“Jim’s extensive experience with grazing management and drought conditions will give us a variety of ideas to be able to manage through this drought and the future impacts. He is concerned about the sustainability of family farms and speaks at producer-oriented workshops, seminars and field days He consults on grazing across the United States and Canada.”
More information and registration: Surviving the Drought of 2024 and Beyond (muskingumswcd.org)
OSU Extension will be hosting a program to address feeding options with limited forage supplies, comparison of supplementation options, and a discussion managing herd numbers as the impacts of the 2024 drought persists into fall and winter.
October 29, 2024
6:30 to 8:00 PM
Muskingum Livestock Auction, Zanesville, OH. Additional dates and locations avialable.
For more information, visit beef.osu.edu or contact ruff.72@osu.edu
No RSVP required.
A Beef Quality Assurance programs is scheduled for September 24, 2024 at Muskingum County Livestock Auction, 7:00 PM. A representative from the Muskingum/Morgan USDA Farm Service Agency will be present at this event to address drought-related assistance programs available to agricultural producers related to the ongoing regional drought.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Program starts at 7:00 PM
Location: Muskingum Livestock Auction
No cost, no RSVP needed.
The next Muskingum Ag Network Breakfast will be Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at Friendly Hills Camp and Conference Center, Zanesville, OH. Program begins at 8:00 am. We will review recent data surrounding the current drought and review spotted lanternfly information for Ohio. Breakfast is $10.
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.
The annual Farm Science Review is just around the corner, September 17-19, 2024. We do have tickets available at the Extension office. Tickets may also be purchased online at the Farm Science Review website: Home | Farm Science Review (osu.edu)
Presale Tickets are $10. Tickets at the gate are $15.
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
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.
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
Learn about internal parasite issues and how to use FAMACHA as a selective deworming tool. You will also learn to do your own fecal egg counts at home. The workshop will include hands on evaluation of sheep using the FAMACHA system at Dale McCombs farm near Johnstown and then go to the Licking County Extension office for training to do fecal egg counts on your own. The cost will be $40 and include a McMaster slide for fecal egg counts, handouts and lunch. We are limiting attendance to 20 to assure good hands on participation time.
Contact Dean Kreager with questions and to register 740-670-5315 (please inform us of any dietary restrictions)
Click here for the flyer with additional details: Small Ruminant Parasite Flyer1