USDA to Open General and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment for 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced several Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) enrollment opportunities for agricultural producers and landowners. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting offers for both the General and Continuous CRP beginning today through June…
Join the CORN Newsletter
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the CORN Newsletter, let me give you a summary. Every week during the growing season, Ag and Natural Resource Educators, Extension specialists and others from across the state meet first thing on…
Corn N Recommendations: Maximum Return to N Calculator Updated
Author(s): Greg LaBarge, CPAg/CCA, Manbir Rakkar Corn nitrogen recommendations in Ohio are generated from an online tool: Maximum Return to N (MRTN). It uses corn yield response to nitrogen along with a farm’s nitrogen cost and corn market price. The web…
The Art (and Science) of Letting Go: Mastering Delegation for Better Results
MANAGER’S LIBRARY SERIES Trey Malone, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University Jay Akridge, Trustee Chair in Teaching and Learning Excellence and Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University John Foltz, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University; and Dean…
Dead Canadians, Fake Lawyers, and Real Insurance Advice
By:Robert Moore, Thursday, May 08th, 2025 Not long ago, an official looking letter arrived addressed to my deceased father. Inside was a message from “Attorney Patterson” stating that a man named Nicholas Moore had died in Canada. No heirs. No next…
First Agri-Law Summit coming in August
By:Peggy Kirk Hall, Attorney and Director, Agricultural & Resource Law Program Wednesday, May 07th, 2025 Final plans are underway for the first annual “Agri-Law Summit,” co-hosted by our OSU Agricultural & Resource Law Program and the Ohio State Bar Association…
There’s Something in the Water
Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor, Hay and Forage Grower (Previously published in Hay & Forage Grower: May 6, 2025) Natural water sources in pastures are only as valuable to a grazing system as the quality of water they contain. In other words,…
Be Aware of Frothly Bloat Risk in Spring Pastures
– Dr. Michelle Arnold, DVM-Ruminant Extension Veterinarian (UKVDL) Ruminant animals produce large volumes of gas through the normal fermentation process during forage digestion. This gas is predominantly belched up (eructated) as it passes through the gastrointestinal tract. If something interferes…
Forage Maturity Across Ohio
Author(s): Jason Hartschuh, CCA While the year started with slower growing degree accumulation the warm weather over the last couple of weeks, has rapidly progressed forage maturity. Harvesting forages at the proper time for the livestock you are feeding is…
2025 Second Quarter Fertilizer Prices Across Ohio
By: Amanda Bennett, Eric Richer, Clint Schroeder, OSU Extension Click here to read PDF version of this article The second quarter results from a survey of Ohio fertilizer retailers showed prices in Ohio were generally lower compared to the national…
