Author: Nanette Neal
Ohio Woodland Water and Wildlife Conference
Registration is now open for the 2022 Ohio Woodland Water and Wildlife Conference. We will once again be live at the Mid- Ohio Conference Center in Mansfield. The program offers updates on spotted lanternfly and beech leaf disease and presentations on management for wild turkey, ticks and tick-borne pathogens, European frogbit id and control and streambank stabilization to name a few. The brochure for the day is attached
Join us by registering HERE.
Early registration is $65 – register by 2/14
Late registration is $85 – 2/15-2/23 (last date to register)
ISA, SAF and pesticide credits are being applied for.
Farm Bill Election, Enrollment and Crop Insurance Primer
Do you want to know more about the farm bill election and enrollment, as well as crop insurance primer? Then visit this link to view the recording of Chris Bruynis, Extension Educator in Ross County discussing these topics during the Farming Profitably Zoom Series.
Livestock News
Beef Cattle
Six new articles have been posted in this week’s issue number 1279 of the Ohio BEEF Cattle letter: http://u.osu.edu/beef/
In case you missed it last week, today you’ll find Garth Ruff’s summary of the Beef Market Outlook meeting with Dr. Andrew Griffith, and also his presentation in its entirety . . . well worth a listen!
Articles this week include:
- Cattle Market Outlook Bright Despite Rising Input Costs
- Make Sure to Remove All the Net Wrap
- It’s Time to Frost Seed!
- (Even) More Reasons to Love Red Clover
- Antibiotic Stewardship in Calves – Part 3
- Beef Cattle Numbers Continue to Decline
Small Ruminant Animals
2022 Southwestern Ohio Beekeeper School
The 2022 Southwestern Ohio Beekeeper School is returning as an in-person event on Saturday, March 26 at the Oasis Conference Center in Loveland, OH. Registration is now open for the school at warren.osu.edu. We are limited to the first 350 people who register, so sign up early. The cost is $40 per person which includes a continental breakfast and lunch. This school is designed to provide education for new and moderately experienced beekeepers. Class descriptions are available on the website. There is a series of classes available for new beekeepers which takes them from buying equipment to bee biology to managing their hives during the first year. For more information, contact Greg Meyer at meyer.213@osu.edu or by phone at (513)695-1311.
3-Hour Fertilizer Certification for New Applicators
This meeting will fulfill the three-hour requirement for private and commercial applicators who need the Ohio agricultural fertilizer applicator certification.
Who should attend the training? Fertilizer certification is required if you apply fertilizer (other than manure) to more than 50 acres of agricultural production grown primarily for sale. If you hire a co-op or other custom applicator to make your fertilizer applications, you do not need the certification. This training is for private and commercial applicators.
What will be covered? Best management practices will be the basis of the agricultural fertilizer certification training with a focus on fertilizer applications that have the appropriate rate, timing, placement, and source.
This is an in-person meeting located at:
OSU Extension Fayette County, 1415 US Hwy. 22 SW, Washington C.H., OH 43160
Cost: $30 payable to OSU Extension
(Stop by the Fayette Co. Extension office to pay before or pay the day of the training.)
Registration is REQUIRED and limited. Please register bycalling740-335-1150
Information FLYER
Ohio Farmland Leasing Update
Join us for a Farmland Leasing Update webinar
Winter is a good time to review farm leases, for both economic and legal reasons. We’ll provide you with current information to help with the farmland leasing process in our Ohio Farmland Leasing Update webinar on February 9, 2022, from 7 to 9 p.m. Barry Ward, Leader of Production Business Management for OSU Extension, will address the economic issues and our legal team of Peggy Hall and Robert Moore will provide the legal information.
Our agenda will include:
- Current economic outlook for Ohio row crops
- Research on cash rent markets for the Eastern Corn Belt
- Rental market outlook fundamentals
- Negotiating conservation practices
- Using leases in farmland succession planning
- Ohio’s proposed law on providing notice of termination
- Ensuring legal enforceability of a lease
There is no fee for the webinar, but registration is necessary. Register at https://go.osu.edu/farmlandleasingupdate.
Sustainable Options for Deicing Your Sidewalk
Sustainable options for deicing your sidewalk is part of the SAVE (Sustainable Action through Video Engagement) video series. This video series focuses on helping people live more sustainably within their homes and communities and promote simple everyday actions people can take to conserve energy, reduce waste, and save money.
Andrew Holden – Extension Educator Ashtabula County, Agriculture & Natural Resources holden.155@osu.edu
Ohio Ag Manager News
Farm Bill Election and Crop Insurance Meeting Offered
by: Chris Bruynis, Extension Educator Each year farmers across Ohio need to make decisions concerning the level of risk they want to accept when it comes Read more…
ARC/PLC Program Election and OSU Extension Decision Tool
by: Chris Zoller, Extension Educator, ANR, Tuscarawas County Introduction The 2018 Farm Bill reauthorized the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) safety Read more…
Ohio Farm Custom Rate Survey 2022 Responses Requested
The Ohio Farm Custom Rates Survey data collection has launched once again. The online survey for 2022 is available at: https://go.osu.edu/ohiofarmcustomratesurvey2022
A large number of Ohio farmers hire machinery operations and other farm-related work to be completed by others. This is often due to lack of proper equipment, lack of time, or lack of expertise for a particular operation. Many farm business owners do not own equipment for every possible job that they may encounter in the course of operating a farm and may, instead of purchasing the equipment needed, seek out someone with the proper tools necessary to complete the job. This farm work completed by others is often referred to as “custom farm work” or more simply “custom work”. A “custom rate” is the amount agreed upon by both parties to be paid by the custom work customer to the custom work provider.
Custom farming providers and customers often negotiate an agreeable custom farming machinery rate by utilizing Extension surveys results as a starting point. Ohio State University Extension collects surveys and publishes survey results from the Ohio Farm Custom Survey every other year. This year we are updating our published custom farm rates for Ohio.
We kindly request your assistance in securing up-to-date information about farm custom work rates, machinery and building rental rates, and hired labor costs in Ohio.
This year we have an online survey set up that anyone can access. We would ask that you respond even if you know only a few rates. We want information on actual rates, either what you paid to hire custom work or what you charged if you perform custom work. Custom Rates should include all ownership costs of implement & tractor (if needed), operator labor, fuel, and lube. If fuel is not included in your custom rate charge there is a place on the survey to indicate this.
You may access the survey at: https://go.osu.edu/ohiofarmcustomratesurvey2022
If you prefer a document that you can print out and fill out by hand to return, email Barry Ward at ward.8@osu.edu
The deadline to complete the survey is March 31, 2022.
Barry Ward, Leader, Production Business Management
OSU Extension, Agriculture & Natural Resources