Videos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paige Pence from Clark County was the exhibitor of the 2015 Ohio State Fair Grand Champion Market Goat.… Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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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:

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