Top Headlines
J D Equipment donates $10,000 to Spielman Fund
J D Equipment is proud to announce it has already reached a $10,000 commitment to the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research for 2012. J D Equipment will donate a portion of each sale of John Deere riding lawn mowers sold during 2012 to the Stefanie Spielman Fund. J D Equipment began this commitment ...
Ohio’s Crop Progress Report – April 30th, 2012
OHIO CROP WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS The average temperature for the State was 47.6 degrees, 5.8 degrees below normal for the week ending Sunday, April 29, 2012. Precipitation averaged 0.78 inches, 0.05 inches above normal. There were 29 modified growing degree days, 30 days below normal. Reporters rated 5.0 days suitable for fieldwork during the seven-day period ...
Uneven corn emergence issues
By Jeff Rectenwald, Monsanto territory agronomist Several factors can contribute to uneven corn emergence and growth early in the season. Replanting is not often justified due to uneven stands; however, understanding why uneven emergence occurred can help minimize the risk in the future. Additionally, consideration should be given to how uneven early growth can affect ...
Domino’s Pizza says No to HSUS
From NAFB News Service While Burger King has pledged to only purchase pork products from producers who don’t use gestation-sow stalls by 2017 – Domino’s Pizza shareholders have rejected a resolution proposed by the Humane Society of the United States to require its pork suppliers to stop housing gestating sows in stalls. In fact – ...
Interscholastic Equestrian Association
By Kim Lemmon Recently, I was asked to steward a horse show for the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA). IEA teams host team-oriented horse shows for students in grades 6 through 12. I am sometimes asked to judge or steward some their western events because of my history as a member and a coach of college ...
Cover crop field guide available
By Matt Reese There is a new resource out for those who are interested in using cover crops on their Ohio farms. The 136-page “Midwest Cover Crops Field Guide” was recently released by the Midwest Cover Crop Council. “The Midwest Cover Crop Council, which Ohio State is part of, has put together different resources. The ...
Ohio responds to the initial look at the Farm Bill
By Matt Reese Ohio agriculture is getting its first look at the initial form of the 2012 Farm Bill after the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry passed its proposal. The legislation is now being referred to the full Senate for consideration. In general, there is fairly broad support for this first step. “We ...
Beef market rebounding from BSE
On uncertainty over just what the information would be and concern of potential loss in consumer confidence in beef, futures prices fell by the one-day limit of $3 per hundredweight by closing bell on the day of the USDA’s BSE announcement. But by the close of trading two days later, the futures markets had recovered ...
Department of Labor withdrawls rule dealing with children working on farms
The U.S. Department of Labor today issued the following statement regarding the withdrawal of a proposed rule dealing with children who work in agricultural vocations: “The Obama administration is firmly committed to promoting family farmers and respecting the rural way of life, especially the role that parents and other family members play in passing those ...
Ohio oil and gas interest moves westward
By Matt Reese As the oil and gas boom is in full force in many parts of eastern Ohio, words like shale, Marcellus, directional drilling, seismic testing and deep wells have almost become part of the regular vocabulary in many of those communities. These terms may sound somewhat more foreign, though, to landowners in other ...
Search the Site
Special Sections
Between the Rows
Brought to you by: 
Agronomy Notebook
See our newest section: 
Horse Sense
Brought to you by: 
FFA News
Brought to you by: 
Feeding Farmers in the Field
Brought to you by: 
Agri Gold Feeding Farmers in the Field