By: Barry Ward, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Ohio State University and and Peggy Hall, Ohio State University Extension
Even though new equipment and machinery dominate the Farm Science Review each year, economics and the bottom line always play the major role in your decision making. The Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics together with Ohio State University Extension will offer several activities, exhibits, presentations and opportunities to interact with Agricultural Economists, Farm Management Specialists and Extension Educators at this year’s Farm Science Review, September 18th through the 20th at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center near London, Ohio.
The Farm Business Office
The Farm Business Office at the Farm Science Review is located in the Francine Firebaugh Building and will give Review goers the opportunity to interact one-on-one with Ohio State University Extension Farm Management Specialists, OSU Agricultural Economists, and OSU Extension Educators.
Review goers can seek advice on various farm business and management topics including budgeting, cash rents, flexible cash rent arrangements, land purchase issues, input buying, farm transition planning, estate planning, retirement planning, farm record keeping and analysis, tax management, human resources management, risk management issues and more.
OSU Extension Enterprise Budgets will be available along with “Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2012” and “Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rental Rates 2011-12”.
Ag Law Office
OSU Extension will sponsor the “Ag Law Office” to provide law education in areas important to agriculture in the Firebaugh Building located in OSU Central on Friday Avenue.
Come in and talk with our agricultural attorney, Peggy Hall, about legal issues on your farm. Hall will have legal resources available on topics such as oil and gas leasing, farmland leases, livestock care standards, agricultural zoning and premises liability, and will show you how to locate legal information on her website.
Hall will also provide review goers with opportunities to meet attorneys from around Ohio who practice in agricultural law. Stop by, meet agricultural attorneys, and hear what they think about the latest legal issues affecting agriculture.
Drought and the Farm Bill – What 2012 Means for Farm Policy
Our annual Farm Science Review panel will have you thinking about the “Drought and the Farm Bill – What 2012 Means for Farm Policy”. Expect some analysis, some predictions, and probably an argument or two. And take an opportunity to stump the panel with your perspective. The experts include OSU Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics’ Carl Zulauf, Senator Brown’s Legislative Aide, Katharine Ferguson, and moderator Matt Roberts of the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics. Come join their lively debate.
10-11 a.m. Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Tobin Building, Molly Caren Center
Sponsored by OSU Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics