Ohio Ag Net’s Dale Minyo is joined by Jon Wing of Marysville STEM School and Michelle Rawlins from Tri-Rivers Career Center as they discuss water quality, thanks to GrowNextGen. GrowNextGen is a project the Ohio Soybean Council and soybean checkoff.… Continue reading
Read More »Ohio’s Country Journal & Ohio Ag Net Podcast | Ep. 268 | Lumberjacks and The Paul Bunyan Show
On this week’s podcast Matt and Dusty sit down with Emmett Conway and Jim Doll with the Ohio Forestry Association talking about the upcoming Paul Bunyan Show. Joel sits down with Zach Dennis with Bane-Welker Equipment to discuss parts availability. The GrowNextGen folks sit down with Dale to talk about their current and upcoming projects. Dale catches up with staff at Farm Credit Mid-America to talk about their new office opening in Alliance. All this and more thanks to AgriGold!
0:00:00 Intro and OCJ/OAN Staff Update
0:26:55 Zach Dennis – Bane-Welker Equipment
0:31:51 GrowNextGen
0:48:38 Farm Credit Mid-America Staff
1:11:05 Closing … Continue reading
Read More »Between the Rows update – Sep. 12, 2022
Hear an update on silage harvest with Kurt Wyler of Coshocton County and good-looking corn and soybeans with Nathan Birkemeier of Putnam County.… Continue reading
Read More »Farm Credit Mid-America welcomes Alliance office
Listen in as Ohio Ag Net’s Dale Minyo talks with Farm Credit Mid-America’s Jo Costa, Mary Fannin, and Evan Hahn (pictured left to right) about the new Alliance, Ohio office, interest rates, the upcoming open house, and their presence at the 2022 Farm Science Review.… Continue reading
Read More »Ohio’s Country Journal & Ohio Ag Net Podcast | Ep. 267 | Solar Energy & Dad Jokes
On this week’s podcast Matt and Dusty sit down with Dale Arnold of Ohio Farm Bureau to talk about solar energy in Ohio. Matt also catches up with Scott McNamee of the Richwood Independent Fair to talk about their unique non-livestock auction. Also, Matt adds in his share of dad jokes to make it a complete Ohio Ag Net Podcast! All this and more thanks to AgriGold!
00:00 Intro and OCJ/OAN Staff Update
39:16 Scott McNamee – Richwood Independent Fair
46:28 Closing … Continue reading
Read More »Update from State Representative Craig Riedel
State Representative Craig Riedel, 82 District, discussed H2Ohio and rural broadband with Dusty Sonnenberg.… Continue reading
Read More »Lorain County Fairs Forever Project
Kim Meyers, director on the senior fair board, gives an update on Lorain County’s Fairs Forever Project that plans to add a 45,000 square foot Community Center to the fairgrounds.… Continue reading
Read More »Ohio’s Country Journal & Ohio Ag Net Podcast | Ep. 266 | SCN in Ohio
This week Matt and Dusty sit down with Horacio Lopez-Nicora, Assistant Professor of Nematology, Soybean Pathology, and Agronomy at The Ohio State University. He talks about soybean cyst nematode in Ohio’s fields. Matt then chats with Kevin Miller of Oakridge Realty and Auction Co. to talk about auctions and land size in Ohio. Dusty stops in at the Lorain County Fair to chat with Kim Meyers who is the Fair Director to talk about the Fairs Forever Campaign. All this and more thanks to AgriGold!
00:00 Intro and OCJ/OAN Staff Update
32:16 Kevin Miller – Auctioneer
41:32 Kim Meyers – Lorain County Fair
45:53 Closing… Continue reading
Read More »Between the Rows update – Aug. 22, 2022
An update on crop conditions from Nathan Birkemeier, Putnam County and Kurt Wyler, Coshocton County.… Continue reading
Read More »Discussion about EPA’s debate on Triazine
Greg Krissek, Co-Chair Triazine Network, discussed the EPA’s debate on the continued use of Triazine.… Continue reading
Read More »John Settlemyre discusses current legislation
Dale chats with District 9 Ohio Corn & Wheat board member John Settlemyre about current legislation issues and his personal effort for his community in grain bin safety.… Continue reading
Read More »Ohio’s Country Journal & Ohio Ag Net Podcast | Ep. 265 | Crop Tour or Ice Cream Tour?
Matt and Dusty sit down with Greg LaBarge of OSU Extension and Mark Warner a farmer in Richland County who were both along for the 2022 Ohio Crop Tour. They talk about what they saw when it came to crop conditions while on their tour. Dale then catches up with the GrowNextGen crew to talk about their chickenology event. Dusty joins Craig Riedel who is the 82nd District Ohio House Representative to talk about Ohio agriculture and H2Ohio. All this and more thanks to AgriGold!
00:00 Intro and OCJ/OAN Staff Update
22:41 GrowNextGen – Chickenology
48:41 Craig Riedel – Ohio House Representative
55:25 Closing… Continue reading
Read More »GrowNextGen Chickenology Curriculum
Brian Ackert from Danville HS and Erica Hitzhusen from Worthington Middle School discuss GrowNextGen’s Chickenology curriculum. GrowNextGen is a project the Ohio Soybean Council and soybean checkoff.… Continue reading
Read More »Ohio’s Country Journal & Ohio Ag Net Podcast | Ep. 264 | Ohio Crop Progress
Matt is joined with Sam Custer of OSU Extension and Jerry Bambauer a farmer and Ohio Soybean Association Member to talk about Crop Progress around the state of Ohio. Dale chats with Kyla McCoy, Patrick Miller, and Mekenzie Jolliff all GrowNextGen Staff about their time at the Ohio State Fair. Matt catches up with Matt Konieczka of Bane-Welker to talk about preparing for the harvest season. Jerry Happy an Ohio Pork Producer sits down with Matt to discuss the Rib Off at the Ohio State Fair and the pork industry. All this and more thanks to AgriGold!
00:00 Intro and OCJ/OAN Staff Update
17:12 GrowNextGen – Ohio State Fair
31:02 Bane-Welker
35:53 Jerry Happy – Ohio Pork Producer
39:12 Closing … Continue reading
Read More »Between the Rows Update – Aug. 8, 2022
Matt Reese talked with Kurt Wyler, Coshocton County, and Nathan Birkemeier, Putnam County, for this week’s update.… Continue reading
Read More »GrowNextGen ambassadors teach public about agriculture at the Ohio State Fair
GrowNextGen ambassadors, Kyla McCoy, Patrick Miller and Mekenzie Jolliff, talked with Dale Minyo at the Ohio State Fair about ways they are working to educate the public about agriculture in the Land & Living Display. GrowNextGen is a project of the Ohio Soybean Council.… Continue reading
Read More »Land & Living Display at the 2022 Ohio State Fair

Dale talked to OFBF interns Carlie Cluxton and Raegan Feldner about the Land & Living Display at the 2022 Ohio State Fair.… Continue reading
Read More »Ohio’s Country Journal & Ohio Ag Net Podcast | Ep. 263 | All Things Ohio State Fair
On this week’s podcast Matt sits down with Jeff Reese, Marketing Specialist at the Ohio Ag Net and Ohio Country Journal, Laura Wuebker, Ohio Farm Bureau Ambassador and Ohio Ag Net Intern, and Jake Zajkowski, Ohio Farm Bureau Intern. Matt, Jeff, Laura, and Jake talk all things Ohio State Fair from the Land and Living building sponsored by the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation to the Rib Off and all things in-between. Dale sits down with Farm Credit Mid-America Staff at Eaton where they talk about their Growing Forward Program to help young farmers navigate the challenges they may face. Scott Higgins, CEO of the American Dairy Association Mideast also joins Dale to talk about the Butter Cow at the Ohio State Fair and the dairy industry. All this and more thanks to AgriGold!
00:00 Intro and OCJ/OAN Staff Update
17:14 Farm Credit Mid-America Staff
28:03 Scott Higgins – ADAME
49:46 Closing… Continue reading
Read More »New Little Farmers Exhibit and Grand Drives at the Ohio State Fair
Evan Hahn, Regional Vice President Agricultural Lending at Farm Credit Mid-America, and Matt Reese discuss Farm Credit Mid-America’s involvement at the Ohio State Fair including the new Little Farmers exhibit and the livestock Grand Drives.… Continue reading
Read More »Farm Credit Growing Forward Program
Dale Minyo talked with Brock Burcham, Regional Vice President Agricultural Lending, Hilary Poulson, Growing Forward Specialist and Amy Weaver, Senior Financial Officer, about Farm Credit’s Growing Forward Program.
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