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Upcoming Events

May 30, 2023 Issue:

  • The Ag Law Harvest
  • Ohio Crop Returns Outlook for 2023 – Final Crop Enterprise Budgets for 2023
  • The Ohio State University to Establish Trimble Technology Labs in Columbus and Wooster For Agriculture, Construction, Natural Resources
  • Lee’s Monthly News Column
  • Ashtabula County 4‐H Camp is Filling Up‐Get your Reservation in Today!

May 23, 2023 Issue:

  • Spring Weather & Soil Conditions: Update 7 (Final)
  • Fungicide and Insecticide at Flowering: Is This Really Warranted?
  • And Now….There’s No Rain – Reminders About Residual Herbicides
  • Consumer debt in U.S. hits $17 trillion dollars, U.S. agricultural real estate debt projected to record levels.
  • USDA ERS Forecasting Reduced Farm Income for 2023
  • Federal court approves settlement agreement in Lake Erie litigation
  • Ashtabula County 4H Camp is Filling UpGet your Reservation in Today!

May 16, 2023 Issue:

  • Changes Ahead With Potential El Nino
  • Big Tractors, Now Heavier Than Many Dinosaurs, Can Damage Deep Soil
  • When Do You Leave Seed In The Bag?
  • Pasture Repairs After A Muddy Winter
  • Managing Soil Acidity, Not Soil Balancing, Affects Yield

May 9, 2023 Issue:

  • Spring Weather & Soil Conditions: Update 5
  • Planning Your Winter Annual Cereal Grain Forage Harvest
  • Are you charging enough for your hay?
  • 2023 Beef Production Forecasts
  • Trusts for Second Marriages
  • Precision Livestock Farming to Improve Efficiency
  • Mental Health Resources

May 2, 2023 Issue:

  • May is Here, Planting Considerations for Corn and Soybean
  • On Our Watchlist: Seedcorn Maggot and Alfalfa Weevil
  • The Ohio End of Maple Season Report
  • Timing of Fertilizer Application for Forages
  • Ohio State Expert: Expect to See More Ticks Statewide This Season
  • Mental Health Resources
  • Lee’s Monthly News Column

April 25, 2023 Issue:

  • Spring Weather & Soil Conditions: Update 3
  • Waterhemp on The Rise
  • Waiting on 2026
  • ROI; Is it time for a fresh look?
  • Enhanced Soil Carbon Farming as a Climate Solution: Pastures and Hayfields in Ohio
  • Recycling lake sediments for crop production: A sustainable solution for closing the phosphorus cycle

April 18, 2023 Issue:

  • Trends in General Inflation and Farm Input Prices
  • Two Rate Nitrogen Trial – MRTN vs. MRTN (+50)
  • Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparisons of Feedstuffs Prices
  • First Cutting Can Make or Break a Season
  • Extension Talk – Mental Health Dinner Theater Held

April 11, 2023 Issue:

  • Spring Weather & Soil Conditions: Update 1
  • Enhanced Soil Carbon Farming as a Climate Solution: Pastures and Hayfields in Ohio
  • Farm On financial management course offers farmers, ranchers training to meet new program requirements
  • “Waters of the United States” continues to make waves
  • Will Price Volatility Continue in the World Wheat Market?
  • Deadlines This Week - College Ag Scholarships Portage County Hiring ANR Educator
  • Upcoming Extension Events

April 4, 2023 Issue:

  • Portage County Hiring ANR Educator
  • Warmer Weather Ahead
  • Record in Brazil, Drop in Argentina: Contrasting Soybean Harvests in South America
  • Extension Talk – College Ag Scholarships Offered
  • Lee’s Monthly News Column
  • Upcoming Extension Events

March 28, 2023 Issue:

  • When and How Much Nitrogen to Apply to Wheat
  • Early Spring Weed Identification
  • Help us help you: take our farm legal needs survey
  • A Summary of Cost and Returns for the 2022-2023 Hay Crop
  • The Farm Insurance Policy: Unique Assets and Activities
  • Ohio Agritourism Conference is April 1
  • Extension Talk – College Ag Scholarships Offered
  • Upcoming Extension Events

March 21, 2023 Issue:

  • Will Brazil Emerge as the Number One Corn Exporting Nation?
  • You Get What You Pay For, Until You Don’t
  • Could AI-Powered Object Recognition Technology Help Solve Wheat Disease?
  • How Drought Impacts Corn Yields
  • Ohio Agritourism Conference is April 1st
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy School Returns March 28, 2023
  • Upcoming Extension Events

March 14, 2023 Issue:

  • Where Could the U.S.-Mexico GM Corn Dispute End Up?
  • Role of Biologicals in Enhancing Nutrient Efficiency in Corn and Soybean
  • Phosphorus Best Management Practices Field Day
  • Extension Talk– Extension and Farm Bureau to hold Free Dinner Theater for Mental Health April 11th
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy School Returns March 28, 2023
  • Upcoming Extension Events

March 7, 2023 Issue:

  • U.S. Agricultural Projections to 2023
  • New Research Lends an Ear to How Drought Impacts Corn Yields
  • New Ohio Law Allows Postnuptial Agreements
  • Extension Talk - Farewell
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy School Returns March 28, 2023
  • Upcoming Extension Events

February 28, 2023 Issue:

  • Weather Update: Transitioning
  • Ohio Land Values and Cash Rents Analysis
  • Drones for Spraying Pesticides
  • Double Crop Sunflower in Ohio, is it an Option?
  • The Ag Law Roundup: leases, zoning, line fences, milk insurance, and popcorn
  • Extension Talk – Ohio Grape and Wine Conference Held
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy School Returns March 28, 2023
  • Upcoming Extension Events

February 21, 2023 Issue:

  • A Look At Nutrient Deficiency
  • Trees Near Rural Property Boundaries: What Are The Laws?
  • Farm Sector Profits Expected to Decline in 2023
  • Truth Or Fallacy: Cattle Cannot Digest Whole Shelled Corn?
  • New Mental Health Resource for Ohioans!
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy School Returns March 28, 2023
  • Upcoming Extension Events

February 14, 2023 Issue:

  • Mild, Wet and Windy Next 30 Days
  • 'Warm' Winter Days...What This Means for Wheat
  • Controlling Slugs and Voles in Cover Crops
  • Carbon Credit Market Assistance Program Now in the Moore to present Estate Planning Challenges for Farm Families this Wednesday
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy School Returns March 28, 2023
  • Upcoming Extension Events

February 7, 2023 Issue:

  • Weather Update: January 2023 A Month of Soil Moisture Recharge
  • Agency and legislative leadership in 2023: what might it mean for ag?
  • Farm Insurance Policies Part #1 - Understanding the Policy
  • Agricultural Guestworkers in Ohio: What We Know and Where We’re Going
  • Farmers, ranchers needed for national study about balancing work and children
  • Work begins on the 2023 Ashtabula Local Food Guide
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy School Returns March 28, 2023
  • Upcoming Extension Events

January 31, 2022 Issue:

  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy School Returns March 28, 2023
  • Sampling Corn Grain for Vomitoxin
  • Spinning Food Processing Waste Into ”Gold”
  • Frost Seeding Clover: A Recipe for Success
  • The Trumbull Portage Summit County Farm Service Agency is Hiring
  • Extension Talk – The Chicken or the Egg; Raising Prices Raises Questions
  • Lee’s Monthly News Column
  • Upcoming Extension Events

January 24, 2023 Issue:

  • Settling in for the Winter (and beyond): Road Salt Impacts Groundwater Year -Round
  • Renewable Energy for America Program Offering Grants and Low Interest Loans
  • Consider Feeding Options for Challenging Conditions
  • Help us…Help you! Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rent Survey 2022-2023
  • Recognizing Changes in Mental Health
  • Upcoming Extension Events

January 17, 2023 Issue:

  • John Deere and Farm Bureau Address Right-to-Repair
  • Rice breeding breakthrough to feed billions
  • Farm Bill Decisions and Risk Mitigation in 2023
  • Army of pest-munching ducks keep South African vineyard blooming
  • Help us…Help you! Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rent Survey 2022-2023
  • EXTENSION TALK: Save the Date: Agronomy School & Pesticide Training
  • Upcoming Extension Events

January 11, 2023 Issue:

  • The New WOTUS Rule: What Does It Mean and Does It Really Matter?
  • Ag-Link Program Available to Ohio Farmers Planning for 2023 Growing Season
  • Adjusting for Cold Weather
  • Jackson-Smith Appointed to the Kellogg Endowed Chair in Agricultural Ecosystems Management at Ohio State
  • Lee’s Monthly News Column
  • Upcoming Extension Events

January 4, 2023 Issue:

  • Weather Update: A Warm and Wet Start to 2023
  • Don't Miss Out on 2023 Soil Health Webinar Series
  • 2023 "Climate &.." Webinar Series
  • Finding Clarity in Muddy Situations
  • Starting a Food Business Webinar Series
  • 2023 Gift and Estate Tax Changes

December 20, 2022 Issue:

  • Weather Update: More Active Pattern Sets in for December
  • Giant Ragweed Still Looms Large
  • 2022 Ohio Soybean Performance Trials - Yield Results Available Online as Sortable Tables
  • OSU Extension to Hold Planning for the Future of Your Farm Webinar Series in 2023
  • How intensive agriculture turned a wild plant into a pervasive weed (Waterhemp)
  • Like-Kind Exchange Basics

December 14, 2022 Issue:

  • Starting Small to Better Understanding Key Steps in the Carbon Cycle
  • USDA Releases Nationwide Farmer, Rancher and Forest Manager Prospective Customer Survey
  • Registration Open for our Planning for the Future of Your Farm Workshop Offered By OSU Extension
  • In Defense of Animal Agriculture

December 6, 2022 Issue:

  • Weather Update: More Active Pattern Sets In For December
  • The Feed Grinder Mixer, Friend, or Foe?
  • Starting A Food Business Webinar Series Being Offered By OSU Extension
  • Evaluating Returns Necessary To Justify Installation Of Tile Drainage
  • 2022 Ohio Maple Days
  • Lee’s Monthly News Column
  • 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book Available

November 29, 2022 Issue:

  • Protecting the Farm from the Risk of Long-Term Care
  • Study: Turning Wastewater into Fertilizer Is Feasible and Could Help to Make Agriculture More Sustainable
  • 2022 Ohio Maple Day
  • 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book Available

November 22, 2022 Issue:

  • Weather Update: January-like Weather Abates in Time for Thanksgiving
  • Does Eating Organic vs. Conventional Fruits and Vegetables Impact your Health?
  • Farm Service Agency Microloan Program: An Opportunity for New, Niche, & Small Farmers
  • A gene from 28 million years ago protects today's plants against caterpillars
  • Dr. Mark Sulc Retires
  • Upcoming Ohio Certified Crop Adviser Pre-Exam Preparation Class
  • 2022 Ohio Maple Day
  • 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book Available

November 15, 2022 Issue:

  • Outlook for Nitrogen Prices in Spring 2023
  • Our New Publication on Keeping Farmland in the Family
  • Farm Service Agency Loans for Beginning and Established Farmers: An Overview
  • Upcoming Ohio Certified Crop Adviser Pre-Exam Preparation Class
  • Soil Sensor Yields Beneficial Information for Farmers
  • Ohio Maple Day
  • 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book Available

November 8, 2022 Issue:

  • Weather Update: Fall Drought Conditions Expand
  • Selecting a Business Structure
  • Water-The Most Important Nutrient
  • Fall Herbicide Applications in Dry 2022 Ohio Maple Day
  • 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book Available

November 1, 2022 Issue:

  • Online Farm Business Planning 101
  • 2022 Ohio Soybean Performance Trials- All Yield Results Available
  • Combine Fire Prevention
  • First large-scale solar energy project denied in Ohio
  • BEEF 509 returns in 2023, registration now open
  • 2022 Ohio Maple Day
  • Livestock Trailer Rollover Held for First Responders
  • 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book Available

October 25, 2022 Issue:

  • Online Farm Business Planning 101 Starting November 2nd
  • Ohio Laws Governing Manure and Mud On Roadways
  • Harvest Considerations for Corn
  • Fall Is The Best Time To Sample For Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN)
  • Lee’s Monthly News Column
  • 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book Available

October 18, 2022 Issue:

  • Online Farm Business Planning 101 Starting November 2nd
  • Weather Update: A Winter Preview Before Warmer Weather Returns
  • Watch for potential frost damage to non-mature corn
  • The War Against Weeds Podcast
  • Increase Your Seeding Rate For Late-Planted Wheat
  • Social Security Announces 8.7 Percent Benefit Increase for 2023
  • Appeals Court upholds injunction against wedding barn
  • Ohio State to lead research and development project to help greenhouse growers create optimal conditions, increase crops, and reduce waste
  • 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book Available

October 11, 2022 Issue:

  • Tar Spot Spotted in NE Ohio Corn Fields
  • Business Entity Discounts
  • October is Here, Harvest Considerations for Corn Grain
  • Another Article About Fall Herbicides?
  • 2022 Agricultural Policy and Outlook Conference
  • Extension Talk – Livestock Trailer Rollover and Farm Business Programs
  • 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book Available

October 4, 2022 Issue:

  • Three Extension professionals named as field specialists, Farm Management at Ohio State
  • October Usually Brings Our First Fall Freeze
  • Weather Update: Cool, Dry Weather Continues
  • Harvesting and Handling Ear Rot-Affected Corn
  • Elvis Has Left the Building
  • U.S. Supreme Court begins new term with wetlands and animal welfare cases
  • 2022 Beef Twilight Tour Is On October 5th

September 27, 2022 Issue:

  • Lep Monitoring Update: Final Fall Armyworm Update
  • Noxious Weeds and Neighbors
  • Weather Update: Fall-Like Weather With Eyes On The Tropics
  • Poultry Litter Applications
  • Great Weather, Crowds Make For Successful 60th Annual Farm Science Review
  • 2022 Beef Twilight Tour Is On October 5th
  • Lee’s Monthly News Column

September 13, 2022 Issue:

  • Assessing yield-limiting factors in corn, when do yield components develop?
  • Small Farm Ruminant Field Day
  • The “letter of intent” for solar and wind energy development
  • Ohio Women in Agriculture Program announces opportunities at Farm Science Review!
  • When can a county or township prohibit renewable energy facilities from locating in the community?
  • When can a county or township prohibit renewable energy facilities from locating in the community?
  • Program Announced: Does it Pencil Out? Farm Business Planning 101
  • Farm Science Review unveils new mobile ticketing option
  • Extension Talk: 2022 Beef Twilight Tour Announced

September 6, 2022 Issue:

  • The “letter of intent” for solar and wind energy development: considerations for landowners
  • Can We Get More Information From Our Soil Samples?
  • USDA Announces Details for the 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Late-Season Soybeans Can Be Pest Magnets
  • Farm Science Review unveils new mobile ticketing option

August 30, 2022 Issue:

  • Autumn Harvest Still Looks Warmer Than Normal
  • Incomplete Kernel Set And Tipped-Back Corn: How Do They Differ?
  • Landowner Crop Lease Termination Deadline Is September 1
  • Irrevocable Trusts
  • Farm Science Reviews Unveils New Mobile Ticketing Option
  • Ohio State Leading New $15 Million Project To Study Carbon Farming As Climate Change Solution
  • 2022 Grape Field Day A Success

August 23, 2022 Issue:

  • Soybean Diseases are Showing up in Ohio
  • A Will or Trust?
  • Corn at Vegetative Stages in August, will it Make it Safely to Maturity?
  • Beef - Strong Demand
  • Organic Certification Cost Share Available from Farm Service Agency
  • Video: Yield Check 2022 - Ashtabula County, Ohio

August 17, 2022 Issue:

  • Weather Update: Mild Conditions for August Continue
  • More on Tar Spot: Mid To Late R-Stage Fungicide Application
  • Fungicide Fundamentals and Insurance Applications
  • Why Interseeding Might Be The Boost Cover Crops Need
  • Lee’s Monthly News Column

August 9, 2022 Issue:

  • Scouting for Late Season Soybean Diseases
  • Plan Now for Fall Fertilization of Perennial Forages
  • What’s your baled forage worth?
  • A Guide to Accessing Farm Service Agency Programs
  • Farm Science Review celebrates 60 years

August 2, 2022 Issue:

  • Warm Weather To Persist Into Fall Harvest
  • All Puckered Up: Dicamba Drift Reminders
  • Are Your Cucurbits Yellowing or Wilting?
  • Coming Soon: Ohio’s New Beginning Farmer Tax Credits
  • Extension Talk: Fair Is Fair, It’s That Time Of Year Again!

July 26, 2022 Issue:

  • Weather Update: Ample July Precipitation for Most
  • Defoliation in Soybean and Corn
  • Other Corn Ear Abnormalities – when and why do they develop?
  • Seeding Perennial Forages in Late Summer
  • Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2022
  • The Heat is On and the Algae Loves It!

July 19, 2022 Issue:

  • Water Use in Corn – What Do We Know?
  • Soybeans Progress and Pod Set Growth Stages
  • Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2022
  • New Lease Termination Law Applies to Lease Landlords
  • Extension Talk – Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist Training Offered This Fall
  • The Portage County Extension Office is Hiring a Fall Intern
  • Ashtabula/Geauga/Lake County FSA Office in Orwell is Hiring a Full Time Position!

July 12, 2022 Issue:

  • Below-average harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie
  • 2024 Farm Bill Dilemma, 1981 Farm Bill, and 2018 Farm Bill Price Support Adjustments
  • Lep Monitoring Update WBC, CEW, FAW and ECB Updates
  • Arrested Ear Development in Corn – How to avoid them?
  • Drainage Installation Field Day, Tuesday, August 9, 2022
  • Right of First Refusals

July 7, 2022 Issue:

  • Dianne Shoemaker Signs Off On A Career Filled With Constant Change
  • What Was That Early Maturing Grass In My Hay Fields?
  • Scouting Notes From The Wayne County IPM Program
  • Estate Planning Without Using Wills or Trusts
  • Dean’s Charity Steer Show Partners With Ronald McDonald House at Ohio State Fair

June 28, 2022 Issue:

  • Nutrient Value of Wheat Straw
  • Supplemental Forages to Plant in July after Wheat
  • Tri-State Precision Agriculture Conference
  • Lupin Used as Winter Cover Crop Boots Summer Sorghum Yield

June 21, 2022 Issue:

  • Farm Succession Planning with Second Marriages
  • Less Than Sweet Honeysuckles
  • Time to Start Scouting for Potato Leafhoppers in Alfalfa
  • Ukraine: The Breadbasket of Europe
  • Automated drones could scare birds off agricultural fields
  • Upcoming Extension Events

June 14. 2022 Issue:

  • Corn Growth and Development: Crop Staging
  • Double Crop Soybeans Production in Northern Ohio
  • Hay Barn Fires a Real Hazard
  • Tracking Weeds to Stop Them in Their Tracks
  • Upcoming Extension Events

June 7, 2022 Issue:

  • Recommendations for Soybeans Planted in June
  • Watch for Slug Damage on Seedling Plants
  • The Ag Law Roundup
  • Additional Ohio Meat Processing Grants Awarded
  • 2022 Northeast Ohio Pollinator Summer Festival Registration is Now Open
  • Lee’s Monthly News Column
  • Upcoming Extension Events

May 31, 2022 Issue:

  • Case highlights the risk of misclassifying employees as independent contractors
  • It’s not too late to make a Grazing Management Plan
  • Spotted Lanternfly Video – Scouting Tips
  • Climate change on course to hit U.S. Corn Belt especially hard, study finds
  • Upcoming Extension Events

May 24, 2022 Issue:

  • Update: Corn Nitrogen Recommendations from MRTN
  • Need More Commodity Storage? Consider a USDA Farm Storage Facility Loan
  • Lep Monitoring Network Update – True Armyworm vs Fall Armyworm, Trap Count Updates
  • First Cutting of Alfalfa and Grasses has Begun
  • Market Outlook Report: Wheat
  • 2022 Ashtabula County Agricultural Scholarship Winners Announced
  • Upcoming Extension Events

May 18, 2022 Issue:

  • Cooler (not Cold) and Active Weather Week Ahead
  • Preventing Falls from Equipment During Spring Planting Season
  • Lep Monitoring Network Update – Black Cutworm &True Armyworm
  • Resolving the Drainage Problems that Surface with Spring Rains
  • Spring SCN Testing and a Research Opportunity for Ohio Growers
  • Kill Poison Hemlock Now
  • Online Ohio Certified Crop Adviser Pre-Exam Course Now Available
  • Upcoming Extension Events

May 10, 2022 Issue:

  • CFAES Ag Weather System 2022 Near-Surface Air and Soil Temperatures/Moisture
  • Soybean Planting Progress, Emergence, and Misconceptions
  • Alfalfa Continues to Mature
  • Spring SCN Testing and a Research Opportunity for Ohio Growers
  • Lep Monitoring Network Update – Black Cutworm
  • Island Maple Syrup Project has a Sweet Outcome
  • Spray Drift: A Serious Problem You Can Manage
  • The Impact of U.S. Agricultural Exports on Jobs
  • Upcoming Extension Events

 

May 3, 2022 Issue:

 

  • Wet Weather Then a Planting Window
  • OSU Extension Lake County is Hiring an ANR Educator
  • What Do We Know About the Impact of Late Planting on the US Average Corn Yield?
  • Lep Monitoring Network Update
  • It’s Time to Start Monitoring Your Alfalfa Fields for %NDF
  • Hay in May!
  • Lee’s Monthly News Column
  • Upcoming Extension Events

April 26, 2022 Issue:

  • OSU Extension Lake County is Hiring an ANR Educator
  • Plant Forage Stands as Soon as Feasible
  • ill Upcoming Cool Temperatures Hurt Winter Wheat?
  • Participate in a Study to Identify Major Barriers to Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption
  • Scholarships Available for Ashtabula County Students
  • Free Seeds Available for your Ohio Victory Garden! – Extension Talk
  • The Portage County Extension Office is Seeking a Summer Intern
  • Ag Day 2022! Volunteers and Donors Needed!

April 19, 2022 Issue:

  • When the rain won’t let up
  • Ryes to the Occasion – Exploring How Winter Rye Varieties can Suit Different Climates
  • Record Wheat Prices Prompt More Ohio Farmers to Plant Wheat this Year
  • Potential to reduce reliance on non-renewable fertilizers in agriculture
  • Scholarships Available for Ashtabula County Students
  • 7th Annual Chili Cook Off & Family Fun Night
  • The Portage County Extension Office is Seeking a Summer Intern
  • Ag Day 2022! Volunteers and Donors Needed!

April 13, 2022 Issue:

  • Weather Update: A Warmer but Wetter Week Ahead
  • Set-Up Soybeans for Success in 2022
  • Charitable Remainder Trust strategy for retiring farmers
  • Ohio legislature passes statutory farm lease termination and beginning farmer bills
  • Scholarships Available for Ashtabula County Students
  • 7th Annual Chili Cook Off & Family Fun Night
  • The Portage County Extension Office is Seeking a Summer Intern
  • Extension Talk: Ag Day 2022! Volunteers and Donors Needed!

April 5, 2022 Issue:

  • Chilly Damp April Expected
  • HPAI Detected in Franklin County; Ohio Poultry Producers Encouraged to Practice Enhanced Biosecurity
  • Farm Income Enhance Program Studies Accuracy of Agricultural Baseline
  • Wheat in 2023?
  • Scholarships Available for Ashtabula County Students
  • 7th Annual Chili Cook Off & Family Fun Night
  • The Portage County Extension Office is Seeking a Summer Intern
  • Lee's Monthly New Column

March 29, 2022 Issue:

  • Weather Update: Seasonally Chilly Conditions to End March and Start April
  • Winter Wheat Stand Evaluation for 2022
  • Extension and Ag Researchers Work Toward Agroecosystem Resilience
  • Scholarships Available for Ashtabula County Students
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy Breakfast Weekly Webinar Series
  • The Portage County Extension Office is Seeking a Summer Intern
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

March 22, 2022 Issue:

  • Specialty Crop Virtual Listening Session Set
  • Expanding Your Herd? Frequently Asked Questions About Johne’s Disease and How To Keep It Off The Farm
  • LLCs For Farm Machinery, Not The Liability Barrier You Might Think
  • Greenhouse Study Confirms Flood-Tolerant Varieties Of Soy
  • Why Can’t Alfalfa Tolerate A Low Soil pH?
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy Breakfast Weekly Webinar Series
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

March 15, 2022 Issue:

  • Weather Update: March is a Time for Transition
  • Applying MAP and DAP at Corn Sidedress
  • Is Spring Wheat an Option for Ohio Farmers?
  • Ohio Case Illustrates the Risk of Leaving Farmland to Co-Owners
  • The Portage County Extension Office is Seeking a Summer Intern
  • NORTHEAST OHIO AGRONOMY BREAKFAST WEEKLY WEBINAR SERIES - STARTING FEB 23

March 8, 2022 Issue:

  • IT'S A WORM’S WORLD! The Impact of Nematology on Plant and Soil Health
  • Corn College and Soybean School Recordings Available
  • Nanocarrier spray: better crops without genetic modification
  • Ohio Farm Custom Rate Survey 2022 Responses – Last Call
  • Specialty crop virtual listening session set
  • NORTHEAST OHIO AGRONOMY BREAKFAST WEEKLY WEBINAR SERIES - STARTING FEB 23
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

March 2, 2022 Issue:

  • Revisiting Ukraine, Russia, and Agricultural Commodity Markets
  • Using the Corn Nitrogen Rate Calculator
  • Solar Energy and Your Farm
  • Biosecurity Alert: Avian Influenza in Commercial Poultry on February 23, 2022
  • The Ag Law Roundup
  • Plan Now for Improving ”Winter” Damaged Pastures
  • Register Now for the Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy Breakfast Weekly Webinar Series
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

February 22, 2022 Issue:

  • Determining Outcomes of On-Farm Best Practices
  • The Ag Law Harvest
  • Is Using Herbicide Impregnated Fertilizer an Option for Pastures on a Budget?
  • Register Now for Conservation Tillage & Technology Conference
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy Breakfast Weekly Webinar Series - Starting Feb 23
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

February 15, 2022 Issue:

  • Wet Times and Challenges Ahead
  • Hemp Hampered No More with Research Showing Potential as Cash Crop
  • USDA Fertilizer Analysis: 2011 – 2021
  • Join us for February’s Farm Office Live
  • USDA Report: Small Family Farms Produce Majority of Poultry and Eggs, and Hay
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy Breakfast Weekly Webinar Series - Starting Feb 23
  • EXTENSION TALK: Grain Bin and Dryer Fire Safety and Prevention Webinar Announced
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

February 8, 2022 Issue:

  • Ohio Dairy Producer Webinar Series
  • Ohio Grape Grower Survey
  • OSU Extension to Host 2022 East Ohio Women in Ag Conference
  • The Ag Law Harvest
  • It’s Time to Frost Seed!
  • Online Options for Pesticide Recertification Available
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy Breakfast Webinar Series
  • OSU Extension Lake County is Hiring an ANR Educator
  • Portage County Extension Office is Hiring an Office Associate.
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

February 1, 2022 Issue:

  • Weather Update: Will Cold and Snowy Weather Continue into February?
  • Considerations for managing P & K in 2022
  • Online Options for Pesticide Recertification Available
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy Breakfast Weekly Webinar Series – Starting Feb 23
  • What's ahead for legal issues in 2022?
  • Trumbull SWCD Aerial Seeded Cover Crop Program
  • OSU's decision tool can help with Farm Bill elections
  • OSU Extension Lake County is Hiring an ANR Educator
  • Portage County Extension Office is Hiring an Office Associate.
  • Join us for a Farmland Leasing Update Webinar
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

January 25, 2022 Issue:

  • OSU Extension Lake County is Hiring an ANR Educator
  • Online Options for Pesticide Recertification Available
  • Northeast Ohio Agronomy Breakfast Weekly Webinar Series - Starting Feb 23
  • AEDE Economic Outlook and Policy Webinar Series
  • Fertility Calculator for Ohio Recommendations
  • A New Enlist Labels – When Enlist is Outlawed, Only Outlaws…
  • OSU’s decision tool can help with Farm Bill elections
  • Timely Frost Seeding Improves Pasture, Hay Stands!
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

January 18, 2022 Issue:

  • OSU Extension Lake County is Hiring an ANR Educator
  • Online Options for Pesticide Recertification Available
  • Do You Need To Plan For The Future Of Your Farm?
  • Join Us For The 2nd Annual Virtual Corn College and Soybean School
  • Fertility Calculator for Ohio Recommendations
  • A Little Celebration for National Popcorn Day
  • Fighting Weeds In A Changing World
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

January 11, 2022 Issue:

  • Dealing. with Fertilizer Costs and Shortages: "No Silver Bullets"
  • It's a Good Time for a Farmland Leasing Update
  • Research Shows More Riparian Buffer Strips can Protect Our Waterways
  • Lee's Monthly Column
  • The Stark County Extension Office is Hiring
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

January 4, 2022 Issue:

  • The Ag Law Harvest
  • A New Year…An Updated Farm Balance Sheet
  • Evaluate, Adapt, Improve, Repeat
  • Ohio Farm Custom Rate Survey 2022 Responses Requested
  • Ohio NRCS Announces Conservation Funding Deadline
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

December 28, 2021 Issue:

  • 2021 OSU Vegetable Disease Management and Diagnostics Reports Now Available
  • OSU Extension to Host “Planning For The Future Of Your Farm” Webinar Series
  • Increase Productivity and Protect The Value of Your Land Through USDA’s Conservation Stewardship Program
  • Ohio NRCS Announces Conservation Funding Deadline
  • What Does it Mean?
  • 2022 Agricultural Outlook and Policy Meetings Set To Kickoff
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

December 21, 2021 Issue:

  • Weather Update: Winter Off to a Warm Damp Start
  • No Christmas gifts for agriculture, but some Ohio Legislation is Moving
  • Kentucky Rising Above Tornado Aftermath
  • Pasture Rental Rates. Do you Know Your Price?
  • The Ohio Soybean Council is Now Accepting Scholarship Applications
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

December 14, 2021 Issue:

  • The Ag Law Harvest
  • Ag Policy and Outlook Conference Recordings Available
  • Winter and Spring Weather Outlooks
  • Valuing Bedded-Pack Manure
  • The Ohio Soybean Council is Now Accepting Scholarship Applications
  • EXTENSION TALK: Save the Date - Agronomy School and Pollinator Symposium
  • NEW 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book NOW Available
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

December 7, 2021 Issue:

  • Alternative Spring Burndown/Postemergence Strategies When Herbicides Are in Short Supply
  • 12 Days of Experts: 9 Tips for Keeping a Christmas Tree Fresh, 4 Trees You Should Know
  • ODA Director Announces Dr. Dennis Summers as Ohio’s State Veterinarian
  • One (Soil) Test to Rule Them All
  • The Ohio Soybean Council is now Accepting Scholarship Applications
  • Extension Talk: Record Keeping 101 & NEOPS Winter Series 2022
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

November 30, 2021 Issue:

  • Falling Leaves Poison with Ease
  • The Ohio Soybean Council is Now Accepting Scholarship Applications
  • The Ag Law Harvest
  • Extension Talk: Alternative Uses for Miscanthus
  • Now Hiring: Portage County Program Assistant
  • New 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book Now Available
  • Lee’s Monthly News Column
  • Upcoming Extension Programs

November 23, 2021 Issue:

  • Implications of High N Fertilizer Prices on Corn N Fertilizer Recommendations
  • Fall Herbicide Treatments – Just Do It – Nag Nag Nag
  • USDA Funding Available To Help Ohio Landowners Protect and Restore Wetlands and Wildlife Habitat
  • USDA Economic Research Service Corn & Soybean Projections to 2030
  • Can I afford to Fertilize my hay?
  • Ohio Legislative Update
  • Now Hiring: Portage County Program Assistant
  • New 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book NOW Available

November 16, 2021 Issue:

  • What doesn't kill you makes you stronger: Research shows crops have drought 'memory' to help reduce yield loss
  • The Ag Law Harvest
  • Farm Office Live Fall and Winter Edition
  • Sticker – shocking feed prices require wise livestock management
  • New 2022 Ashtabula County Plat Book NOW Available

November 9, 2021 Issue:

  • Weather Update: Seasonal Rollercoaster
  • Help Wanted: Recruiting Dur