2025 Ohio Wheat Performance Test
Author(s): Laura Lindsey, Matthew Hankinson Results from the 2025 Ohio Wheat Performance Test are now online at: https://stepupsoy.osu.edu/sites/hcs-soy/files/2025%20OWPT%20v2.pdf Figure 1. The 2025 Ohio Wheat Performance Test was conducted in five counties and included 76 winter wheat varieties. This year’s report includes 76…
Using CIDRs for Precision Management
Dr. Andrew Weaver, Extension Small Ruminant Specialist, North Carolina State University (Previously published with the Eastern Alliance for Production Katahdins (EAPK): March 1, 2025) The use of estrus synchronization has many benefits. The timing and length of the breeding season is directly…
What is the value of pregnancy evaluation in the beef cow herd?
– Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Livestock Marketing Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee Preg check vs winter an open cow?! What is the value of pregnancy evaluation in the beef cow herd? The first thing most…
Mid-Summer Weather: Relentless Humidity and Storms for Most
Author(s): Aaron Wilson Climate Summary Summer has been warmer and wetter than normal for most Ohioans through the first half of the season. June 2025 ranks as the 10th warmest average temperature on record since 1895 and 3rd warmest for overnight lows…
Gibberella Ear Rot/DON Risk Tool is Now Available
Author(s): Jason Hartschuh, CCA, Stephanie Karhoff, CCA, Pierce Paul A vomitoxin (Gibberella ear rot/DON) risk forecast model developed by The Ohio State University Cereal Pathology Lab, thanks to support from the Ohio Corn Marketing Program, is now available. The risk forecast model…
Hay Quality 2025 . . . Been there, done that!
Stan Smith, PA, Fairfield County OSU Extension (originally published in Ohio Farmer on-line) Once again when discussing hay harvest, we find ourselves in the midst of a conversation about timeliness and resulting quality concerns. It’s beginning to sound like a broken…
State Operating Budget makes changes to pesticide application laws
By: Ellen Essman, Senior Research Associate Thursday, July 17th, 2025 After months of deliberation, the General Assembly delivered H.B. 96, the two-year state operating budget, to Governor Mike DeWine. Governor DeWine signed the bill into law on June 30, vetoing several provisions….
Safe Travels: Preparing for the Unexpected While Hauling Livestock and Horses
Katie Ockert, Statewide Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Educator, Michigan State University Extension Thomas Guthrie, Statewide Equine Extension Educator, Michigan State University Extension (Previously published online with Michigan State University Extension: June 05, 2025) Before hitting the road with your livestock and…
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Dr. Chris Teutsch, UK Research and Education Center at Princeton In many parts of Kentucky first cutting hay was delayed. Although yields were good, forage quality is another story. As the grass plant reaches maturity (gets mature seed) yield goes…
