USDA is making available up to $7.5 million for grants through its Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (OUAIP). The competitive grants will support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production projects through two categories, Planning Projects and Implementation Projects.
Farmers and Ranchers Sought for a Study about Balancing Children and Work
Farmers, ranchers, and their partners raising children wanted! Researchers are looking for primary caregivers of children under 18 to participate in an online survey about how they are juggling children and work. Full and part-time farmers and ranchers are welcome to participate and may choose to enter a raffle to win one of fifty $50 checks. For questions or to request a paper survey, contact Florence Becot at 715-389-9379 or becot.florence@marshfieldresearch.org To fill out the online survey, visit this link: https://redcap.link/Survey1_FarmersRaisingChildren
Water Quality Wednesday Webinar
Livestock News
Beef Cattle
Six new articles have been posted in this week’s issue number 1327 of the Ohio BEEF Cattle letter: http://u.osu.edu/beef/
Considering we’ve gone from near drought to mud across much of Ohio in less than two months, this week we focus on pasture and forage management for the balance of winter. Also, please know the recording of last week’s Beef School is now linked/posted on the 2023 Ohio Beef School page.
Articles this week include:
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- Pasture Improvements by Osmosis
- Consider Feeding Options for Challenging Conditions
- Frost Seeding Clover: A Recipe for Success
- Two Cattle Feeding Programs Offered on February 6
- Ohio Cow-Calf Field Day to be held in Morgan County
- U.S. Hay Production Declined 9 Percent in 2022
Small Ruminants
- How Much Should You Charge? Pricing Your Meat Cuts
- Brian F. Moyer, Education Program Associate, Business and Community Vitality, Penn State University Extension (Previously published online: Penn State Extension – December 22, 2022) Pricing meat Read more about How Much Should You Charge? Pricing Your Meat Cuts
- Dealing with Lamb Hypothermia
- All About Grazing – Pasture Improvements by Osmosis
- Christine Gelley, OSU Extension Educator ANR, Noble County The New Year evokes a spirit of willingness to change for the better. Resolutions to make healthier, Read more about All About Grazing – Pasture Improvements by Osmosis
Livestock News
Beef Cattle
Six new articles have been posted in this week’s issue number 1326 of the Ohio BEEF Cattle letter: http://u.osu.edu/beef/
It’s winter in Ohio and chances are likely the weather will soon be different . . . again. This week we talk about managing and adjusting for those changes!
Articles this week include:
* Winter Pasture Management
* Adjusting for Cold Weather
* Product-Market Fit and Taking the Random Out of Production
* To Reimplant, or Not to Reimplant . . . That is the Question
* Three Questions for the 2023 Beef Cattle Market
* Heifers on Feed Indicate Long-Term Liquidation Still Occurring
Small Ruminant
- Adjusting Feed Requirements for Cold Weather
- Dean Kreager, OSU Extension Educator ANR, Licking County A few years ago, I used to smile a little when my wife complained that our house Read more about Adjusting Feed Requirements for Cold Weather
- Winter Feeding Strategies for Sheep and Goats
- Signs and Symptoms: What are Your Sheep Trying to Tell You?
- Eastern Alliance for Production Katahdins (EAPK) Communications Committee (Previously published online with EAPK: December 30, 2022) We’ve all experienced a sick sheep, or at least one Read more about Signs and Symptoms: What are Your Sheep Trying to Tell You?