- Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage for the 2021 Crop Year
- 2021 Market Outlook for Corn and Soybeans
- Visit our “One-Stop Shop” to View Ag & Natural Resources Programs
- Dairy Labor Management Mini-Series Deadline is December 31
- Make Hankies Handy Again
- Nothing Good Happens During Hay Storage
- Lamb & Goat Webinars
- Ohio Legislation Updates Laws for Agricultural Societies
- The new COVID relief bill: what’s in it for USDA?
- Coshocton County Ag- Year in Review
- Dealing with the Threat of Intentional Harm to Farm Property
- Fall & Rise of Bald Eagles in Ohio Program Slated for January 8
- Register Now for OSU Extension’s Online Agronomy Winter Programs!
- Pasture for Profit School Goes Virtual this Winter
- The Cost of Mud to the Beef Cow
- OSU Extension Beef Team to Host Winter Meetings
- Hay Quality: Beyond Proximate Analyses
- Reducing Hay Storage & Feeding Losses
- Dairy Labor Certificate Course Sponsored by Ohio State University Extension
- APHIS Changes Approach to Fight Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
- Holiday Plant Toxicity
- 2020 Farmer’s Tax Guide
- Farm Management Needs Pulse Survey
- OSU to Host Virtual Swine Day
- CFAES Wooster is new umbrella term for Ohio State location
- Farm Management Needs Pulse Survey
- Ohio Farm Service Agency Wins Ohio Friend of Extension Award
- What’s on our Christmas Wish List? More Written Farmland Leases in 2021
- Updated Tri-State Fertilizer Recommendations Now Available
- PrecisionU: Tackling Spring Operations with Reduced Working Days
- Temple Grandin Offers Livestock Farmers an Alternative Business Model
- Getting the Most out of Stockpiled Grass
- What Benefits are Gained by Processing Grain Fed to Sheep?
- Farmer’s Tax Guide- Tax Guidance for Your Farm Business
- Grouping the Cowherd for Winter Feeding
- Body Condition Scoring, Beef Cow Nutrition & Reproduction
- Supplement Energy to Ewes in Late Gestation
- The New Tick on the Block in Ohio – Gulf Coast Tick
- Farmer’s Tax Guides – Tax Guidance for Your Farm Business
- Farmer Sentiment Pulls Back Post-Election
- Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium Slated for December 4
- The Goal: Feed Less, Graze More
- Thanksgiving Ag Extension Article for The Beacon
- American Farm Bureau’s Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Survey
- Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium Slated for December 4
- CFAP 2 Enrollment Deadline Nears
- Farmer’s Breakfast Update Fall 2020 Ag
- Dairy Labor Certificate Course Sponsored by Ohio State University Extension
- Lender Survey Results Signal Concerns
- ODNR Offering Natural Resources Officer Training Academy
- Herbicide Programs for non-GMO Soybeans
- Form 1099-NEC Now Used to Report Nonemployee Compensation
- Agricultural & Natural Resources Income Tax Issues Webinar
- Fall Grazing Thoughts
- Emerging Grain Market Conditions and Impacts on Calf Prices
- Don’t Blow Your Cover
- Forage Botulism in High-moisture Baleage
- November Brings Better Weather
- Engenia, XtendiMax Labels Reapproved
- Reducing Winter Feed Costs
- Making a Plan to Control Dogbane in 2021
- USDA Releases Projections of Farm Prices to 2030
- USDA Releases Farm Production Expense Forecast for 2020
- A hunting we will go: laws landowners need to know
- Sheep and Goat Vaccine and Health Management Schedule
- 4th Quarter Tax Planning
- Three Part Webinar Series to Help Ohio Dairy Producers Mitigate Price and Income Risk
- Agricultural Policy & Outlook Conference
- Farmer & Farmland Owner Income Tax Webinar
- For Safety’s Sake: Don’t Take Drying Shortcuts with Stored Corn
- Winter is around the corner; are you ready?
- American Forage and Grassland Council to Hold Hybrid Conference in 2021
- EPA Announces 2020 Dicamba Registration Decision
- Beef Producers Should Consider Signing Up for CFAP 2
- Freezer Beef Sales Explode During COVID-19 . . . Will Your Customers Be Ready to Buy Again?
- Fall-Applied Herbicides: Odds and Ends
- Planting Fall Cover Crops
- Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) has Made Itself at Home in Ohio
- Agricultural Policy and Outlook Conference
- Farmer and Farmland Owner Income Tax Webinar
- Spotted Lanternfly Educational Opportunities
- Are Woolly Bears Weather Prognosticators?
- First Widespread Freeze Arrives; Wetter Pattern Sets In
- Extended Drydown in Corn
- Stalk Rots Showing Up in Some Corn Fields
- Value of Stocker Cattle
- Is This A Year To Hold Calves?
- Online Mortality Composting Certification
- Dairy Excel’s 15 Measures of Dairy Farm Competitiveness: Mission Statement
- Extension Talk
- Ohio Corn, Soybean and Wheat Enterprise Budgets - Projected Returns for 2021
- Are Wedding Barns Considered Agri-Tourism?
- Be Prepared for Combine Fires during Harvest Season
- Still Planting Wheat?
- Multi-Species Grazing as an Alternative to Pasture Spraying
- Milk Prices, Components, Questions & CFAP 2
- Harvest to Spring Weather Outlook
- Gibberella Ear Rots
- Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2020
- Hay Sampling 101
- A Decade of Poor Net Returns for Crop Producers
- Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Part 2
- Nutrition for Lambing
- Take the OSU Extension Health Survey
- Mapping Your Woodland
- Take a Break Email Wellness Challenge
- Decent Harvest Weather Likely to Continue into October
- Harvest Outlook to be held on October 1 at 8:30 a.m.
- Farm Office Live Scheduled for October 7, 2020
- 2021 Crop Enterprises Released
- You Can’t Starve Profit Into A Cow Or A Hay Field!
- Alternative Forages
- Demand for Local Beef Remains Strong
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- Coshocton County Soybean Weed Survey
- Fall-applied herbicides - what goes around comes around
- Fall Forage Management Tips
- Be Alert to Late-Season Potential Forage Toxicities
- Expansion of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Begins Sept. 21
- Last Chance: Act Now to Update PLC Yields
- Governor signs Ohio coronavirus immunity bill
- Safely Sharing the Road During Harvest
- Labor Day Rainfall Eases Drought
- It’s time for the Hessian Fly-free Date
- Again
- Poisonous Pasture Weeds
- Ask the Expert Sessions to be held
- during 2020 Farm Science Review
- Silo Film Screening during FSR
- Scout now for cressleaf groundsel in hayfields, or pay the price in May
- Wheat Management for Fall 2020
- Lessons Learned by a Cattleman in 2020
- CFAP Deadline Extended until September 11, 2020
- Ask the Expert Sessions to Be Held Live During 2020 Farm Science Review.
- What You Should Know Before Butchering on The Farm
- Noxious weeds on your property: what is your responsibility?
- Autumn Harvest Season Weather
- Herbicide Residue Considerations for
- Fall Cover Crop Establishment
- Should Tailgate Safety Meetings Be Part of Your Routine?
- Keeping Agritourism Employees Healthy this Season
- Farmer Sentiment Rebounds as Commodity Prices Rally and Agriculture Trade Prospects Improve
- CFAP Deadline Extended until September 11, 2020
- When the Art and Science of Grazing May Not Match
- Six Post-Pandemic Food Predictions
- Is it Time for the Dairy Industry to Change & Adapt?
- Pasture Walk a Success
- Management Considerations for
- Warm-Season Perennials
- Fall Overgrazing can be Double
- Trouble
- Making Corn Silage in Dry
- Conditions
- Corn Silage Harvest Timing
- Adapt & Change
- Derecho Devastates the Midwest While Ohio's Dry-Weather Pattern Continues
- How to Identify Late Season Soybean Diseases in 2020
- Are StinkBugs in Your Soybeans
- Thinking about Storing More Grain this Fall?
- Fertility Calculator for Ohio Recommendation
- Facing Farm Financial Stress: Assessing the Bankruptcy Option
- Pasture Walk Slated for August 25
- Valuing Bred Beef Heifers
- Is it Oak Wilt or Not?
- Pasture Walk Slated for August 25
- Updated Tri-State Fertilizer Recommendations Available
- Estimating Corn Yields
- Adapt and Change
- Poultry Litter Application
- Custom Cattle Feeding; a Retained Ownership Option
- Evaluating Ohio Yield Possibilities for
- 2019 Agricultural Risk Coverage
- County Level Payment Rates
- The Annual Pumpkin Field Day Goes Virtual!
- Coshocton County Fairing Better Than Most of State
- Asian Longhorned Tick Confirmed in Gallia County
- Start Checking Your Livestock for the Asian Longhorned Tick
- ODA Asks Ohioans to Send in Unsolicited Seeds
- New OSU Extension Field Specialist for Beef Cattle
- Pasture and Forage Weed Control
- Budgeting Using $3.40 Corn and $8.50 Soybean
- Climate and Hydrology Pattern to Relax in August
- 2020 Ohio Wheat Performance Test
- New Crop Staging Videos
- ODA Asks Public to Not Plant any Unsolicited Packages of Seeds
- Management Considerations for Backgrounding Calves
- Be Flexible in Your Marketing Plan
- Dairy Excel- Where Do You Do Your Strategic Planning?
- Poison Hemlock Irritant or Killer?
- Coshocton Extension Office Update
- Pasture Walk Scheduled for July 28
- Late Summer Establishment of Perennial Forages
- Replacing “Junk” Forage with “Quality” Forage
- Leafhoppers, Grasshoppers, and Beetles, Oh My!
- Heat Alert – Farm Workers at Increased Risk this Summer
- Dog Days of Summer- David’s Monthly Beacon Article
- Rory Lewandowski Set to Retire from OSU Extension
- The Ag Law Harvest
- Coshocton Extension Office Update
- 2020 Fall Foliage & Farm Tour Canceled
- Farm Science Review to be held Virtual in 2020
- Corn Pollination
- Western Bean Cutworm Numbers Starting to Increase
- Dairy Farmers Impacted by Negative Producer Price Differential
- Specialty Crops Available for CFAP Funding
- 2020 Clean Sweep: Agricultural Pesticide Disposal
- Online Pesticide & Fertilizer Recertification Available for 2020 Expirations
- Could early weaning increase your profits?
- Ohio Hop Growers Tour
- Pasture Walk Scheduled for July 28
- Coshocton Extension Office Update
- Coshocton Extension Office Update
- July Brings on the Heat
- Foliar Fertilizer Applications to Soybean
- Corn Growth in Hot and Dry Conditions
- Mid-Season Weed Management in Soybeans – Hot, Dry Edition
- Drought Projections Do Not Go Well With Fungicide Applications
- Farm Animals Need to Keep Cool During Heat Waves Too
- Pasture Walk Scheduled for July 28
July 1, 2020 Issue:
- Hotter & Drier Than Normal for Much of July
- Western Bean Cutworm Monitoring
- Double Crop Soybean Recommendations
- Pasture Management – I Read on the Internet…
- Pasture Walk Scheduled for July 28
- Cull Cow Market Dynamics
- CDC Releases Checklist for Creating a COVID-19 Control Plan on Farms
- SWCD Cover Crop Deadline is July 8
- What a Difference a Year Makes
- Soybean Vegetative Growth Stages
- Dicamba Battles Continue
- The 6th Annual National Forage Week
- Forage Management & Cow Size
- Oats as a Late Summer Forage Crop
- Avoid Heat Stress in Your Sheep and Goats
- Toxic Plants & Small Ruminants – Wild Cherry
- Farm Office Live on June 25
- David’s Monthly Beacon Article
- ODA: Dicamba Use in Ohio Ends June 30
- True Armyworm Infestations
- Cover Crop Considerations After Wheat
- First Farm Friday Canceled for 2020
- CFAP for Sheep & Wool Producers
- Farm Aid COVID-19 Great Lakes Farmer Emergency Relief Fund
- Farm Office Live on June 25
- CFAP Program for Beef Producers
- Weather Potpourri
- Court Ruling on Dicamba Products for Xtend Soybeans
- Dicamba Takes Another Blow: Court of Appeal Vacates Dicamba Registration
- Lower First Cutting Hay Yields Being Reported
- Poison Hemlock is Blooming
- Farm Office Live on June 11
- Measles on Peonies?
- Cressleaf Groundsel in Hay
- Recommendations for Soybeans Planted in June
- Determining Forage Moisture Content
- Hay Yields Off? Don’t Panic, There’s Time to Take Action
- Pastures Already Short? The Stocking Rate is Too High
- Use the Field Guide to find answers for your crop problems
- Farm Office Live on June 11
- Limited Pesticide and Fertilizer Testing to Resume at ODA on June 2
- CFAP Sign-up Underway
- Summer Weather Outlook
- Farm Office Live on May 28
- Coshocton SWCD’s 2020 Cover Crop
- Limited Pesticide and Fertilizer Testing to Resume at ODA on June 2
- CFAP Sign-Up Begins!
- David’s Beacon Article on CFAP
- Expect Higher Solvency Rates on Farms in 2020
- USDA Announces Details of CFAP
- Honey Bee Swarms-Cause for Alarm?
- Warmer Weather, Finally!
- Ohio Corn, Soybean & Wheat Enterprise Budgets Updated
- Control of Multiflora Rose in Pastures
- Coshocton SWCD’s 2020 Cover Crop Cost Share Program
- Scab Risk Low, but Keep Your Eyes on Leaf Diseases
- Farm Office Live on May 28
- Answer to What are these Weeds?
- Cold Weather Impact on Corn and Soybean
- Burndown and Residual Herbicide Issues
- Set Yourself Up for Grazing Success
- Making Baleage as a Stored Forage Production Option
- Wendell Waters to be Inducted in Ohio Ag Hall of Fame
- David Kohl: The Black Swan Has Landed
- USDA Webinar: Applying for Payments through Coronavirus Assistance Program:
- Farm Office Live Session Slated for Thursday, May 14 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
- Farmers and 1099 filers might qualify for new COVID-19 unemployment benefits program
- Being and Maintaining an Economically Resilient Farm
- When Can Unlicensed Applicators Spray on the Farm?
- What are these Weeds?
- Much Like April, Cool Weather Lingers During the First Week of May
- How Late Can I Plant Forages?
- Hay Making and the Balancing Act . . . Quality vs Quantity!
- Making and Maintaining Quality Baleage
- What’s in your Baleage? – Inadequate Fermentation may lead to Botulism
- The Basics of Pricing Freezer Beef
- Thoughts Concerning the U.S. Beef Industry
- Cressleaf Groundsel in Wheat & Hay
- Thinking of Planting Trees in your Yard?
- Asian Giant Hornet in the Northwest United States
- Cool and Damp End of April, Warmer Start to May
- Economic Assistance for Agriculture during COVID-19
- Latest COVID-19 Legislation to Provide More Funds for Farm Businesses
- Cattle & Beef Markets
- Interested in Soil Health? Learn together with OSU Extension
- Annie’s Virtual Reunion Slated for May 6, 2020
- The OSU Extension Farm Office is Open
- Is it Time to Re-evaluate your Manure Storage and Application for Years to Come?
- WHIP Not Only Applies to Baseball- Enrollment at FSA Now Open
- You Received your Stimulus Check, Now What?
- Why Should You Calibrate Your Sprayer and How?
- Update on the Impact of COVID-19 on Ag Markets
- USDA Announces Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP)
- Cool Weather to Hang-on
- Managing Stored Grain into Summer
- How Cold is too Cold for Winter Wheat?
- Meat vs COVID-19; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Supply and Demand
- Measuring Liquidity by Examining Current Ratio and Working Capital
- Lawn Care During Above Normal Moisture Conditions
- Can you ID this wetland plant?
- David’s Beacon Ag Extension Talk Article
- COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide Available
- COVID-19 Could Slash Farm Income by 19%
- Cold Then Warmer for Late April
- CFAES Ag Weather System Near-Surface Air & Soil Temperatures/Moisture
- Employer Information for COVID Positive Employee
- PPE Shortage for Pesticide Applicators
- Hay Equipment Checkpoints for Optimal Drying
- Ponds in Times of Excess Water
- Midwest Vegetable Production Guide Now Available
- The OSU Extension Farm Office is Open
- The Ag Law Harvest
- Can you ID this wetland plant?
- How is COVID Impacting Ag Markets?
- Governmental Assistance for Weathering the COVID-19 Pandemic
- The OSU Extension Farm Office is Open
- Big Temperature Swings Next Two Weeks
- Pasture Turnout; Wait, not yet!
- Establishing New Forage Stands
- Seedcorn Maggot A Possibility in Some Fields This Spring
- Spring Farm Safety Reminders
- Get Ready to Plant
- Pasture Rental Rates and the Price of Hay
- Ag Law Harvest
- Mulch Volcanos are Erupting in Landscapes!
- What if I Missed Pesticide Private Applicator & Fertilizer Re-Certification?
- Challenging Conditions Remain into April
- Common Mullein- Mother Nature’s Answer to our Toilet Paper Shortage?
- Ohio’s Coronavirus-19 Stay at Home Order & Agricultural Businesses
- On Farm Biosecurity to Keep Us and Employees Safe
- Coronavirus Aid, Relief, & Economic Security Act (CARES)- What does it Mean for Farmers?
- Poison Hemlock Control
- Nitrogen Rate Recommendations for Wheat 2020
- Broadcasting Red Clover into Wheat
- The Calving Stall
- Take Notice of Winter Annual Weeds in the Landscape
- David’s March 25 Beacon Article
- Coshocton County Extension Office Closure
- Livestock Mortality Workshop Canceled
- Backyard Poultry Production Zoom Meeting
- OSU Extension Announces Ag Madness: A Tournament of Education
- Control of Poison Hemlock
- IRS Delays Filing until July 15
- COVID-19 Resources for Farmers
- Approaches for Reestablishing Hay Feeding Areas
- Creep Feeding Lambs
- Massive Stimulus Deal Authorizes Billions in New Farm Aid
- Ohio Farm Custom Rate Survey 2020
- March 25 Ag Update on WTNS
- Coshocton County Extension Office Closure
- Ohio Farm Custom Rate Survey 2020
- Wet Weather for the Rest of March
- eFields 2019 Results Webinar Slated for March 25
- Winter Wheat Stand Evaluation
- Emergency Preparation Considerations for Beef Operations
- Impact of Reported Coronavirus Cases on Live Cattle Futures
- March 18 Ag Update on WTNS
- Upcoming Programs
- Some Good Weather News
- Managing Mud Season
- Benchmarks for the Cow/Calf Producer
- Rhizobia Inoculant Following the 2019 Season
- Cover Crop Termination
- Pasture Species Selection for Sheep
- 2020 Spring Sheep Shearing School Announced
- Backyard Fruit Production Workshop Postponed until April 28
- ODA Pesticide Testing Date Postponed
- SWCD Tree Sales
- Coshocton County Dairy Banquet on March 20
- National Ag Day Luncheon
- Upcoming Programs
- Sharpen Your Farm Management Skills at Lunch Webinars
- Hay Quality Workshop Slated for March 3
- Private Pesticide Applicator and Fertilizer Re-Certification Session on March 4
- Tiverton Institute on March 4-5
- Farmers Breakfast on March 10
- eFields Meeting on March 10
- ODA Testing Date in Coshocton County Slated for March 16
- Mortality Composting Workshop on March 18
- 7th Annual East Ohio Women in Ag Conference
- Coshocton County Dairy Banquet on March 20
- National Ag Day Luncheon
- Backyard Fruit Production Workshop
- SWCD Tree Sales
- Farm Bill Decision Deadline Approaching
- Making and Maintaining Quality Baleage
- What’s Included in Your Calving Book
- Muddy Issues- Mastitis & Scours
- Small Herd Sire Decisions
- OSU Searching for Beef Cattle Specialist
- Upcoming Programs
- Wetter Conditions Remain Favored into Spring
- Overwintering of Pathogens and Insects
- eFields Meeting on March 10
- Hay Quality Workshop Slated for March 3
- Are your grazing animals in balance with your forages?
- When to start grazing: Don’t rush it!
- Farm Financial Management School Slated for February 27
- Sharpen Your Farm Management Skills at Lunch Webinars
- Backyard Fruit Production Workshop
- 7th Annual East Ohio Women in Ag Conference
- Is Your Business Ready for Your Death
- A Super Time to Scout for Bagworms
- 2020 Ohio Vegetable Trials
- Spotted Lanternfly Slowly Approaching Ohio
- Upcoming Programs
- 2020 Agronomy School Recap
- Early Indications Point to a Wetter Spring
- Two More Farm Bills Meetings
- February 11th Farmers Breakfast
- Farm Financial Management School Slated for February 27
- Sharpen Your Farm Management Skills at Lunch Webinars
- Planning for the Future of Your Farm Workshop
- Ohio Farm Custom Rate Survey 2020
- OSU Extension Farm Business Analysis Program
- 7th Annual East Ohio Women in Ag Conference
- 2020 Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council Conference
- Winter Beef Meetings
- 2019 eFields Report Released
- Leading by Exception
- Upcoming Programs
- 2020 Agronomy School - January 28
- 7th Annual East Ohio Women in Ag Conference
- Winter Beef Meetings
- 2020 Ag Outlook Meeting
- Goals for Your Cow Herd in 2020
- The Art and Science of Developing Heifers
- eFields Publication Released
- Ohio Ag Law Blog--A look back: agricultural law in 2019
- Master Gardener Training Class
- Upcoming Programs
- Weed Control Guides Available
- 2019 Ohio Performance Trials
- 2019 Farmers Tax Guides
- What’s on our Christmas Wish List?
- Choosing Varieties & Hybrids for 2020
- Winter Application of Manure
- Reducing Hay Storage and Feeding Losses
- Farm Succession and Red Angus: An Eye to the Future?
- A Year in Review
- Winter Beef Programs
- Precision University: Combating Compaction
- 2020 Agronomy School Slated for January 28
- 2020 Ag Outlook Meeting
- Beef 509 Program to be held in February
- Master Gardener Training Class
- Upcoming Programs