As if farmers around Ohio don’t have enough to be concerned about as they bring in the 2014 harvest, now is also the time to start thinking, and acting on, ways to get fields prepared for this winter and the 2015 planting season. Dale Minyo got some fall field prep tips from Account Manager Barry Rodeheffer for this week’s DuPont Pioneer Field Report.
Read More »Insurance prices were set on Friday and Jon Scheve, grain merchandiser for Superior Feed Ingredients, says we could see some movement in the form of sales from funds and even from farmers with that part of the equation now in stone. He also gives a summary of the past week’s confusing market trends and what to watch for this week.… Continue reading
Read More » For this week’s DuPont Pioneer Field Report, Ty Higgins visits with Account Manager Eric Miller from the Central Ohio area. Miller says yields for both corn and soybeans have been average to a little better in his part of the state, but test weights are a different story. Miller explains what’s to blame for test weights lagging in 2014.… Continue reading
Read More »The long stretch of great harvest conditions were about to come to an end when Ty Higgins of The Ohio Ag Net met up with Marion County farmer Bob Forry in Kirkpatrick, Ohio. Forry was nice enough to stop for a bit to do a Cab Cam. Bob’s twin boys had to head back to Ohio State, so his wife was handling cart duties for the first time in over 25 years. Find out more about how Forry’s harvest is coming along and see his impressive Massey Ferguson toy collection!
… Continue reading Read More »There are still quite a few corn and soybean acres to be run in south central Ohio. As The Ohio Ag Net’s Ty Higgins made his way down Route 62 he ran in to Leesburg farmer Jeff Roehm. After almost 3 full weeks without a wheel turning, Roehm is now through with his beans and started hitting the corn hard on October 27th, 2014.… Continue reading
Read More »With the long stretch of weather suitable for field work, farmers in Ohio and all over the Midwest are making up for lost time and hammering down on corn and soybean fields, but when will that activity be persuading the grain markets. Ty Higgins from The Ohio Ag Net posed that question to Jon Scheve, grain merchandiser with Superior Feed Ingredients.… Continue reading
Read More » With every rain event that sweeps through the Midwest, farmers are becoming more frustrated and anxious as harvest gets further and further delayed. Bradley Ott, an Account Manager with DuPont Pioneer has some helpful tips when it comes to safety on the farm and best practices in the field during a later than expected harvest season, in this week’s DuPont Pioneer Field Report.… Continue reading
Read More »According to Informa Economics, U.S. farmers will plant more soybeans than corn in 2015? John Scheve, a grain merchandiser for Superior Feed Ingredients, tells The Ohio Ag Net’s Ty Higgins that it would be the first time in awhile that more acres will be designated for beans than corn and talks about what to watch for in the markets for the week ahead.… Continue reading
Read More »For the 4th and final week of Feeding Farmers in the Field, Dale Minyo and Ty Higgins from the Ohio Ag Net headed to Wapakoneta where winner Mike Smith and his family farm 900 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat and have 250 head of Jerseys, 130 of them milkers. Harvest has been slow going for Mike, but the silage he got was some of the best he has ever had.… Continue reading
Read More » Throughout the 2014 growing season, Ohio’s corn and soybean fields have been put through the test of variable conditions that put stresses on the crop that are being seen as harvest continues. Account Manager Kevin Forrest talks about how his area of Logan, Champaign and Union Counties saw a wide range of conditions that are cause for some concern as harvest drags on. Listen to his thoughts in this week’s DuPont Pioneer Field Report.… Continue reading
Read More »After what many analysts would consider a neutral report from USDA on Friday, the corn and soybean markets finished the week with double-digit losses. Jon Scheve, grain merchandiser with Superior Feed Ingredients, thinks the market will continue the downward trend early in the week as farmers continue to bring in a corn crop that does not yet have a place to go. Here is more of Scheve’s interview with The Ohio Ag Net’s Ty Higgins.… Continue reading
Read More »Week #3 of Feeding Farmers took Dale Minyo and Ty Higgins from The Ohio Ag Net to the southern part of Allen County near Spencerville. They, along with T-102, took lunch to the farm of Jeff Kill. Jeff is getting ready to begin his harvest season this weekend. He, his dad and his sons oversee close to 400 acres in the area.… Continue reading
Read More » As harvest continues throughout Ohio, many fields have been overtaken by problem weeds during the latter stages of the growing season. Account Manager Doug House discusses the importance of controlling those weeds shortly after harvest for this week’s DuPont Pioneer Field Report.… Continue reading
Read More »Crop-duster pilots working around wind farms are encountering a new and proliferating hazard camouflaged among the fields, one that has already led to several deaths.
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Read More »Although last week’s USDA Quarterly Stocks Report didn’t do much to move the markets in Chicago, rains across the midwest did have some local cash prices bouncing a bit. Ty Higgins gets more market analysis from last week and the week ahead with Superior Feed Ingredients grain merchandiser Jon Scheve.… Continue reading
Read More »Week #2 of Feeding Farmers in the Field took The Ohio Ag Net’s Dale Minyo and Ty Higgins to Ohio City, Ohio in Van Wert County to Allmandinger Farms. This 3 generation family farm grows soybeans and popcorn and grandson Matt has also taken on a straw operation. Ron is beginning to retire and his son, Dave is starting to take over most of the farm duties. Learn more about the farm with this video.… Continue reading
Read More » As farmers began the 2014 harvest season in September, they may have been holding off on getting into the soybean fields because of quite a few leaves still on the stem, only to find out that the moisture of those fields may have been as low as 11% at the time. In this week’s DuPont Pioneer Field Report, Account Manager Troy Putnam tells Ty Higgins why he thinks that is going on this year.… Continue reading
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