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Junior Ayrshire Show

(36 exhibitors, 76 animals)

Junior Champion – Ashley Hawvermale, Wooster; Reserve Junior Champion – Rachel Duncan, Warsaw; Grand Champion – Tanner Topp, Wooster; Reserve Grand Champion – Lane Greiwe, Sidney

Junior Brown Swiss Show

(31 exhibitors, 65 animals)

Junior Champion – Alexandra Lammers, Botkins; Reserve Junior Champion – Bradley Moffett, Jeromesville; Grand Champion – Keaton Topp, Botkins; Reserve Grand Champion – Amber Baumer, Wapakonet

Junior Guernsey Show

(36 exhibitors, 89 animals)

Junior Champion – Amber Dietz, Southington; Reserve Junior Champion – Becky Cooley, Baltimore; Grand Champion – Ericq Showalter, New Concord; Reserve Grand Champion – David DiGiovanni, Wapakoneta

Junior Holstein Show

(73 exhibitors, 117 animals)

Junior Champion – Cole Cummings, Sidney; Reserve Junior Champion – Anna Miley, West Salem; Grand Champion – Cole Cummings, Sidney; Reserve Grand Champion – Keaton Topp, Botkins

Junior Jersey Show

(70 exhibitors, 181 animals)

Junior Champion – Keaton Topp, Botkins; Reserve Junior Champion – Megan Cornish, N.… Continue reading

The Ohio State Fair is pleased to announce the 2010 Junior Fair Scholarship winners. Applicants were judged on scholastic standing, citizenship, leadership, Ohio State Fair participation, county fair participation and financial need.

The following is a list of winners:

Rhodes Endowment — $1,500, Kelsey Brockman, Coldwater; Nationwide — $1,000, Paige Pottkotter, Ft. Recovery; Governor’s Scholarship — $1,000, Kara McCarthy, Sycamore; Market Beef Exhibitor — $1,000, Lacey Uhler, Wooster; Beef Breeding Exhibitor — $500, Hannah Winegardner, Lima; Barrow Exhibitor — $1,000, Joel Hamric, Coshocton; Swine Breeding Exhibitor — $500, Cody Dudte, Wooster; Market Lamb Exhibitor — $1,000, Linsey Howell, Danville; Sheep Breeding Exhibitor — $500, Emily Shellhouse, Delaware.

Poultry Exhibitor — $1,000, Elizabeth Bender, Prospect; Dairy Cattle Exhibitor — $1,000, Ashlee Dietz, Southington; Dairy Goat Exhibitor — $500, Alaina Schraufnagel, Granville; Rabbit Exhibitor — $500, Tyler Fields, Marion; Dog Exhibitor — $500, Rachel Olson, Canfield; Horse Exhibitor — $1,000, Amber Baumberger, Jacobsburg; Exhibits & Activities Exhibitor — $1,000, Katherine Lorson, Hilliard; Exhibits & Activities Exhibitor — $500, Connie Price, Grove City; Exhibits & Activities Exhibitor — $250, Katherine Wenner, Lewis Center, Megan Thobe, Celina.… Continue reading

Rachael Overs, DeGraff, exhibited the 132-pound Open Class grand champion wether that was purchased by Kroger for $1,000.

Taylor Banbury, Danville, exhibited the 129-pound Open Class reserve grand champion wether that was purchased in memory of Helen Banbury for $1,600.

Rachael Overs, DeGraff, exhibited the 127-pound grand champion Hampshire wether that was purchased by Kroger and the Ohio Lamb Boosters for $916.

Matthew Wallen, St. Paris, exhibited the 136-pound grand champion Southdown wether that was purchased by the Ohio Club Lamb Association and Ohio Lamb Boosters for $916.

Audrey Neal, Tiffin, exhibited the 123-pound grand champion Suffolk wether that was purchased by Kroger for $1,000.

Kyle Rowe, London, exhibited the 131-pound grand champion Dorset wether that was purchased by Kroger for $1,000.

Eric Nichols, Quaker City, exhibited the 110-pound grand champion Corriedale wether that was purchased by United Producers, Inc., PNC Bank and the Ohio Club Lamb Boosters for $916.

Logan Harvel, Mt.… Continue reading

I often tell people I’m Dale’s sidekick. He’s batman and I’m Robin. Nothing proves the point more than when you see the cool soy biodiesel mobile he drives.  Our new mobile studio was just finished and his RAM truck that runs on soy biodiesel recently got a new look to match. You certainly can’t miss him when he comes to town!

The mobile studio host a satellite uplink that allows us to have an internet signal and broadcast from virtually anywhere. Now guests come into our studio to be interviewed and we can still visit with others through the large window opening on the side. The broadcasting equipment stays protected inside and it’s self sufficient with a generator tucked inside the front of the trailer.

Look for us at fairs, field days and events throughout the summer. Be sure to stop by and say hello. If you’re a fan of Ohio Ag Net on Facebook or a subscriber to our e-newsletter, Digital Dale, you can pick up your free Dale soy biodiesel shirt at any remote broadcast.… Continue reading

By Anne Dorrance, Ohio State University Extension plant pathologist

Early reports of several late season diseases are common in Ohio this year. The following is a list of key characters to help in diagnosis:

• · A patch of stunted, short plants with leaves normal in size is soybean cyst nematode (SCN). This is the time of year where the pockets within a field can be found that have very high SCN levels. If you are walking through waist-high soybeans and all of sudden the beans are knee high, it is time to dig some up and take a look at the roots to look for those SCN females.

• · If there is a brown canker on the stem, early wilting and early death, there are two possibilities — Phytophthora stem canker or Diaporthe stem canker. Phytophthora is very prevalent this year, especially in fields with high levels of clay and have been receiving weekly rains.

Last week late in the afternoon I was on the phone with our website provider in my home office when I heard the loudest noise. I asked him, “did you hear that”? He said, “yeah, that was really loud, what was it”? I responded that is sounded like an airplane going down my road. I get off the phone and I heard it again. I went into the kitchen to look out the window to see what was driving by when instead I see an airplane coming right at my house. Had I not been screaming and focusing on the nose of the plane I probably could have seen the color of the pilots eyes! Just as he began to fly over my grass that is only a 40 feet strip between the field and my house he quickly pulled the plane straight up in the air.

After my blood pressure came back down, I went to front porch to see that he was coming back for another pass and the plane was a crop duster spraying my neighbors field.… Continue reading

A central Ohio composting facility that takes in 150,000 cubic yards of yard trimmings and food waste every year, equal to the loads of nearly 40,000 pickup trucks, and makes sellable mulches and soil blends.

A new renewable energy system set to generate 1 million watts of electricity an hour from, among other things, sewage from the city of Columbus.

How to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards for composting facilities, pass an inspection, and protect both your workers and business.

Learn about all that more at Composting in Ohio 2010: A Tour of the Industry, Thursday, Aug. 5, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., in and around Columbus.

Organizers say the program is for composting facility operators, researchers, educators, public-agency personnel, government officials and anyone else with an interest in large-scale composting and compost use.

Registration costs $40 per person, includes lunch and is due by July 30.

Call 330-202-3533 or e-mail wicks.14@osu.edu… Continue reading

The Ohio State Fair is quickly approaching. We want you to come share in the fun. We’re giving away (2) family four packs of admission tickets along with coupons for a free sandwich at the Ohio Pork Producers Pork Stand, one of the most popular food stands on the fairgrounds!

Tell Us: What makes the Ohio State Fair Fairtastic!

To Enter: Submit your thoughts in the comment section below (only one comment per person)

Contest Ends: July 20th at 8:00 pm

Winner: Will be randomly chosen and contacted via email.

Update:

Winners were chosen randomly through Comment Contest. Congrats to our winners Jill Tyson and James Harding.

Jill said the Ohio State Fair is Fairtastic because, “The Ohio State Fair is such a great opportunity to celebrate outstanding performance. From livestock to cake decorating, youth, teens and adults are able to showcase their projects. So many great companies are represented and the staff and fair board work hard to make sure everyone has a good experience.… Continue reading

The two global agriculture trade exhibitions — Agritechnica in Europe and AG CONNECT Expo in North America — have coordinated the timing of their show dates for 2011 and 2013 for the convenience of exhibitors and attendees with global business interests. Show organizers said this schedule allows those interested in global agriculture to attend both events in those years. The shows are held biennially.

Agritechnica is the world’s largest agriculture machinery show while AG CONNECT Expo is North America’s global exhibition, both featuring the latest innovations in production agriculture.

In 2011, AG CONNECT Expo will be held January 8-10, 2011 (Preview Day January 7) at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The 2011 Agritechnica will be held at the end of that year — November 15-19, 2011 at the Exhibition Grounds in Hanover, Germany (Preview Days November 13-14). The shows will next be held in 2013 — AG CONNECT Expo 2013 is scheduled for January 8-11, 2013 in Orlando, Florida and Agritechnica 2013 is slated for November 2013.… Continue reading

This is for all you ‘meat and potato’ eaters out there. One of my favorite meals is pork chops (of course), fried potatoes and green beans. Not having air conditioning, or a dishwasher for that matter, I have to get creative in the summer, making meals that don’t require the stove. One day while craving this meal I came up with a way to enjoy it on the grill. I love to make things in foil packets. Not only is it an all-in-one meal, but my dishwasher, Zach greatly appreciates the night off too :)

I recently shared the recipe on Good Day Columbus on Fox 28 in Columbus as part of their $10 Tuesday’s where I’m challenged to make a meal for a family of four that is under $10.

Also check out the step-by-step photo instructions for the Pork Chop Potato Foil Packet meal on my blog Heather’s Helpings.… Continue reading

This is for all you ‘meat and potato’ eaters out there. One of my favorite meals is pork chops (of course), fried potatoes and green beans. Not having air conditioning, or a dishwasher for that matter, I have to get creative in the summer, making meals that don’t require the stove. One day while craving this meal I came up with a way to enjoy it on the grill. I love to make things in foil packets. Not only is it an all-in-one meal, but my dishwasher, Zach greatly appreciates the night off too :)

I recently shared the recipe on Good Day Columbus on Fox 28 in Columbus as part of their $10 Tuesday’s where I’m challenged to make a meal for a family of four that is under $10.

Also check out the step-by-step photo instructions for the Pork Chop Potato Foil Packet meal on my blog Heather’s Helpings.… Continue reading

My husband, Zach and I both love to drive around and look at farms. We appreciate a well kept farm and a good field of corn. For as long a I can remember Zach has wanted to go to Iowa. We’ve both visited the state before, but just flew in for work. When his work brought him to Iowa this time, he thought it was the perfect opportunity for us to extend the visit and make a vacation out of it.

In the vacation negotiation a stop in Chicago was agreed upon so I could spend time in one of my favorite spots, the Magnificent Mile on Michigan Avenue. It’s one of the shopping wonders of the world. I’m not sure this could have been a more unusual trip. Downtown Chicago one day, the middle of nowhere, Iowa, the next.

I had no idea the state had so many dirt roads.… Continue reading

My husband, Zach and I both love to drive around and look at farms. We appreciate a well kept farm and a good field of corn. For as long a I can remember Zach has wanted to go to Iowa. We’ve both visited the state before, but just flew in for work. When his work brought him to Iowa this time, he thought it was the perfect opportunity for us to extend the visit and make a vacation out of it.

In the vacation negotiation a stop in Chicago was agreed upon so I could spend time in one of my favorite spots, the Magnificent Mile on Michigan Avenue. It’s one of the shopping wonders of the world. I’m not sure this could have been a more unusual trip. Downtown Chicago one day, the middle of nowhere, Iowa, the next.

I had no idea the state had so many dirt roads.… Continue reading

Soybean rust has been reported on soybeans in the southern United States for the first time this year, but it’s unlikely that Ohio soybean growers will have to worry about the disease this growing season.

“The first find of soybean rust was reported in Texas on June 10, on the border with Mexico. Current predictions for other southern states is that they won’t begin to detect it for another 4 weeks at the earliest because of unfavorable weather conditions for the disease to spread,” said Anne Dorrance, an Ohio State University Extension plant pathologist with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. “As a result, for Ohio, we are at a very low risk for soybean rust to develop this season.”

Soybean rust has not yet been reported in Ohio. Last year was the closest it came to the state, with detections in Kentucky in early September, followed a month later on late-planted soybeans in southern Indiana.… Continue reading

Good Morning Everyone……

The dollar was down , the crude was up and no new export news to drive the markets.

Corn

July $ 3.38 1/4 1

Sept. $ 3.47 1

Soybeans

July $ 9.43 1/2 12 1/2

August $ 9.20 1/2 8 1/4

Wheat

July $ 4.28 -4 1/4

Sept. $ 4.44 3/4 – 4 1/4

Cattle June $ 89.65 -.30

Hogs June $ 77.45 -.17

Milk Class III June $ 13.45 -.04

Ethanol July $ 1.56 .002

OVERNIGHT

Corn

July $ 3.38 – 1/4

December $ $3.58 – 1/

Soybeans

July $ 9.42 – 1/2

November $ 8.96 3/4 1/4

Wheat

July $ 4.29 1

Sept. $ 4.45 3/4 1

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HEAD SCAB IN WHEAT

Towards the end of last week and so far this week, I have been in numerous wheat fields all over the state of Ohio, from as far south as Chillicothee to as far north as Defiance.… Continue reading

Good Morning Everyone……

The Markets talked mainly about the developing crop and it potential.

Corn

July $ 3.37 1/4 1 1/2

Sept. $ 3.46 1

Soybeans

July $ 931 – 4

August $ 9.12 1/4 – 5 1/2

Wheat

July $ 4.32 1/4 unch

Sept. $ $4.49 – 1/4

Cattle June $ 89.95 .15

Hogs June $ 77.62 -.15

Milk Class III June $ 13.49 unch

Ethanol July $ 1.55 .001

OVERNIGHT

Corn

July $ 3.36 1/2 – 3/4

December $ 3.55 3/4 – 3/4

Soybeans

July $ 9.26 1/4 – 4 3/4

November $ *.88 1/4 – 6

Wheat

July $ 4.33 1/4 1

Sept. $ 4.50 1

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Ohio Department of Agriculture Launches Third Annual Photography Contest

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (June 8, 2010) – The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced its third annual photo contest. Participants will have until Dec. 31, 2010, to capture their personal interpretation of this year’s theme “Life of a Farmer.”… Continue reading