Online GAPs Training Scheduled

The produce safety team has three online GAPs trainings scheduled this winter, with the first one coming up next Thursday, on January 21st. These programs are free to attend.

You can find more information at producesafety.osu.edu/events.
Registration links are available for each event:
• Jan 21, 6:00-9:00pm: register at https://go.osu.edu/gapstraining1-21
• Feb 18, 6:00-9:00pm: register at https://go.osu.edu/gapstraining2-18
• Mar 18, 6:00-9:00pm: register at https://go.osu.edu/gapstraining3-18

2021 Beef School Opportunities

As we march into 2021, we want to share some opportunities for beef cattle producer education coming up this winter. While we’d much rather be in person, this year we are going to offer virtual programming. Additional information can be found at go.osu.edu/2021beefschool.

 

 

2021 Cow Calf Outlook Meeting – January 26, 6.30 p.m. (Flyer) (Register Here)
Dr. Kenny Burdine, University of Kentucky Livestock Marketing Specialist

 

2021 Ohio Cattle Feeding Webinar – February 24, 6:00 p.m. (Flyer) (Register Here)
Risk Management Livestock Risk Protection and Livestock Gross Margin Insurance – Justin White, Hudson Insurance
Feedlot Ventilation Requirements – Jason Hartschuh, OSU Extension Crawford County

 

2021 Ohio Cow – Calf Management Schools Webinars (Register Here) One Registration Link for all Sessions.

Making Hay for Beef Cattle
1/18/2021: Getting Started
Reviewing Forage Fertility – Jason Hartsuch
New Seeding Species Selection – Christine Gelley
Cow-Calf Management

2/08/2021: Breeding Season Considerations

Managing the Breeding Season – Alvaro Garcia-Guerra

EPD Update: Breeding for Cow Longevity – John Grimes

1/25/2021: Addressing Hay Shortfalls
Annual Forage Options – Allen Gahler
Baleage Do’s and Don’ts – Jason Hartschuh
2/15/2021 Managing Reproduction

Semen Handling – Dean Kreager

Preg Checking – Allen Gahler

2/01/2021: Hay! Now What?
Forage Analysis – Ted Wiseman
Forage Storage 101 – Garth Ruff
2/22/2021: Improving Profits
Making Cow Culling Decisions – Dean Kreager
Maximizing Feeder Calf Value – Garth Ruff

 

Beef Sire Selection for the Dairy Herd Webinar – March 10, 2021, 12:00 p.m. (Flyer) (Register Here)
Presenter: Allen Gahler, OSU Extension Sandusky County

Farmer’s Tax Guides – Tax Guidance for Your Farm Business

Do you need a resource to answer those tough farm tax questions? If so, you can access the Farmer’s Tax Guide (IRS Publication 225) online at: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p225.pdf

The 2020 Farmer’s Tax Guide explains how federal tax laws apply to farming. This guide can be used as a guide for farmers to figure taxes and complete their farm tax return.

The explanations and examples in this publication reflect the Internal Revenue Service’s interpretation of tax laws enacted by Congress, Treasury regulations, and court decisions. However, the information given does not cover every situation and is not intended to replace the law or change its meaning.

Some of the new topics for the 2020 tax year which are included in this publication are: Tax treatment of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) payments, Payroll Protection Program (PPP) Loans and Forgiven Debt, Increased section 179 expense deduction dollar limits, COVID-19 related employment tax credits and other tax relief, Redesigned Form W-4 for 2020, New Form 1099-NEC, and much more.

Hardcopies of the 2020 Farmer’s Tax Guide are also available at select county OSU Extension offices.

The Rural Tax Education Site has additional resources for agriculturally related income and self-employment tax information that is both current and easy to understand: https://ruraltax.org/

2021 Virtual Beef Team Events

This winter the OSU Beef Team is offering a variety of educational programs online, beginning with Making Hay for Beef Cattle on January 18. In total, nine programs are presently scheduled focusing on everything from feed and forage management to managing the breeding season. These sessions are each being offered free of charge, but pre-registration is required. Find all the details linked here: https://u.osu.edu/beefteam/2021-beef-school/

Organic Winter Webinars

Organic Winter Webinars
Nov. 12, 2020

Ohio State will host a series of organic webinars on Wednesdays this winter, 11-11:45 a.m. The series will provide opportunities for Ohio’s organic community and those who work with them, to learn about Ohio State resources and to provide feedback, experience, and ideas for new research and program directions. Farmers considering organic certification or seeking ways to lower their farm inputs will also benefit from the presentations.

All sessions begin at 11 a.m and will last 45 minutes.We recommend joining via zoom so that you can see speaker materials, but phone connections are also possible.
You can sign up to receive email reminders for one or more sessions.
See additional OSU Extension winter programming at https://agnr.osu.edu/programming.
Sessions will be recorded and posted on YouTube, but we enourage you to attend live to be part of the discussion.

For classes and long in information follow this link: Class Information