| The fifth season of our Farm Office Live webinar will kick off at the Farm Science Review next Thursday, September 19, 2024. Grab a cup of coffee and join us from 10:00 a.m. to Noon for updates from the legal and farm management experts on OSU’s Farm Office team.
Here are the topics we’ll address live from the Farm Science Review:
Featured speakers include guest Aaron Wilson, OSU’s Ag Weather and Climate Field Specialist and our entire Farm Office Team consisting of Bruce Clevenger, Peggy Hall, Jeff Lewis, David Marrison, Robert Moore, Eric Richer, Clint Schroeder and Barry Ward. Register for our Farm Office Live webinars, which will continue through next April, through this link on farmoffice.osu.edu.
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Ask The Experts: Sit Down Break & Learn at Farm Science Review
By: Wm. Bruce Clevenger, OSU Extension Field Specialist, Farm Management and Josh Winters, OSU Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator, Jackson County
Successful farm managers surround themselves with the best people and information. Expertise comes from study and experience. Agriculture is information driven and from year to year the questions and answers change due to production and economic forces. Who should you ask for trusted answers? Ask The Experts at Farm Science Review!
Three days of Experts have been scheduled to take center stage again this year at the 2024 Farm Science Review. This conversational dive explores hot/current topics between the moderator, Experts, and the audience. The 30-minute sessions give 15-20 minutes of information from the Experts and 5-10 minutes of Q&A with the audience. It is the best place to stop and take a sit-down break at FSR. Grab some food and enjoy. Experts include ag economists, weather scientists, Women in Ag leaders, veterinarians, ag attorneys, agronomists, animal scientists, and farm management specialists.
Topics include: weather, grain markets, pastures and livestock, today’s women farm mangers, corn mold and feed, carbon markets, farm financial conditions, saving taxes at retirement, hiring farm labor, farm accounting, artificial intelligence technology, outlook on crop inputs and farmland values.
New for 2024! Student spotlight hour from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. Youth will learn about livestock evaluation, career exploration, soil health and agronomy pest management.
Plan you day(s) at Farm Science Review at:
2024 Ask The Expert Schedule
| Date | Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 9/17/2024 | 10:00 | Garth Ruff | Student Spotlight: Livestock Evaluation |
| 10:30 | Lyda Garcia, PhD | Student Spotlight: Carcass Evaluation | |
| 11:00 | Seungki Lee, PhD & Barry Ward | Farm Margins: Prospects and Coping Strategies for Lean Times Ahead | |
| 12:00 | Aaron Wilson, PhD | Cultivating Resilience: Are You Prepared for Extreme Weather? | |
| 12:30 | Mike Estadt | Carbon Markets, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Climate Smart Ag….Oh My! Similarities, Differences, Should I Care? | |
| 1:00 | Seungki Lee, PhD | Grain Market Outlook: Insights from a Cloudy Crystal Ball | |
| 1:30 | Robert Moore, JD | Saving Taxes at Retirement | |
| 2:00 | Ani Katchova, PhD | How are Ohio Farms Doing Financially? | |
| 2:30 | Kane Lewis & Bruce Clevenger | Quicken vs. QuickBooks for Farm Accounting | |
| 9/18/2024 | 10:00 | Luciana da Costa, DVM | Student Spotlight: Animal Care/Veterinary Careers |
| 10:30 | Tim McDermott, DVM | Student Spotlight: Have You Considered a Career in Extension | |
| 11:00 | Aaron Wilson, PhD | Cultivating Resilience: Are You Prepared for Extreme Weather? | |
| 11:30 | Jeff Lewis, JD | Farm Labor: Am I Hiring an Employee or an Independent Contractor? | |
| 12:00 | Chris Dean | Will Artificial Intelligence mean Smarter Farming? Innovative Applications in Agriculture | |
| 12:30 | Barry Ward | Outlook on Inputs & Farmland: A View From The Farm Gate | |
| 1:00 | Seungki Lee, PhD | Grain Market Outlook: Insights from a Cloudy Crystal Ball | |
| 1:30 | Amanda Bennett | Fertilizer Prices in 2024: Comparisons Across Ohio | |
| 2:00 | Christine Gelley | Pastures for Profit | |
| 2:30 | Brady Campbell, PhD | I Want Sheep or Goats, Will I Be The One Fainting? | |
| 9/19/2024 | 10:00 | Sarah Noggle & Rachel Cochran | Student Spotlight: Soil Health is for the Worms! |
| 10:30 | Stephanie Karhoff, PhD & Amanda Douridas | Student Spotlight: Who-dunn-it? Diagnosing Field Crop Issues | |
| 11:00 | Aaron Wilson, PhD | Cultivating Resilience: Are You Prepared for Extreme Weather? | |
| 11:30 | Robert Moore, JD | Saving Taxes at Retirement | |
| 12:00 | Chris Bruynis, PhD | Farming Full-Time Without Adding Acres | |
| 12:30 | Barry Ward | Outlook on Inputs & Farmland: A View From The Farm Gate | |
| 1:00 | Gigi Neal & Sarah Noggle | Today’s Women in Ag – Farm Managers & Operator/Owners | |
| 1:30 | Jason Hartschuh | Can I Avoid Corn Ear Mold with Hybrid Selection? |
Ask The Experts is located at the corner of Kottman and Friday Avenues, Exhibit Area 425, across from the Firebaugh building. Seating is available under the tent.
In addition to the Ask The Expert sessions, Review goers can explore OSU Extension Farm Management Resources in the Firebaugh building across from Ask The Expert area all-day, each day of the Review. OSU Extension Farm Management resources can also be found online at: https://farmoffice.osu.edu/
Agricultural Land Lost to Development in Ohio
By: Mujahidul Islam (PhD student), Ani Katchova (Professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair) and Carl Zulauf (Professor Emeritus) in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) at the Ohio State University.
Click here to access the pdf version of the report
A topic of increasing interest in Ohio, conversion of agricultural land to developed land is examined. Highlights of this report are:
- Between 2001 and 2021, agricultural land in Ohio has declined by 268,430 acres or 2.04%.
- Development accounted for 48% of the decline in agricultural land.
- Ohio’s loss of agricultural land is close to the 55% average for eight Midwest states examined by Islam, Katchova, and Zulauf (2024).
- Conversion of agricultural to developed land is concentrated in Ohio’s 14 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). They accounted for 78% of all Ohio’s agricultural land lost to development.
- Franklin and Delaware Counties within the Columbus MSA lost the most agricultural land to development during the 21st Century: 13,170 and 9,547 acres, respectively.
- Within the City of Columbus, 19,670 agricultural acres were lost to development inside a 3-mile distance from the city boundary. The cities of Toledo and Dayton had the next highest ag-to-development loss inside the 3-mile distance: 1,976 and 1,901 acres, respectively.
Ohio Farmland Trends and Preservation
By: Xiaoyi Fang and Zhining Sun, Ph.D. students and Ani L. Katchova, Professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University and Rabail Chandio, an Assistant Professor and Extension Economist in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University.
Click here to access the pdf version of the report.
- 95% of farmland is dedicated to cropland in Ohio.
- Cropland values in Ohio have had an upward trend, and increased by 9% in 2023, while the number of acres operated has declined over the years.
- 85% of the total rented farmland in Ohio was owned by non-operator landlords in 2014.
- Ohio’s operator landlords received $174.39 million in rent in 2014. Non-operator landlords received $844.62 million in rent, or 82.9% of the total rent paid in 2014.
- 9% of Ohio’s farmland is held by individuals aged 55 and over, suggesting a significant transfer of land to the next generation is expected in the future.
- Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Farmland Preservation Office has offered several programs to help preserve Ohio farmland.
Foreign Investments in Ohio Farmland
By: Vishavdeep Sharma, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University, Rabail Chandio, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University, and Ani L. Katchova, a Professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University.
Click here to access the pdf version of the report.
In recent years, Ohio has experienced a significant increase in foreign investments in farmland resulting in 529,269 acres being held by foreign investors in 2022, contributing to the national trend of increasing foreign ownership of US farmland with 43,418,141 acres held by foreign investors in 2022.
The proportion of foreign held to privately held farmland was 2.7% in Ohio, 2.2% in the Midwest, and 3.4% in the US in 2022.
The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) is a federal law that requires foreign investors to disclose transactions of US farmland. Ohio’s legislation, named “Save our Farmland and Protect our National Security Act,” additionally maintains a registry of individuals and organizations prohibited from acquiring farmland in the state of Ohio.
In Ohio, Canada (14.9%) and Germany (14.6%) lead foreign investments in farmland. The largest proportion of foreign held farmland is by Canadian investors at 32.1% of the total foreign held farmland in the US, and at 26.5% of the total foreign held farmland in the Midwest.
Farm Office Live to be held on April 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
OSU Extension and the Farm Office Team is pleased to be offering the “Farm Office Live” webinar on Friday, April 19, 2024 from 10:00 to 12:00 noonThis month’s webinar will feature the following topics:
- CAT Tax – Closing Accounts
- Taxation of Equipment Trade-ins
- 2024 Crop Input Outlook
- OSU Fertilizer Survey Q2 Release
- Dairy Margin Coverage Program
- Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Update
- Transferring Operating Assets
- Beneficial Ownership Reporting Update
- Trends in Farm Appraisals
Featured presenters will include: Jason Hartschuh (OSU Field Specialist- Dairy Management and Precision Livestock), Clint Schroeder (Program Manager – Farm Business Analysis), Robert Moore (OSU Ag and Resource Law Program), Amanda Bennett (OSU Extension Educator), Barry Ward and Jeff Lewis (OSU Income Tax School Program), and David Marrison and Eric Richer (OSU Field Specialists -Farm Management) and special guest Tim Harpster.
To register for this program (or to access replays of previous programs):
go.osu.edu/farmofficelive
Ohio Farm Numbers, Land in Farms, and Agricultural Land Lost to Development
By: Professor Ani Katchova, Farm Income Enhancement Chair and PhD students Xiaoyi Fang and Rae Ju in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) at the Ohio State University.
Click here to access the pdf version of the report.
According to the Census of Agriculture, the number of farms in Ohio decreased from 77,797 farms in 2002 to 76,009 farms in 2022, a decrease of 2.3% over the 20-year period. Land in farms in Ohio decreased from 14,583,435 acres in 2002 to 13,652,346 acres in 2022, leading to a loss of 931,089 acres between 2002 and 2022, representing a 6.4% decrease.
According to the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) of the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium using satellite imagery data (https://www.mrlc.gov/eva/), 355,085 acres in agricultural land (cultivated crops and pasture/hay) were lost in Ohio from 2001 to 2021. Specifically, 180,691 acres of agricultural land in Ohio was lost to development, which represents 51% of the agricultural land loss being attributed to development from 2001 to 2021.
Counties located in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) had among the largest percentage declines in farm numbers (by about 35%) and land in farms (by about 35% to 65%) and among the highest percentages of agricultural land lost to development (above 65%) across the state of Ohio.
OSU Extension Farm Office Live to be held on Friday, March 15 from 10:00 to 12:00 noon
This month’s webinar will feature the following topics:
- 2nd Marriages and Transition Planning
- Legislative Update
- New Rule for Independent Contractors
- 2024 Crop Input Outlook
- Industry Panel on WASDE and Strategies for the 2024 Grain Marketing Plan
- Hot Topics
- Upcoming Programs
Featured presenters will include: Robert Moore and Peggy Hall (OSU Ag and Resource Law Program), Barry Ward and Jeff Lewis (OSU Income Tax School Program), and Bruce Clevenger (OSU Field Specialist -Farm Management).
To register for this program (or to access replays of previous programs):
go.osu.edu/farmofficelive
Characteristics of Ohio Women in Agriculture
By: PhD student Rae Ju and Professor Ani Katchova, Farm Income Enhancement Chair, in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE), and Nanette L. Neal and Sarah Noggle, Extension Educators in Agriculture and Natural Resources in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Department of Extension at the Ohio State University.
Click here to access the pdf version of the report.
Using data from the 2022 Census of Agriculture, the characteristics of female farmers in Ohio are examined and compared to the overall farming population. Continue reading Characteristics of Ohio Women in Agriculture
OSU Extension Farm Office Live to be held on Friday, February 16 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
OSU Extension and the Farm Office Team is pleased to be offering the “Farm Office Live” webinar on Friday, February 16, 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
This month’s webinar will feature the following topics:
- Ag & Natural Resources State Update
- Reporting for the Corporate Transparency Acy
- 2024 Crop Input Outlook
- OSU Extension’s New Food Business Central Course
- Legislative Round-up
- Spring Crop Insurance
- Farm Bill Update – A Panel Discussion
- Upcoming Programs
Featured presenters will include: Chris Zoller (OSU Extension Interim State ANR Leader), Robert Moore & Peggy Hall (OSU Ag and Resource Law Program), Barry Ward (OSU Income Tax School Director), David Marrison & Eric Richer (OSU Field Specialists -Farm Management), Emily Marrison (Assistant Professor and Family & Consumer Sciences Educator), Clint Schroeder (Program Manager – Ohio Farm Business Analysis Program) and Brandon Kern (Director of Public Affairs and Issues Analysis- Ohio Soybean Association)
To register for this program (or to access replays of previous programs):
More information about this program can be accessed at farmoffice.osu.edu
