Upcoming Events

Ohio State University Grain Marketing Update on October 18

OSU Extension invites Ohio grain producers to grab a cup of coffee and join a grain marketing conversation with Dr. Seungki Lee, Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics (AEDE) from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. on October 18, 2024.

During this webinar held via Zoom, Dr. Lee will provide his insight on the October 11  World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) crop report and the current state of the Ohio grain market. “This early morning webinar will be a great way for Ohio farmers to learn more about the factors impacting the corn, soybean, and wheat markets” said David Marrison, Interim Director for OSU Extension’s Farm Financial Management and Policy Institute.

There is no fee to attend this webinar. Pre-registration can be made at go.osu.edu/coffeeandgrain. These webinars are sponsored by: OSU Extension, Farm Financial Management & Policy Institute (FFMPI), and the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics (AEDE) all located in The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). More information can be found at: http://farmoffice.osu.edu

 

Watch “Farm Office Live” Live from Farm Science Review on September 19

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:

  • Extreme Weather Management
  • USDA Drought Assistance Programs
  • Legal Update
  • Crop Inputs and Budgets Outlook for 2025
  • Ohio Farm Custom Rates
  • Quarterly Fertilizer Price Summary
  • Retirement Planning
  • 1099 Employees
  • Quicken vs QuickBooks

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.

Conference on Co-op Law and Development in Columbus, Ohio, September 17-18

On September 17 and 18, 2024, attorneys, business developers, accountants, and others will gather in Columbus, Ohio, to learn about cooperative law under the theme “Building a Cooperative Economy Together.”

National and regional experts — including Terry Lewis, Esq., and Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard, both members of the Cooperative Development Foundation’s Cooperative Hall of Fame — will lead sessions about the foundations of cooperative law and advanced topics like bylaws drafting, tax considerations, and capitalization tools. Find a full agenda at go.osu.edu/cooplaw.

The conference is being organized by a collaborative group of developers and practitioners from across the region. The group hopes the conference will be a space for professionals new to the cooperative business model to learn and build connections, while also helping professionals already working with cooperatives grow their skills.

“As our team works with emerging cooperatives, we’ve found it can be challenging for cooperators to find reliable information and resources about cooperative law. And many professionals have limited opportunities to learn about the cooperative business model’s unique legal, tax, and financial structure. We hope this conference can help start to fill that gap,” shared Hannah Scott, program director of the CFAES Center for Cooperatives.

Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio, on behalf of the Alliance of Ohio Legal Aids, has applied to the Supreme Court of Ohio for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit for Ohio attorneys attending the Co-op Law Conference. More information about CLE is available on the conference website at go.osu.edu/cooplaw.
Learn more about the CFAES Center for Cooperatives at The Ohio State University at go.osu.edu/cooperatives.

If you require an accommodation, such as translation, to participate in this event, please share your request upon registration or contact Hannah Scott at scott.1220@osu.edu or 614-247-9705. Requests made two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Contact: Hannah Scott
scott.1220@osu.edu
614-247-9705

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:

https://fsr.osu.edu/

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/

 

 

Planning for Future of Farm Workshop to be held in Cortland, Ohio

The OSU Extension offices in northeast Ohio invite you to participate in a Planning for the Future of Your Farm workshop on August 22, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Trumbull County Extension office in Cortland, Ohio. This workshop is designed to help farm families learn strategies and tools to successfully create a succession and estate plan that helps you transfer your farm’s ownership, management, and assets to the next generation. Learn how to have the crucial conversations about the future of your farm.

Click here for registration flyer

Workshop topics include: Developing Goals for Estate and Succession; Planning for the Transition of Control; Planning for the Unexpected; Communication and Conflict Management; Legal Tools and Strategies; Developing Your Team; Getting Your Affairs in Order; and Selecting an Attorney.

Our teaching team will help answer the following questions and much more!

  • Who should we leave the farm to?
  • How do we prepare the next generation to manage the farm in the future?
  • How can we overcome family communication issues?
  • How do we value sweat equity?
  • What is the difference between a will and trust?
  • Will I lose my farm to estate taxes or to the nursing home?
  • What do we need to do to be better prepared to meet with an attorney and other professionals?
  • What resources does OSU Extension have to assist us as we develop our plan?

Event sponsors include OSU Extension – Ashtabula, Trumbull & Geauga Counties, Farm Financial Management & Policy Institute and the Hertzer Family Trust. The featured speakers will be David Marrison (OSU Extension Field Specialist, Farm Management), Robert Moore (Attorney, OSU Agricultural and Resource Law Program) and Lee Beers (OSU Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resource)

The registration fee is $25 per person which includes lunch, refreshments, and course materials. Registration deadline is August 16, 2024. This program is made possible at a discounted rate due to the generous support from the Hertzer Family Trust.

More information can be obtained by contacting Lee Beers at the Trumbull County Extension office at 330-638-6738 or via email at beers.66@osu.edu.

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 noon

This 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

OSU Extension Farm Office Live to be held on Friday, March 15 from 10:00 to 12:00 noon

OSU Extension and the Farm Office Team is pleased to be offering the “Farm Office Live” webinar on Friday, March 15, 2024 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

Ohio Farmland Leasing Update webinar is March 1

Northeast Ohio Small Farm Financial to be held in Cortland, Ohio on March 9 and 16

By: Lee Beers, Extension Educator – Trumbull County

Small and beginning farmers in NE Ohio are encouraged to participate in the new in-depth farm management educational program! The college will consist of two Saturday courses to be held on the March 9 and March 16, 2024. Both days will run from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM with lunch included. Both days will be held at the OSU Extension Trumbull County Office, located at 520 West Main St in Cortland, Ohio. This course will offer 10 hours of farm management education that will help start your farm on the path to financial success.

The college is designed to help landowners examine potential ways to increase profits on their small acreage properties. The program is open to all new or aspiring farmers, new rural landowners, small farmers, and farm families looking for new ideas. During this college, participants will be challenged to develop realistic expectations for their new farm business. They will receive information on getting started, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of their property, and developing a farm business plan. Information on farm finances, insurance, liability, labor, and marketing will be covered during the college.

The cost for the college is $100 per participant, with the option to bring an additional family/farm member for $50. This program also qualifies attendees for the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program. Those interested in receiving this credit would be subject to additional requirements and fees (More information is available later in this release and online). Those interested in registering for this college, please access: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4HqwjHUs1yJGQx8

More information about the college can be obtained by calling the Trumbull County Extension office at 330-638-6783

 

 

 

 

OSU Extension Launches New Food Business Central Online Course

By Emily Marrison, Assistant Professor and Extension Educator- Family & Consumer Sciences in Coshocton County

Are you a baker ready to sell your home-baked goods? Are you a farmer looking for value-added opportunities for crops you’ve grown or livestock you’ve raised? Are you an entrepreneur aiming to use local agricultural products to make value-added foods? The new Food Business Central online course through Ohio State University Extension can equip you with knowledge and strategies to launch a successful farm-raised or home-based food business in Ohio.

Navigating food regulations, establishing a new business, and applying best practices for food safety can be challenges for food entrepreneurs. “Many people interested in starting a food business aren’t sure where to turn first,” says Emily Marrison, OSU Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Educator and course development team member. “This course is designed to serve as a centralized hub to connect participants to information and resources regarding all types of food products they might want to make and sell.”

OSU Extension experts will help you develop a Food Business Action Plan and learn what you need to start off organized, safe, compliant, and strategic. The self-paced course focuses on several food types including cottage foods and baked goods, canned foods, meat, poultry, eggs, and more. Throughout the course participants will consider key questions and develop action steps to take on their journey to start a food business. As food entrepreneurs complete the course, they will have the answers they need to complete a business plan with help from their local Small Business Development Center. The cost of the course is $25, and registration is at go.osu.edu/foodbusinesscentral .

The development of the Food Business Central online course has been funded through a grant from North Central Extension Risk Management Education. This assistance comes from the United States Department of Agriculture through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop resources that help farmers and ranchers effectively manage risk in their operations. Click here for informational flyer