Matt, Kolt, and Dusty host this week with some exciting news! Dusty is the host of the brand spanking new Ohio Field Leader Podcast in affiliate with the soybean checkoff and Ohio Soybean Council. Interviews this week include a sneak peak interview from Dusty with Mark Loux for the Ohio Field Leader Podcast. Dale talked to Tadd Nicholson from the Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association on the Next Generation Fuels Act. Matt interviewed Patty Mann who is the first female to become president of the Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association. Matt also talked to Leo Bastos who is the head of Carbon Business Model for Bayer Crop Science, about the Bayer Carbon Initiative. … Continue reading
Kolt Buchenroth visits with Tammy Ott, an agronomist with Channel seeds regarding high-yielding soybean technology and new Channel products for 2021.… Continue reading
Matt, Dusty, and Kolt host this week and talk a little bit about what harvest looks like in their counties. Interviews include one from Matt and Don Bailey about farmland preservation. Matt also talked with Ted Blohm about his trip out to Iowa with his wife to help farmers that had been devastated by the damaging winds. More online at ocj.com!
After 42 years with Ohio Farm Bureau, Senior Vice President Keith Stimpert is retiring from the organization. Listen to his interview with Kolt Buchenroth.… Continue reading
President Donald Trump addressed the nation’s farmers Monday and covered a wide range of issues from the Phase One Trade Deal to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.… Continue reading
We take the Quarantine Chronicles on for another week with Matt, Kolt, and Dale Hosting our guest Megan Wendt from the Ohio Youth Livestock Expo. Interviews this week include an interview from Matt with Bane Welker intern Macel Stowers. Bart includes an interview with Kyle Halseman of Halseman Ag.… Continue reading
The Quarantine Chronicles continue, and we miss our office more and more. Kolt, Matt and Dusty host this week from their homes. Interviews include two Between the Rows interviews featuring Charlie Kail and Wille Murphy. Matt interviewed Jamie Graham from the Ohio Beef Council. And Bart interviewed Shane Kellogg from the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms.… Continue reading
In this edition of the Pioneer Field Report, Kyle Polling visits with us about root transitions and the ugly duckling phase in corn, the importance of weed maintenance early in soybean development and gives us an update on the wheat.… Continue reading
For this week’s Pioneer Field Report, we visit with Alex Knight, Field Agronomist with Pioneer on all things replant, variability, and getting this year’s crop off to a good start.… Continue reading
WE ARE BACK this week- and yes, the quarantine chronicles move on. State Representative Jon Cross joins Matt, Kolt, and Dusty this week and talks about about the fate of county fairs for summer 2020, and two issues that include rural broadband and coyotes. Interviews this week include Jenna Beadle of Ohio Farm Bureau, and Tony Seegers of Ohio Farm Bureau.… Continue reading
The calendar is almost to June and there is still tremendous uncertainty surrounding most of Ohio’s county and independent fairs. The topic came up in Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s afternoon press conference.
“Today we are releasing guidelines on how county fair boards/agricultural societies and local health departments can safely allow kids to participate in limited livestock shows and other activities,” DeWine said.
The guidelines include an emphasis on social distancing, limiting crowds, ensuring the health of people involved, and measures for animal care. The governor encouraged Ohio’s fair boards to work with local health departments on putting on the events within the guidelines.
Earlier in the day State Representatives Susan Manchester and Jena Powell sent a letter to DeWine urging the State to comply with recommendations offered by the Fair Advisory Group.
“Each county has faced different experiences and challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this, it is clear that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach,” the letter said.… Continue reading
Dave Russell talks with Rob McClelland of Meristem Crop Performance which is a new company focusing on bringing inputs and input additives direct-to-farm.… Continue reading
On May 21, the Ohio State Fair announced that the event will not be taking place in 2020 — rides, fair food, junior fair, Smokey Bear, open shows, friends in the show barn, everything is canceled.
In recent weeks, the Ohio State Fair’s management team and the Ohio Expositions Commission were evaluating all available information from state and local health officials, as well as the financial feasibility of a reduced capacity fair. With the available information, the Ohio Expositions Commission voted to cancel the Ohio State Fair in an effort to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and protect the fair for the future.
“Our commissioners love our State Fair and you know how much I do and this is hard on all of us. This is my 28th year with the Ohio State Fair and I’ve had a lot of challenges over the years and this is right up there.… Continue reading
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