Practice Roadway Safety this Spring!
Sharing the Road During Spring Planting Season Each year, over 500 tractor and machinery roadway crashes occur in Ohio resulting in property damage, injuries and deaths. It’s up to everyone to be extra vigilant as we share our rural roadways….
Beef Quality Assurance Comining!
DATE: May, 28th, 2025 TIME: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. LOCATION: Auglaize County Jr Fair Building 1001 Fairview Drive, Wapakoneta, Ohio
May Wednesday Women in Ag Webinar
Join us on May 7, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., for the next session on… Cut Flowers for Beginners Interested in growing cut flowers on a small scale? Join Sabrina Schirtzinger, Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Knox County, to…
Just-in-Time or “Gig” workers Survey
A research team from OSU (Extension, ATI, and AEDE) is surveying the role that just-in-time or “gig” workers could play in the agricultural labor force across Ohio. Please consider filling out this survey, regardless of your current role in an agricultural…
Death by Lethal Ingestion
Mike Rankin, Senior Editor, Hay & Forage Grower (Previously published online with Hay & Forage Grower: April 8, 2025) The philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death in 399 B.C. for not believing in the popular Greek gods of his time and…
Forage Testing Now Available
Author(s): Emma Matcham The Forage Quality Analysis Service at the Sustainable Agroecosystems Lab has updated their forage testing packages. They utilize near-infrared scanning technology to assess forage nutritive value, which provides consistent, fast results. This lab is run by Dr….
Recent Rain Patterns: Implications on Nitrogen Management for Wheat Production
Author(s): Manbir Rakkar, Laura Lindsey, Stephanie Karhoff, CCA, Ed Lentz, CCA Since the past week, many wheat fields in Ohio are battling with excessive soil water or even ponding water conditions (Fig 1). Ohio has received rainfall ranging from about 1.5 inches in…
Fertilizing Pastures After a Drought: Ensuring Adequate Mineral Intake and Preventing Grass Tetany
– Ted Wiseman, OSU Extension, Perry County (originally published in Farm and Dairy) Beware of lush early growth and tetany. Spring is here, bringing lush pasture growth with April rains and warmer temperatures. Although many of our pastures may have gone into…
That First Calf Heifer is not a Mature Cow – So why would we treat her like one?
– Dr. Katie VanValin, Assistant Extension Professor, University of Kentucky Developing and first calf heifers are not the same as mature cows. While that seems like an obvious statement, there is still a common belief that heifers should be able…
