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Do you plant corn or are you interested in planting corn? The final installment of Pizza, Pop, and Profits for 2025 will be Friday March 21st at 12:00Pm in person and 12:30 PM on ZOOM. Dr. Osler Ortez, Assistant Professor for Corn and Emerging Crops will be our guest. Join us to hear updates from Dr. Ortez from 2024 Corn research from OSU.
This is a hybrid program available in person or online through Zoom. Our onsite location will be 225 Underwood Street, Zanesville.
This program is jointly sponsored by the Muskingum County OSU Extension Office and the Soil and Water Conservation District Office. Find registration and more information here: https://www.muskingumswcd.org/Events/Pizza-Pop-Profits/
If you are a licensed private pesticide applicator and have yet to sign up for recertification classes please do so soon. Letters have been sent out with information to those due in 2025 and 2026. If for some reason these letters have not reached you please feel free to give us a call at 740-454-0144.
Please remember that pre-registration is expected. There is a $35.00 fee for the recertification class. Register and pay online or by check with the enclosed registration form 3 days prior to the session you will be attending. This fee is in addition to the $30.00 license fee that is paid separately to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Give us a call with any questions.
Tuesday, February 18
Extension Office – Rural Services Building
225 Underwood St, Zanesville OH 43701
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
(light meal provided)
The next lunch and learn “Pizza, Pop, and Profit” session is upcoming on Friday, February 21 at noon. We will host Manbir Rakkar, Assistant Professor of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management at The Ohio State University, to speak on agronomic management considerations. 2024 was a tough year with most of Ohio experiencing drought conditions at some point during the year. Some producers harvested less grain and forage than they fertilized for. Will that fertility be available for the 2025 crop? What do drought conditions do to fertilizer and nutrient availability? With high fertilizer prices can we cut back on applications in 2025? These are a few of the questions we will be discussing at our next episode of Pizza, Pop, and Profits on February 21st.
This is a hybrid program available in person or online through Zoom. Our onsite location will be 225 Underwood Street, Zanesville.
This program is jointly sponsored by the Muskingum County OSU Extension Office and the Soil and Water Conservation District Office. Find registration and more information here: https://www.muskingumswcd.org/Events/Pizza-Pop-Profits/
Additionally, the final session of this series on March 21 will host Dr. Osler Ortez, Assistant Professor in Corn and Emerging Crop Production Systems at The Ohio State University, to discuss corn research highlights from 2024.
This 3-hour training is for individuals who are obtaining their Ohio Agricultural Fertilizer Applicator Certification for the first time (not recertification). Agricultural Fertilizer Certification is required for applications to more than 50 acres of crops grown for sale in Ohio. It is not required for lawn and landscape fertilizer applications. This training will be held online as a webinar.
Friday, January 17 at Noon we will have our first “Pizza, Pop and Profit” lunch and learn program featuring Mike Estadt who will speak on carbon market trends and impacts to Ohio agriculture. This is a hybrid program available in person or online through Zoom. Our onsite location will be 225 Underwood Street, Zanesville.
This program is jointly sponsored by the Muskingum County OSU Extension Office and the Soil and Water Conservation District Office. Find registration and more information here: https://www.muskingumswcd.org/Events/Pizza-Pop-Profits/
Additional programs in this series:
Friday February 21, 2025
Manbir Rakkar, Assistant Professor of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management at The Ohio State University will be speaking on Drought and its impact to fertility.
Friday March 21,2025
Dr. Osler Ortez, Assistant Professor in Corn and Emerging Crop Production Systems at The Ohio State University will be discussing corn research highlights from 2024.
A pesticide applicator exam training session will be offered on January 21, 2025, 6:00 PM, at the Rural Services Building, 225 Underwood St, Zanesville. In order to obtain a Private Pesticide Applicator License, individuals must pass the exam which is administered by the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Those who wish to use Restricted Use Products must acquire an applicators license to purchase and apply product. This training is intended to provide an overview of the concepts presented in the exam as preparation. To register for this training session please email martin.2422@osu.edu or call 740-454-0144.
OSU Extension provides information on Private Pesticide Licensing here: https://pested.osu.edu/home/privateapplicator/licensing
Following this training session, the Ohio Department of Agriculture will be present at the Rural Services Building to administer the exam on:
February 26, 2025, 10:00 AM
If you are a licensed private pesticide applicator and have yet to sign up for recertification classes please do so soon. Letters have been sent out with information to those due in 2025 and 2026. If for some reason these letters have not reached you please feel free to give us a call at 740-454-0144.
Please remember that pre-registration is expected. There is a $35.00 fee for the recertification class. Register and pay online or by check with the enclosed registration form 3 days prior to the session you will be attending. This fee is in addition to the $30.00 license fee that is paid separately to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Give us a call with any questions.
Thursday, February 6
Zanesville Muskingum Conference and Welcome Center
205 N. Fifth St, Zanesville, OH 43701
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
(box lunch provided)
or
Tuesday, February 18
Extension Office – Rural Services Building
225 Underwood St, Zanesville OH 43701
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
(light meal provided)
A recent sorting of files in my office yielded this document with records from the past…
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Ohio legislative roundup: final bills passed in 2024 | Farm Office
EPA’s New Herbicide Strategy: What is it and where did it come from? | Farm Office
2024 eFields Report Available Now | Agronomic Crops Network
Ohio Corn Performance Test (OCPT) – 2024 Results Overview | Agronomic Crops Network