Videos

Charlie Troxell with Precision Ag Services goes over the many options a precision planter can have at the farmer level.… Continue reading

Now is the time to make sure your planter is ready to roll when the fields are fit. AgriGold’s John Brien discusses issues he sees in the field that are caused by poor planter maintenance.… Continue reading

How to improve soil health by using “trash” – When farmers harvest their corn crop, shredded corn stalks are left behind. Farmers have learned that leaving this trash – or residue – on the field protects the soil by creating a blanket. This helps the soil rebuild vital nutrients and prevents runoff.… Continue reading

The team at Ohio’s Country Journal and the Ohio Ag Net have a bit of fun with attire required by kids that show dairy animals. Ty Higgins, Matt Reese and Joel Penhorwood decided to join in the fun and get some white pants of their own and found some great show kids to help out with this Mel McDaniel (Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On) inspired parody tune!… Continue reading

Bio-security has reached a new level in the hog industry with the outbreak of PEDv in over half of the 50 states. Ohio’s Heimerl Farms has invested heavily in piglet safety by building their own TADD system.… Continue reading

Morrow County, Ohio farmer Anthony Bush has been on the ground level of the development of the 2014 Farm Bill. This new farm policy offers some new options for producers and many questions are being asked as those options are weighed. The Ohio Ag Net’s Ty Higgins sat down with Bush to go over the PLC, ARC and SCO programs. In this video, you will find out what exactly those programs entail. Bush will also talk about what scenarios will work best with each option and what farmers need to start doing now to get prepared to make these long-term decisions before the March 15th deadline.… Continue reading

Catch a glimpse of the National Turkey Federation’s chairman for 2014 and the Presidential Turkey Flock! This year, Cooper Farms a family-owned Ohio company is raising a turkey, with anticipation for an invitation to the White House, for the Presentation of the National Thanksgiving Turkey.… Continue reading

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!

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

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

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