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May 6, 2025

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

April 29, 2025

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

April 22, 2025

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

April 15, 2025

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

April 8, 2025

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

April 1, 2025

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

March 25, 2025

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

March 18, 2025

In This Issue:

  • Spring Nitrogen Recommendations for Winter Wheat                                          • 2025 Off to the Races

  • New Publication: “The Beginner’s Guide to Farmland Ownership”                       • Ohio Weed Survey Results and Strategies

  • Wheat to Beat Project: Year 1 Results                                                                 • Upcoming Events

March 11, 2025

In This Issue:

  • Return on Investment; Is it the same today?                                        • Top-dressing Wheat with Liquid Manure

  • Tar Spot on Sweet Corn                                                                       • How Inadequate Estate Planning Led to the Likely Sale of a Family Farm

  • Ohio State supports poultry producers navigating avian influenza        • Weaning Time for Lambs and Kids

  • Upcoming Events

March 4, 2025

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

February 25, 2025

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

February 18, 2025

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

February 11, 2025

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

February 4, 2025

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

January 22, 2025

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

January 14, 2025

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

January 9, 2025