Planning for the Future of Your Farm Online Farm Transition and Estate Course Now Available
OSU Extension is pleased to announce that a new online self-paced course titled “Planning for the Future of Your Farm” is now available through OSU’s Professional and Continuing Education platform. This course is designed to help farm families navigate the complex process…
Ohio Bovine Emergency Response Planning (BERP) Program
Haley Shoemaker, OSU Extension AGNR Educator, Columbiana and Mahoning Counties (originally published in Ohio Farmer on-line) For those who’ve responded to roadway accidents before, it’s no secret that the scene is not the place to realize your team is unprepared. Transportation…
Time to Review Your Health Care Power of Attorney and Living Will
By:Robert Moore, Friday, September 19th, 2025 Planning for the future of a farm involves much more than deciding who will operate the business or inherit the land. It also means making decisions about your personal care if you cannot speak…
Betting on herd expansion
– Garth Ruff, Beef Cattle and Livestock Marketing Field Specialist, OSU Extension Herd expansion, is now the time? As I visit with cattle producers this summer, the conversation that continues to be in the back of everyone’s mind is the topic…
Three Considerations When Comparing the Cost of Buying Bred Heifers to the Cost of Developing Them
– Dr. Kenny Burdine, Extension Professor, Livestock Marketing, University of Kentucky As we roll through fall, spring-born calves will be weaned and many of those heifer calves will be held for replacement purposes. At the same time, a large number…
2026 Crop Insurance Decision – a cut and paste from last year or not?
By Clint Schroeder, Program Manager for Ohio Farm Business Analysis Program and Eric Richer, Field Specialist, Farm Management With the projected price discovery period now closed for winter wheat Ohio farmers have until September 30, 2025, to select the crop…
Battle for the Belt: Season 3, Episode 25: Corn Relative Maturity and Dry Down under Dry Conditions
Author(s): Taylor Dill, Maria Kessler, Diego Miranda, Laura Lindsey, Osler Ortez Season 3, Episode 25 of Battle for the Belt is now available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21IpRTOGvss In Episode 25, we join Taylor Dill, the Battle for the Belt PhD student, to look at corn hybrid differences during…
Farm Science Review Next Week! Pre-sale Tickets are still available!
Farm Science Review starts next week, and it is not too late to purchase presale tickets from your local extension office. By purchasing them there, you will be saving $5. Pre-sale tickets are $10 at the local extension office and…
Marketing Products from Sheep
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