pioneer Account Manager Tate Cockerill advises growers to not throw in the towel quite yet as temperatures begin to turn around. The Ohio Ag...

On April 25, George ?Sonny? Perdue was sworn in as the 31st Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and he has plenty of work ahead of him.?I am hopeful about USDA. As I meet employees?across USDA it gives me a spirit of optimism that this agency is in...

The week starting April 24th saw a great deal of planting progress for both corn and soybeans. In some areas, planters were rolling up until Friday April 28th, when a period of cold, wet weather arrived. Some parts of the Eastern Corn Belt experienced 3 or more inches...

Starting fall semester, students at the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (Ohio State ATI) will be able to study a new program focused on two key global issues.The new Associate of Applied Science program in bioenergy and biological waste...

Several Ohio FFA chapters had a busy schedule last week with the National Land and Range Judging Contest in Oklahoma where 600 4-H and FFA members gathered.Austin Wood of the Northwestern-Wayne FFA Chapter said it was a busy one, competing in the OK state before...

The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is delaying the implementation of the Farmer Fair Practices rules. GIPSA is a USDA agency that facilitates the marketing of livestock, poultry, meat, cereals, oilseeds, and related agricultural...

Rain and Flooding Impede Field WorkHeavy rains continued throughout the week, preventing nearly all field work and leading to ponding in some fields. There were 0.7 days suitable for fieldwork in Ohio during the week ending May 7, according to Cheryl Turner, Ohio...