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2025 Issues
- The New World Screwworm: Texas is at Risk but what about Kentucky (and the Midwest)?
- Strategies for Wet Spring Forage Harvests
- The North American Manure Expo coming on July 30th and 31st in Wauseon, Ohio
- Watch for downed cherry trees!
- Reminder: Grain Handling Systems Open House!
- Safe Travels: Preparing for the Unexpected While Hauling Livestock and Horses
- Corn Vomitoxin Management Critical Considerations at Tassel
- Southeastern Ohio Hay Day is this Friday, July 18
- July Plantings for Warm-Season Annual Grass Forages
- Hay Quality 2025 . . . Been there, done that!
- Pasture Walk Scheduled – Beef Production, August 26
- Beef Quality Assurance, August 11
- Beef Quality Assurance, August 11
- OSU Extension Offering Hay Testing Program
- Farm Science Review Tickets Now on Sale
- Help! I have Hemp Dogbane
- Hay barn fires a real hazard when mother nature keeps sending rain
- Soil Crusting and Herbicide Carryover
- Managing ‘Untimely’ Pasture Grasses
- Putting Poison Hemlock into Perspective (Again)
- Maximize Forage Quality – Strategies for Wet Spring Harvests
- Pasture Walk Scheduled – Beef Production, August 26
- Southeastern Ohio Hay Day 2025, July 18
- Beef Quality Assurance, August 11
- Pasture Walks Scheduled, June 24 & 26
- Farm Science Review Tickets Now on Sale
- OSU Extension Offering Hay Testing Program
- Fly Control in Livestock for Summer
- 2024 Farm Commodity Program Payment Estimates for Ohio Counties as of June 2025
- Clipping Pastures: An Age-Old Debate
- Statewide Slug Monitoring Project – Update # 4
- Cover Crop ‘Forage’ an Option for Prevented Planting Acres
- Lep Monitoring Network – Corn Earworm and Western Bean Cutworm # 8
- When You’re Hot, You’re Hot!
- Pasture Walks Scheduled
- Can We Shake This Cool, Wet Pattern?
- Small Ruminant 509 Postponed to Fall of 2025
- You can’t manage what you don’t measure . . . including pasture!
- May Showers May Lead to June Prevented Planting Decisions
- An Update on Ticks and Tick-borne Disease in Ohio: Plus the Buckeye Tick Test Lab
- Concerning parasites, are you controlling what you think you are controlling?
- Preparing Grain for the Feedbunk
- House Farm Bill Reconciliation Summary Overview
- Weather Damage
- Sulfur Management for High-Quality Silage Corn
- North American Manure Expo comes to Ohio, July 30 & 31
- May Chill Ahead
- May Weed Report
- 2024 Farm Commodity Program Payment Estimates for Ohio Counties as of May 2025
- Small Ruminant 509 – Registration Open!
- Water, the forgotten nutrient?
- How Ohio’s Proposed Pesticide Rules Could Affect Teens Working on Farms
- Controlling Buttercup – A Persistent Challenge
- USDA to Open General and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment for 2025
- North American Manure Expo comes to Ohio, July 30 & 31
- Poison Hemlock, and those weeds with yellow bloom!
- Scouting for Soybean Seedling Diseases in Ohio
- 2025 Ohio Maple Bootcamp, July 17, 18, 19
- Weather Improvements Are on the Way, No Really!
- Spring Pasture Management; Plan Now to Optimize the Entire Grazing Season
- 2025 Second Quarter Fertilizer Prices Across Ohio
- Spaces Still Available! Wayne County FAMACHA Certification and Fecal Egg Count Workshop Announced – May 16, 2025
- There’s Something in the Water
- Using Baleage to manage your hay quality
- Glufosinate Use and Label Guidelines for 2025
- Sharing the Road During Spring Planting Season
- Forage Maturity Across Ohio
- Springtime Decisions
- Using Liquid Manure with Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans
- Spring Conditions Starting to Prevail
- Understanding Forages and Feedstuffs
- Death by Lethal Ingestion
- Buckeye Tick Test Laboratory is now open for business
- Revisiting Custom Grazing
- Effectively Using Summer Annual Grasses
- WEBINAR: Live Pullorum Q&A
- Wild Mushrooms of Ohio, April 29
- How can a person afford to pay $???? for an animal and expect to make a profit?
- Fertilizing Pastures After a Drought: Ensuring Adequate Mineral Intake and Preventing Grass Tetany
- OSU’s Forage Quality Analysis Service
- Town & Country Garden Club Annual Community Meeting, April 10
- FARMS Training to be held in Coshocton on April 14
- Thought It Would Never Stop Raining
- Check for Contaminants in Hay
- That First Calf Heifer is not a Mature Cow – So why would we treat her like one?
- Don’t Jump the Grazing Gun
- Spotting the Spot - Springtime Spotted Lanternfly Update
- To graze or not to graze?
- Nutrient Content of Poultry Litter Compost
- Wild Mushrooms of Ohio, April 29
- Virtual Beef School, session 3; focused on Managing Open Cows and Culls
- Practice patience before turning out!
- Alfalfa Weevil Scouting and GDD
- Town & Country Garden Club Annual Community Meeting, April 10
- Early spring seeded forage to fill shortfalls
- Spring Nitrogen Recommendations for Winter Wheat
- Farm Office Live is this Friday, March 28
- Was the grass dead or dormant?
- USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural Producers
- Beef School Session Focuses on Open Cows and Culls
- Snow Mold Damage...How Bad is it and What Can be Done?
- Wild Mushrooms of Ohio, April 29
- Check for Contaminants in Hay
- Early Spring Lawn Care
- From Policy to Taxes program March 18
- Crop Nutrient Workshop March 27
- Annual Dairy Banquet March 21
- Lucky Clovers
- Adding cull cows to drought contingency plans
- Spring Planting Outlook
- BOI is Back!
- Top-dressing Wheat with Liquid Manure
- How Inadequate Estate Planning Led to the Likely Sale of a Family Farm
- Virtual Beef School, session 2; focused on Post Drought Pasture Management and Recovery
- Private Pesticide Applicator and Fertilizer Re-Certification Sessions
- Ag Day Celebration Luncheon
- Tiverton Institute to be held on March 5-6
- Heat Lamp Use for Newborn Livestock
- Small Farm Conference & Trade Show: Sowing Seeds for Success
- Caring for Livestock in Late Winter and Early Spring
- Virtual Beef School focuses on Drought Recovery
- Keep Them Fit!
- OSU Extension Offering Farm Transition and Estate Planning Workshops in March
- Frost Seeding Season is Here
- OSU Extension Forage Resiliency Webinar Series Announced
- Surprise Under the Snow: VOLES
- Tri-State High Tunnel School
- The Ohio Agroforestry Summit
- From Policy to Taxes: Exploring Today's Farm Management Challenges and Opportunities
- Planning spring grazing improvements
- Nutrition Throughout Pregnancy for Sheep Flocks
- Ohio Beef Cattle Feeding School set for next week
- Balancing the Animals and Available Forage
- Nutrient Management After a Drought February 21
- Preparing for Calving: Calving Clinic set for February 20
- OSU Extension Small Farm Conference
- 2025 Corn College & Soybean School
- Beef Quality Assurance March 25, 2025, 7:00 PM
- Enterprise Budgets for 2025
- Frost Seeding Clover: A Recipe for Success
- Vaginal and Cervical Prolapse in Ruminants
- Winter feed management and culling considerations for beef cattle
- Register for the upcoming Water Quality Wednesdays webinar series!
- Headcounts aren’t everything: Understanding the full impact of cattle inventories
- Planning for the Future of Your Farm Workshops
- Beef 509 back in 2025 in a New Format
- Registration Open for the 2025 East Ohio Women in Agriculture Conference
- Cow/Calf Workshop set for February 7 in Millersburg
- Recipes for Keeping Trough Water Running in Winter
- Next Farm Office Live is Friday, January 17
- Preparing Small Ruminants for Kidding and Lambing
- Ohio Virtual Beef School begins January 29: An evening with Kenny Burdine
- Adjusting for Cold Weather
- SCOTUS to Decide Fate of Nationwide Injunction Against Corporate Transparency Act
- Cold Stress and Beef Cows
- 2025 Soil Health Webinar Series
- 2025 Coshocton County Pesticide & Fertilizer Re-Certification Sessions Planned
- Where do we go from here?
- Maintaining Forage Stability Amid Instability
- Ohio Backyard Flock Biosecurity Webinar - January 15
- Carbon Opportunities Workshop - January 15
- Solving Calving Problems - January 23
- Slow Drought Recovery Continues
- Warm-Season Grasses Play Drought Defense
- Federal court puts Corporate Transparency Act ownership reporting on hold
- Livestock Water Development
- Dealing with Cold Calves
- Farm On Financial Management Course
- Farm Emergency Planning
- Winter Application of Manure in Ohio
- Farmer Tax Webinar 2024
- Cull Cows – Right Way Right Time
- Christmas Tree: Real or Artificial? Why not do both!
- Practical Tips to Improve Calf Welfare in Cold Weather
- Workforce Development in Food and Agriculture
- Drought Slowly Eases Across the State
- All About Grazing - Is the Grass Dead or Dormant?
- Spotted Lanterfly (SLF) Update
- Fall 2024 Regional Weeds Unversity
- Winter Feeding Beef Cows on Pasture
- Farmer Tax Webinar 2024
- Your tax questions answered
- Corporate Transparency Act reporting deadline remains January 1, 2025
- Beef Quality Assurance, November 18
- Warm Season Native Grasses; A drought resistant forage?
- Fall 2024 Regional Weeds University
- Drought related fencing issues
- Farmer Tax Webinar 2024
- Don't Guess Hay Quality - Test It!
- Beef Quality Assurance, November 18
- BUG ALERT: Boxelder Bugs and Other Fall Home Invaders are Poised to Make Their Move
- Fall 2024 Regional Weeds University
- Stocking rates, genetic choices, and their impacts on our forage in pastures
- Carbon Capture and Storage: Coming Soon to Ohio?
- Drought 2024: Winter Feeding Options for Beef Cows
- Coshocton County Fall Foliage & Farm Tour on October 19-20
- Hurricane Helene's Effect on Soybean in Ohio
- Wait Until Late October to Control Perennial Broadleaf Weeds
- Drought to Frost: Feeding Safe Forages
- 2024 Buckeye Shepherd's Symposium Annouced
- Feeding storm-damaged soybean grain to cattle
- Drought 2024: Winter Feeding Options for Beef Cows
- Considerations when Conditioning Too-dry Soybeans
- Caring for drought-stricken pastures
- Cattle on Feed and Record-High August Fed Cattle Weights
- Winter Feeding Options for Beef Cows - October Programs
- New Ohio Hay Directory and Additional Drought Resources
- Emergency CRP Haying and Grazing
- USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Has Assistance Programs for Ohio Farm Operations Impacted by Drought
- Using Drought Stressed Soybeans for Hay or Silage
- Drought Stressed Corn for Corn Silage
- Alternative forage option when the rain finally comes
- Drought and Dust: Preparing for Winter Feed Shortages
- Farm Science Review Tickets Available
- Dry Conditions on Corn - Implications and Recommendations
- Tick Talk: Tick and Tick-Borne Diseases - Sept. 5
- 2024 Statewide Sheep Shearing School - A Few Spots Still Remain! - Sept. 20-21
- Farm Science Review Tickets Available
- Making Decisions During Drought
- All About Goats Webinar
- Manaing Forage to Finish 2024
- Two August Field Days to Explore Barriers and Benefits of Crop and Livestock Integration
- Managing Cool-Season Pastures for Enhanced Fall Growth
- Be Mindful of Fall Armyworm, Which Could Get Interesting
- 2024 Statewide Sheep Shearing School Annouced - Sept. 20-21
- Wayne County Forages Field Night and Pasture Walk: September 4, 2024
- Play the Short, Medium, and Long Game Strategies to Maximize Returns
- Mechanically Controlling Weeds in Pastures
- August Field Day to Explore Barriers and Benefits of Crop and Livestock Integration
- Battle for the Belt: Season 2, Episode 18- Planting Date and Weed Control Interactions
- Comparing Net Returns for Alternative Leasing Arrangements
- Tick Talk
- Canning Basics
- Part 1: Is it time to cull the mature female and replace her with a heifer?
- Part 2: The different classes of slaughter cows
- Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2024
- Risk of Corn Grain Contamination with Vomitoxin in Ohio in 2024: A July 15th Projection
- Register for Soil Health Field Day on August 15
- The Summer Grazing Plan
- Grazing Management Lunch and Learn: Stockpiling Forages
- 2024 Ohio Beef Day
- Breeding Season Considerations for Sheep and Goats
- Pasture Walk Scheduled – Goat Production
- Managing Heat Stress of Beef Animals
- Ohio Beef Day to be held in Crawford/Marion Counties
- Pasture Walk Scheduled – Goat Production
- Upcoming Dicamba Cutoff Reminder
- Application of Manure to Double Crop Soybeans to Encourage Emergence
- “Okay, so I have an “employee” on my farm, now what?”
- Planning for Future of Farm Workshop to be held in Cortland, Ohio
- Common Mullein- Mother Nature’s Answer to our Toilet Paper Shortage?
- Two OSU Extension Food Preservation Workshops This Summer
- Sweet song of birds fills the summer air
- Letter from Coshocton Public Health district about increase in Lyme disease cases
- I’ve Got a Day, Let’s Make Hay!
- Beef with a Business Mindset
- Slug Management Considerations and Statewide Slug Monitoring Report
- Honeysuckle; Friend or Foe?
- It’s high season for Ohio’s noxious weeds laws
- The Basics of Vaccinating Sheep and Goats
- Three Common Genetic Defects to Review when Buying or Selling Sheep
- FAMACHA Training
- Freeze Drying and Canning Workshops
- Kill Poison Hemlock Now!
- Adapting to New Challenges in the Beef Cattle Business
- Base Acre Updating in the Next Farm Bill
- Pledge to Prepare the Next Leader of Your Farm Operation
May 1, 2024 Issue
- Lep Monitoring Network – Black Cutworm and True Armyworm Update # 2
- Yellow Flowers of Concern
- Pasture Walks Scheduled
- Foreign Investments in Ohio Farmland
- Practical Considerations for the Use of Sexed Semen in Beef Herds
- Sun Safety
- Enhancing Sacrifice Grazing Lots: Solutions for Winter Mud Challenges
- Pasture Walks Scheduled
- Big Swings Ahead for Planting, Growing and Harvest Season
- Spring 2024 Weather & Soil Conditions: Update 3
- 2024 Second Quarter Fertilizer Prices Across Ohio
- FAMACHA Certification and Fecal Egg Count Workshop Announced in Wayne County Ohio
- Practical Considerations for Managing the Spring Flush
- Spring Forage Establishment
- All About Goats! Spring Webinar Series
- Don't Let Your Farm Insurance Be an Afterthought
- Ohio Farm Custom Rate Survey Launched for 2024: Responses Requested
- What to Watch for with Asian Longhorned Ticks and Theileria in Ohio in 2024
- Pushing EPD’s into Dollars
- Cow/Calf Producers; Share your insight and help shape the future!
- Using Drones for Spray Application - Adoption Trends in US and Worldwide
- Coshocton County OSU Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator Position is Posted for Application
- All About Goats! Spring Webinar Series
- East Ohio Women in Agriculture Conference
- Dining with Diabetes
- Coshocton County OSU Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator Position is Posted for Application
- All About Goats! Spring Webinar Series
- Managing Pastures for Calving
- Beef Webinar Series Continues
- 2024 Corn College and Soybean School Recordings Available
- OSU Extension Farm Office Live to be held on Friday, March 15 from 10:00 to 12:00 noon
- Dining with Diabetes
- Congratulations Pearl Valley Cheese!