You Are Invited to: An evening in the woods

Your woodlands can provide a wide array of benefits ranging from wildlife viewing and hunting to periodic income to supplement your farming operation. This program will focus on Invasive and Wildlife Management, and Timber Harvesting. You will learn about the programs and people who are available to help you to set and achieve realistic goals for your woodland property.

Date: August 29, 2024

Mark & Paul Mechling Forest

Address: Just west of Glenford, from 204 turn onto Township Rd 22 (Follow Yellow Day in the Woods Signs)

Time: 5:30pm – 8:30pm

Cost: Free to Attend!

Thank you to the Perry and Muskingum County Farm Bureau and SWCD for sponsoring our meal!

Please RSVP by August 23rd: https://go.osu.edu/eveninginthewoodsp29

Beef Quality Assurance September 24, 2024

Are you selling beef animals to be harvested for meat and need to update your Beef Quality Assurance Certification?

The goal of the Ohio Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program is to increase the competitive base for marketing Ohio cattle. Beef Quality Assurance is a program to ensure that beef and dairy cattle are maintained in a manner which will result in a safe and wholesome beef product for the consumer.  The Ohio BQA program is set to meet or exceed the NCBA BQA Guidelines.

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Program starts at 7:00 PM

Location: Muskingum Livestock Auction

No cost, no RSVP needed.

Beef Quality Assurance | OSU Extension BEEF TEAM

Beef Cattle A.I. Workshop

OSU Extension Muskingum County will host an introduction to artificial insemination of beef cattle on July 30 and August 1, 2024 from 6:00 to 8:30 pm at the Extension Office in Zanesville.  This two-night workshop is a classroom event starting on night one and concluding with hands-on-practice on night two.  Topics that will be covered during this workshop include: Advanced Reproductive Tract Anatomy and Physiology, Estrous Synchronization, Pasture Considerations, Expected Progeny Differences (EPD’s), and, Tools, Equipment, & Techniques.  Our program cost is $20 per person and RSVP’s are due July 25.  Our classroom location is the meeting room at the Rural Services Building, 225 Underwood St, Zanesville, OH.

Please RSVP and register using our online webform and payment portal found at go.osu.edu/muskingumbeef.

Direct questions to Clifton Martin, Extension Educator, Muskingum County, 740-454-0144, martin.2422@osu.edu or to Dean Kreager, Extension Educator, Licking County, 740-670-5315, kreager.5@osu.edu

Link to Program Flyer

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is making its share of headlines in agricultural news. Recent attention focuses on beef and dairy supply chains. Fortunately, fundamental practices like pasteurization and proper cooking temperature eliminate the pathogenic risk to milk and meat and we benefit from a strong and healthy supply chain. However, there is plenty of concern to monitor HPAI and prevent adverse impacts to the industry.  For further reading and updates, here is a list of recent news and links:

Recent News Headlines

Start your scouting and preparation for tick and fly season now | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter 

Hay barn fires a real hazard when the rain keeps coming | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter 

Cattle on Feed Inventory Below 2023 for the First Time This Year | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter 

Preg Checking has never been more affordable! | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter 

Integrated Parasite Management Strategies For Sheep Producers | OSU Sheep Team 

Goat or Sheep Hoof Trimming for Beginners | OSU Sheep Team 

Ohio Farmland Trends and Preservation | Ohio Ag Manager 

Statewide Slug Monitoring Project – Update #2 | Agronomic Crops Network 

Lep Monitoring Network – Black Cutworm and True Armyworm Update # 6 | Agronomic Crops Network 

Upcoming Webinar: Weather Trends and Pest and Disease Impacts on Soybeans | Agronomic Crops Network 

It’s high season for Ohio’s noxious weeds laws | Farm Office 

Another Lake Erie lawsuit: how does it affect Ohio agriculture? | Farm Office 

Two Program Reminders: Grain Marketing on March 14 and Beef Quality Assurance on March 19

 

OSU Extension Muskingum County will be hosting Dr. Seungki Lee, Assistant Professor and Agricultural Economist.  His areas of expertise include agricultural economics, environmental and resource economics, and industrial organization.  Dr. Lee will address grain marketing and economics of on farm storage with considerations for risk and returns for agronomic crops.

Three Rivers Energy LLC, Coshocton, OH and additional industry representatives will be present.

Please RSVP by email at martin.2422@osu.edu or 740-454-0144

There is no cost for this event, and dinner will be provided.


Are you selling beef animals to be harvested for meat and need to update your Beef Quality Assurance Certification?

The goal of the Ohio Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program is to increase the competitive base for marketing Ohio cattle. Beef Quality Assurance is a program to ensure that beef and dairy cattle are maintained in a manner which will result in a safe and wholesome beef product for the consumer.  The Ohio BQA program is set to meet or exceed the NCBA BQA Guidelines.

Thursday, March 19, 2024

Program starts at 7:00 PM

Location: Muskingum Livestock Auction

No cost, no RSVP needed.

Beef Quality Assurance | OSU Extension BEEF TEAM

Grain Marketing and Storage for Crop Production March 14

OSU Extension Muskingum County will be hosting Dr. Seungki Lee, Assistant Professor and Agricultural Economist.  His areas of expertise include agricultural economics, environmental and resource economics, and industrial organization.  Dr. Lee will address grain marketing and economics of on farm storage with considerations for risk and returns for agronomic crops.

Three Rivers Energy LLC, Coshocton, OH and additional industry representatives will be present.

Please RSVP by email at martin.2422@osu.edu or 740-454-0144

There is no cost for this event, and dinner will be provided.