Ohio Ag Net | Ohio's Country Journal Ohio Ag Net | Ohio's Country Journal 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
Read More »Soybean research synergy maximizing checkoff dollars
The Ohio Soybean Council is funding research that will help producers realize the maximum potential for yield and profitability year after year. Learn about the Council’s relationship with The Ohio State University on some key projects.… Continue reading
Read More »Cab Cam – John Wilson, Franklin County
A stones-throw from a Best Buy and a Wal-Mart is where Ty Higgins found John Wilson working Franklin County ground to prep the field for soybeans in Dublin. Wilson was running a Horsch Joker with a J & M soil conditioner on the land that has been taken care of by the Wilson family for four generations now. Wilson talks with Ty about the implements he is putting to use and his philosophy on field prep with the stronger stalks being planted nowadays in this Cab Cam video.… Continue reading
Read More »Cab Cam – Yoder Grain Farms, Logan County
As Josh Yoder runs his John Deere 4630 to plant corn on this Logan County ground, he hopes that 2015 yields will work out like 2014 did and that markets look a lot better than they do now when harvest time arrives. Ty Higgins from the Ohio Ag Net joined Yoder for a Cab Cam.… Continue reading
Read More »Cab Cam – Doug Henry, Logan County
The Ohio Ag Net’s Joel Penhorwood visited Logan County Farmer Doug Henry of Henry Farms to get an update on how their planting season is going so far. Henry said they very much welcomed the warmer temperatures seen over the weekend and that soil temperatures in his area dearly needed the heat.
“It’s nice to have some warm temperatures. That’s what we were looking for. The ground’s warmed up just the way we like it today,” he said. “We started last week and I just looked and we’re at about 500 acres planted.”… Continue reading
Read More »Cab Cam – Planting at 10 MPH!
Thanks to the new John Deere ExactEmerge row units, Nate Douritas, the Farm Manager at Farm Science Review, is planting soybeans at over 10 MPH. That works out to be about 50 acres an hour! See the new planter in action with this Cab Cam from Ty Higgins of The Ohio Ag Net.… Continue reading
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