In early September, the combines belonging to Niese Farms began rolling through Crawford and Wyandot County soybean fields. The Ohio Ag Net’s Ty Higgins followed the dust and caught up with Casey Niese for the first fall harvest Cab Cam of 2015.… Continue reading
Read More »Agro Liquid Field Day
Bart Johnson talks with Galynn Beer with Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers about why you can use lower volumes of liquid fertilizers when comparing against dry fertilizers and still maintain yields in a sustainable manner.… Continue reading
Read More »An up close look at corn variability
Bill Mullen, Director of Agronomic Services with Seed Consultants, takes two corn plants from the same row to show the variability that Ohio corn fields are showing after a very challenging growing season. He also talks about the stalk quality issues that may force farmers to harvest early this year.… Continue reading
Read More »Fennig Equipment helps farmers develop new practices
Gary Fennig of Fennig Equipment talks about how the company started in Coldwater, Ohio over 5 years ago and now helps farmers all over the Midwest take on the new practices of cover crops and nutrient application.… Continue reading
Read More »Another look at 20 years of fertilizer recommendations
There are likely as many varied opinions on the validity and the accuracy of the Tri-State Fertilizer Recommendations as there are farms and soil types. No matter what that opinion may be from field to field, it is hard to deny that the document has had an incredible impact on crop production in Ohio.… Continue reading
Read More »2015 Ohio State Fair Grand Champion Market Steer
Tyler Clark of Miami County was the exhibitor of the 2015 Grand Champion Market Steer. Dale Minyo spoke to him after the show about the big win.… Continue reading
Read More »Beck’s Closing Wheel Study
Field Agronomist Alex Johnson revisit’s the Beck’s Practical Farm Research (PFR) Closing Wheel trial and what we have seen over the past three years.… Continue reading
Read More »2015 Ohio State Fair Grand Champion Market Lamb
Bailee Amstutz of Union County was the exhibitor of the 2015 Ohio State Fair Grand Champion Market Lamb selected Wednesday night. Bailee’s lamb was the winner of the crossbred competition.
2015 Ohio State Fair Grand Champion Market Goat
Paige Pence from Clark County was the exhibitor of the 2015 Ohio State Fair Grand Champion Market Goat.… Continue reading
Read More »Justifying a corn fungicide application
Grey Leaf Spot and Northern Corn Leaf Blight were yield robbers in Ohio corn fields in 2014. Conditions so far this year are causing both of these diseases to show up again.
Bill Mullen of Seed Consultants says a check of the fields will indicate what actions, if any, need to be taken, considering the current farm economics.… Continue reading
Read More »Early Stalk Rot
John Brien Agronomist with AgriGold discusses the early signs of stalk rot he is seeing in Ohio. John also shows you what to look for in your own corn field.
“We’re at the typical point in a corn plant’s life where everything is tasseling, we’re doing pollination – we’ve gotten to that point. That’s usually the sign that we’re home free,” said Brien. “We’re worried about running out of nitrogen, we’re worried about foliar fungicides and what we should do, but walking corn fields, I’ve found a new issue that may be more valuable to us than those two things.”
That issue is stalk rot and Brien goes into detail about the problem and how to identify it early.… Continue reading
Read More »Identifying practices to best manage phosphorus
Since its creation, the P Index has been offering farmers insights into the decisions they make with regard to the phosphorus management on their farms with a scoring system for management practices. The problem is that the Ohio P Index has never been validated for accuracy with on-farm tests to see if the system reflects P runoff risk from farm fields. Elizabeth Dayton is working on a validation process at The Ohio State University.… Continue reading
Read More »Wheat tour showcases U.S. varieties to E.U. buyers
A European trade team representing Spain, Italy and Malta recently spent a week touring wheat fields in North Dakota, Minnesota and Ohio. The group’s Ohio leg included a tour of the Agriculture Research Service (ARS) Lab in Wooster, a visit to the OARDC wheat test plots for an overview of the Soft Red Wheat Breeding Program and concluded with a farm tour and dinner at Stover Family Farms in Shelby.… Continue reading
Read More »Tile Spacing Study
Team Sales Agronomist Alex Johnson discusses Beck’s Practical Farm Research (PFR) Tile Spacing Study and how the trials are being utilized to determine the best spacing for the most economical returns.… Continue reading
Read More »Checking your fields after the rains
Much of Ohio has seen wave after wave of rain storms in June of 2015, leaving overly saturated fields of recently planted corn and soybeans under water. Bill Mullen of Seed Consultants has some useful advice as to what to watch for once the rain subsides.… Continue reading
Read More »Feeding Farmers Week 4 – Pittman Farms, Delaware Co.
The fourth and final week of the spring 2015 Feeding Farmers in the Field, sponsored by AgriGold Hybrids, saw the crew of the Ohio Ag Net travel to northern Delaware County to Pittman Farms. Ed and Craig Pittman run the corn and soybean operation based near the town of Ashley.
Rain was one of the main topics of discussion between all the farmers, neighbors, and other friends of the family in attendance.… Continue reading
Read More »Ohio’s crop dusters aim for perfection during S.A.F.E. event
Ohio’s aerial applicators — more often known as crop dusters — recently gathered at the Morrow County Airport, base of operations for Fisher Ag Service, to take part in Operation SAFE. The event offers networking opportunities, but more importantly helps to ensure the use of application technology is as efficient and accurate as possible. SAFE in this case stands for Self-regulating Application and Flight Efficiency and is put on by the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA).
Ohio Ag Net’s Joel Penhorwood takes a look at the crop dusting industry in Ohio.… Continue reading
Read More »Feeding Farmers Week 3 – Davisson Farms, Union County
For the third week of Feeding Farmers in the Field, sponsored by AgriGold Hybrids, Dale Minyo and the crew of the Ohio Ag Net made their way south of Milford Center in Union County to Davisson Farms. Dale Davisson leads the corn and soybean operation.
Read More »Feeding Farmers Week #2 – Ellis Farms, Clinton County
Tuesday’s cooler than normal temperatures greeted the crew of the Ohio Ag Net as they ventured to Clinton County for the second installment of the 2015 Feeding Farmers in the Field sponsored by AgriGold Hybrids. The week’s winners were Ellis Farms – a corn, soybean, and wheat operation unique in the fact that it is also a successful pheasant hunting preserve.
More on the operation as Dale Minyo interviews Matt Ellis:
Read More »Feeding Farmers Week 1 – Maple View Farms, Erie County
Dale Minyo and the crew of the Ohio Ag Net took a trip north on Tuesday for the first 2015 installment of Feeding Farmers in the Fields, sponsored by AgriGold Hybrids. Maple View Farms based in southern Erie County was the winner. The farm is run by Keith Edwards and two of his sons Kirk and Kent.
As far as their spring, Keith said it has been without much struggle compared to other years.
“We’ve had actually what we’d call a normal spring, which we haven’t had in many years,” said Keith. “It’s been a good spring.
“We are sidedressing. Spraying – we’ve got a little moratorium on that – we’re in between spraying time. And hay, as soon as we get a weather window we’re ready to cut hay, but we’re dry right now.”
The farm is in the process of transition from Keith to Kirk and Kent. Each have their own duties on the operation.… Continue reading
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