Day: June 12, 2025

BEEF Cattle Letter: June 11

Five new articles have been posted in this week’s issue number 1451 of the Ohio BEEF Cattle letter: http://u.osu.edu/beef/

Not only has first cutting hay been a challenge to get made this year in Ohio, but it matured a week or more early throughout much of the state. Does that mean quality is even worse than might be expected for late cut hay in what we used to know as a ‘normal’ year? We can’t mange what we don’t measure, and we won’t know the quality of our forages without first testing them. That said, find announcement of a reduced cost forage testing program in this week’s postings. (PS: This is hot off the press so give your local Extension office a minute to get up to speed on this new program!)

Articles this week include:

  • Cover Crop ‘Forage’ an Option for Prevented Planting Acres
  • OSU Extension Offering Hay Testing Program
  • Pregnancy evaluation = good return on the investment
  • Record High Cattle Prices
  • Imports and Exports in April

Newsletter release by Stan Smith, OSU Extension ANR Program Assistant, Fairfield County

“Let the buyer beware” doctrine applies to real estate sales in Ohio

Written by Peggy Kirk Hall, Attorney and Director, Agricultural & Resource Law Program

“Do your due diligence” is the lesson learned from a recent Ohio appeals court decision in a case alleging that a seller fraudulently induced a buyer in a real estate transaction. The Seventh District Court of Appeals rejected the buyer’s claim, stating that the doctrine of caveat emptor or “let the buyer beware” negated the fraudulent inducement argument because it placed a duty on the buyer to examine all “conditions open to observation.”  The court reasoned that the buyer could not blame the seller for fraud because the buyer had the duty to examine public records that provided accurate information about the property.

The case

The conflict arose from the purchase of 143 acres of land in Belmont County, negotiated by two attorneys representing the parties.  The buyer was present throughout the negotiations and read all of the e-mail correspondences between the two attorneys.  The parties agreed to a purchase agreement, the buyer ordered a title search for the property, and the purchase took place.  The buyer later learned, however, that a third party held an easement and right-of-way on the property.  The easement allowed surface activities such as locating pipelines and well pads and restricted some development activities by the buyer. Continue reading “Let the buyer beware” doctrine applies to real estate sales in Ohio →

C.O.R.N. Newsletter: June 9-15

In this edition of the C.O.R.N. Newsletter:

  • Battle for the Belt: Season 3, Episode 11: June Weather Update – Maria Kessler, Laura Lindsey, Osler Ortez, Aaron Wilson, Taylor Dill, Diego Miranda
  • Lep Monitoring Network Update #7 – Corn earworm and Western Bean Cutworm – Trevor Mullen, Rosalind Holt-Frank, Evan Hodkinson, Amy Raudenbush, Nic Baumer, JD Bethel, Trevor Corboy, Mary Jo Hassen, Seth Kannberg, Garth McDorman, Jordan Penrose, Beth Scheckelhoff, Mike Sunderman, Kyle Verhoff, Jacob Winters, Andy Michel, Kelley Tilmon
  • Statewide Slug Monitoring Project – Update # 4 – Trevor Mullen, Rosalind Holt-Frank, Evan Hodkinson, Amy Raudenbush, John Barker, Nic Baumer, Amanda Barnum, Amanda Bennett, Pressley Buurma, Ken Ford, Seth Kannberg, Dean Kreager, Alan Leininger, Clifton Martin, CCA, Kendra Rose, Jocelyn Ruble, Clint Schroeder, Ryan Slaughter, Jacob Winters, Tracy Winters, Ted Wiseman, Kelley Tilmon
  • June Considerations When Using the Prevented Planting Option – Eric Richer, CCA, Dr. Carl Zulauf, Aaron Wilson

C.O.R.N. Newsletter is a summary of crop observations, related information, and appropriate recommendations for Ohio crop producers and industry. C.O.R.N. Newsletter is produced by the Ohio State University Extension Agronomy Team, state specialists at The Ohio State University and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC). C.O.R.N. Newsletter questions are directed to Extension and OARDC state specialists and associates at Ohio State.