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For some corn fields in Account Manager Chasitie Euler’s territory of Fulton, Williams, Lucas and Henry Counties, it may be too little too late if a shower hits areas that haven’t seen moisture since early July, but as she tells Ty Higgins in this week’s DuPont Pioneer Field Report, some fields will take the moisture its given to make it strongly to the finish line.… Continue reading

As farmers and traders alike are watching the current weather situation to gauge how this year’s corn and soybean crops will fair, weather that occurred back in the spring is affecting the soybean crop in Northern Ohio now. Ty Higgins learned more from Account Manager Derek Hunker in this week’s DuPont Pioneer Field Report.… Continue reading

Rising interest rates and falling commodity prices are increasing the potential for the future development of an asset bubble in U.S. farm land values, according to a new report from the Rabobank Food and Agribusiness Research and Advisory group. The Ohio Ag Net’s Ty Higgins has more.… Continue reading

With the sandy soils in some northern Ohio fields, some farmers were able to begin planting back in April, while others may have not had a chance to get in until Memorial Day, but Account Manager Derek Hunker tells Ty Higgins that at this point you can’t tell much of a difference in those fields. Now the variation is in the weather. Here’s this week’s DuPont Pioneer Field Report.… Continue reading

Photos by Megan Hunker and Matt Reese

For Sale of Champions results, click here and for Outstanding Market Exhibitor winners click here … Continue reading

2014 Beef Breed Winners

Beef Performance Carcass Quality:

Grand Champion – Allison Davis, Carroll County

Reserve Grand Champion – Kirsten Augustine, Ashland County

Market Heifers

Grand Champion – Allison Davis, Carroll County

Reserve Grand Champion – Haley Frazier, Jackson County

Angus

Grand Champion – Kinsey Crowe, Montgomery County

Reserve Grand Champion – Sydney Sanders, Highland County

Chianina

Grand Champion – Callie Daniels, Hardin County

Reserve Grand Champion – Logan Vail, Richland County

Hereford

Grand Champion – Dawson Osborn, Highland County

Reserve Grand Champion – Maverick Pugh, Stark County

Maine-Anjou

Grand Champion – Wyatt Daniels, Hardin County

Reserve Grand Champion – Jenna Taylor Darner, Butler County

Shorthorn

Grand Champion – Quinton Waits, Fayette County

Reserve Grand Champion – Reily Bell, Muskingum County

Shorthorn Plus

Grand Champion – Nicholas Bauer, Huron County

Reserve Grand Champion – Samantha Norman, Fulton County

Simmental

Grand Champion – Curtis Harsh, Delaware County

Reserve Grand Champion – Brandee Painter, Licking County

AOB

Grand Champion – Gerrett Davison, Madison County

Reserve Grand Champion – Elizabeth Heinz

Division 1 Crossbred

Champion: Adam Kinsman, Fulton Co.… Continue reading

Kacie Carter, 17, of Harrison County exhibited the 2014 Ohio State Fair Reserve Grand Champion Market Turkey.

There were 41 turkeys in this year’s show. The occasion did not mark the first time Kacie has bannered as she was the 2013 Grand Champion Market Turkey exhibitor. Ohio Ag Net’s Joel Penhorwood talked to Carter immediately after the final drive.

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Throughout the pollination stage, the cooler weather around Ohio is very welcomed, but is there such a thing as a summer that is too cool for the state’s corn and soybean crops? Ty Higgins finds out in this week’s DuPont Pioneer Field Report with Account Manager Jim Stucke.… Continue reading

CME Group and the National 4-H Council, along with OSU Extension, partnered to create the Commodity Carnival, a fun learning activity for students to experience managing the business risks associated with producing and bringing livestock to market. The game, which made a stop at The Ohio State Fair on Thursday, aims to build greater literacy in agricultural science and economics at state and county fairs.

The Commodity Carnival consists of three activities that guide participants through the process of producing and selling livestock: grow your livestock, sell your livestock and win a ribbon. Game participants raised a hog during the 2013 season. This year, participants will grow and sell a steer.

Joel Penhorwood stopped by the game’s location in the Ag/Hort building to learn more.… Continue reading