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In This Issue:
➢ Weeds ➢ Spotted Lanternfly in Ohio
➢ Pregnancy Test Pays Off ➢ Requirements for Selling Food from Home or the Farm
➢ Ohio State helps farmers manage impacts as drought conditions spread across Ohio
➢ Some Benefits of Managing Soil Fertility in Fall ➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Ohio State Helps Farmers Manage Impacts as Drought Conditions Spread Across Ohio
➢ Current Status of New World Screwworm (NWS) Infestations in the US
➢ Farm Science Review 2025 Puts the Latest Agricultural Technology in Action
➢ Lep Monitoring Network - Fall Armyworm and Impostors
➢ Urban Farm Education Field Day
➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Rapid Drying Conditions Emerging Across Ohio ➢ Managing Perennial Weeds in Pasture and Hayfields this Fall
➢ Red crown rot confirmed in Ohio soybeans for the first time ➢ Don’t forget about the bull
➢ Harvesting Corn Silage at the Correct Moisture While Being Cautious of Nitrates
➢ Job Opportunity at Ashtabula Agricultural Research Station ➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Cover Crops and Manure Following Wheat ➢ Ground Beef now or Calves in 2026?
➢ Stockpiling Fescue and Orchardgrass ➢ State Operating Budget: additional changes affecting agriculture
➢ Crop Progress Report ➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ August is For Seeding, So Get Your Plan Started Now!
➢ One Big Beautiful Bill Act Tax Provisions Important For Farms and Agriculture
➢ US Tariffs on Brazil: Potential Implications For Agricultural Trade and Consumers
➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Dog Days Dwindle but Summer Weather Remains ➢ Are you prepared for prickly pests?
➢ Soybean yield response to 60 years of no-till in Ohio ➢ Planting Alfalfa in Late Summer
➢ Adoption of Conservation Practices and Goals ➢ OSU Extension Ashtabula County is Hiring!
➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ OSU Extension Ashtabula County is Hiring! ➢ Investing in the Future
➢ New Publication: Using Long Term Leases in Farm Transition Planning ➢ New Catalyst Breakthrough Could Make Clean Ammonia Easier to Produce
➢ Targeted Weed Management With Precision Sprayers in Corn and Soybeans ➢ Dirty Water, Warm Trucks, and the Real Reason Romaine Keeps Making Us Sick
➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Hay Quality 2025… Been there, done that! ➢ State Operating Budget makes changes to pesticide application laws
➢ Mid-Year Review: Cattle and Beef Markets in 2025 ➢ Gibberella Ear Rot/DON Risk Tool Now Available
➢ Farmland Leasing Webinar is August 15, 2025 ➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ NE Ohio Hay Day Hosted by OSU Extension and Norden MFG ➢ Strategies for Wet Spring Forage Harvests
➢ Corn Vomitoxin Management Critical Considerations at Tassel ➢ State Operating Budget makes changes to ag licenses, permits, and fees
➢ Managing Heat Stress in Cattle: Tips for Summer Success ➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Consider the Cool Pattern Shook – Heatwave Ongoing ➢ Fly Control in Livestock for Summer
➢ Harvest Strategies to Avoid Wheat Quality Losses ➢ 2024 Farm Commodity Program Payment Estimates for Ohio Counties as of June 2025
➢ Top 10 Tips for Better Spraying
In this Issue:
➢ Cover Crop ’Forage’ an Option for Prevented Planting Acres ➢ Lep Monitoring Network Update #7 June Considerations When Using the Prevented Planting Option
➢ Statewide Slug Monitoring Project – Update #4 ➢ Stockpiling Cool-Season Grasses with Fall Nitrogen Applications
➢ OSU Extension Offering Hay Testing Program ➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Ohio Legislative Roundup ➢ Beef Cow Slaughter On Pace For Ten Year Low
➢ Safe and Home: Extension Experts Guide Ohioans Through Food Preservation Season
➢ Considerations for Delayed Planting ➢ Human-Caused Dust Events Are Linked To Fallow Farmland
➢ Lee’s Monthly News Column ➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Can We Shake This Cool, Wet Pattern? ➢ May Showers Lead to June Prevented Planning Decisions
➢ Lep Monitoring Network – Black Cutworm and True Armyworm #6 ➢ Be Alert to Early Season Cucurbit Pests
➢ An Update on Ticks and Tick-Borne Disease in Ohio, plus the Buckeye Tick Test Lab
➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ OSU Extension Ashtabula County is Hiring! ➢ Scouting Soybean Seedling Diseases in Ohio
➢ Water, the forgotten nutrient? ➢ Employee or Independent Contractor?
➢ Controlling Buttercup – A Persistent Challenge ➢ Extension Talk with Amanda
➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ OSU Extension Ashtabula County is Hiring! ➢ Head Scab Risk Update
➢ Lep Monitoring Network – Black Cutworm and True Armyworm Update #4 ➢ USDA to Open General and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment for 2025
➢ How Ohio’s Proposed Pesticide Rules Could Affect Teens Working on Farms ➢ Cover Crops May Not Be Solution for Both Crop Yield and Carbon Sequestration
➢ Lee’s Monthly News Column ➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Weather Improvements Are on the Way, No Really ➢ Lep Monitoring Network – Black Cutworm and True Armyworm Update #2
➢ Trends in General Inflation and Farm Input Prices ➢ Peak Alfalfa Weevil Activity
➢ Zoller named assistant director of OSU Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources
➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ New Drone Laws Effective in Ohio ➢ Spring pasture management; plan now to optimize the entire grazing season
➢ Gifting to Manage Estate Taxes ➢ Consider attending a “New Sprayer Technologies and Best Practices for Vineyards and Orchards” workshop on August 12
➢ Extension Talk ➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Favorable Planting Weather ➢ Wheat Yield Contest Entry Deadline May 15th
➢ Show Me the Money: Ohio’s New Pay Stub Law ➢ There Are No First-Cut Mulligans
➢ What We Know About Biologicals ➢ Buckeye Tick Test Laboratory Is Now Open For Business
➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Spring Conditions Starting to Prevail ➢ Fertilizing Pastures After a Drought: Ensuring Adequate Mineral Intake and Preventing Grass Tetany
➢ Understanding Forages and Feedstuff ➢ Wheat Management for Spring 2025
➢ 2025 National Feeder and Stocker Receipts and Percentage of Heifers ➢ Reminder to Scout for Alfalfa Weevil
➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Alfalfa Weevil Scouting and GDD. ➢ To graze or not to graze?
➢ Investing in Herd Expansion: Time Value of Money and Opportunity Cost ➢ How Do We Pay for Long-Term Care Without Losing the Farm?
➢ Recent Rain Patterns: Implications on Nitrogen Management for Wheat Production ➢Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ I Thought It Would Never Stop Raining ➢ Buying Inputs in the Current Business Climate
➢ Practice Patience Before Turning Out! ➢ It’s Time for Nutrient Management
➢ Corteva to Phase Out Their BMR Corn Program ➢ Lee’s Monthly News Column
➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Check Your Soybean Seed Tags Before Planting ➢ Dryness Persisted But Soakers on the Way
➢ Spring Nitrogen Fertilization for Winter Annual Cereal Grain Forages ➢ Early spring seeded forage to fill shortfalls
➢ Corn Seeding Rates – Adjusting for Germination Values ➢ Reclaiming Pugged Up Pastures
➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
➢ Dairy Margin Coverage Enrollment Deadline is Coming Up Soon ➢ Principles of Government: Federal Agencies
➢ Check for Contaminants in Hay ➢ Farm Office Live is this Friday, March 28
➢ Beef School Session Focuses on Open Cows and Culls ➢ Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
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Spring Nitrogen Recommendations for Winter Wheat • 2025 Off to the Races
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New Publication: “The Beginner’s Guide to Farmland Ownership” • Ohio Weed Survey Results and Strategies
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Wheat to Beat Project: Year 1 Results • Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
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Return on Investment; Is it the same today? • Top-dressing Wheat with Liquid Manure
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Tar Spot on Sweet Corn • How Inadequate Estate Planning Led to the Likely Sale of a Family Farm
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Ohio State supports poultry producers navigating avian influenza • Weaning Time for Lambs and Kids
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Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
• Caring for Livestock in Late Winter and Spring • Principles of Government: Executive Orders
• February Cattle on Feed and Feedlot Sizes • Spring Planting Outlook
• Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
- OSU Small Farm Conference is March 8 in Wooster - How to Safely Store Eggs and Find Alternatives Amid Rising Prices
- BOI is Back! - Managing Frost Heave in Alfalfa
- Lee’s Monthly News Column - Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
- Hot, Dry, and Extreme 2024 - Tariff Threats and US Fertilizer Imports
- Planning Spring Grazing Improvements - Tackle the Big, Hard Stuff, Not the Little Easy Stuff – Your Farm or Agribusiness Will Be Better For It.
- Upcoming Events
This week’s topics:
- Balancing the Animals and Available Forage - Property owners and suspicious drone activity: what laws apply?
- Corn Hybrid Selection for Disease Management - Dairy Margin Coverage and Dairy Risk Management for 2025
- Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
- Considerations for Soybean Trait Programs in 2025 - Scours Vaccines: What Are The Options?
- Principles of Government: Tariffs - What Might be the Impact on Agriculture of Tariffs on Canadian and Mexican Imports?
- Dairy Excel – January 23, 2025 - Upcoming Events
In This Issue:
- Working in Cold Temperatures - Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council to Meet in Reynoldsburg
- Long – Term Care Planning Update - Update on the Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in Germany
- Upcoming Events
In this Issue:
- Four Questions the 2025 Cattle Market Will Need to Answer - Next Farm Office Live is Friday, January 17th
- Keeping Livestock Warm During Extreme Winter Cold - Dairy Dollars: Feed Prices, Nutrient Costs, and Milk Income
- Lee's Monthly News Column - Upcoming Events