Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rent Survey

Deadline approaching: We ask you to please complete the online or attached survey by March 31, 2024.

There are two options to complete the short survey.

  1. Complete the survey online at https://go.osu.edu/ohiocroplandvaluescashrentssurvey23_24
  2. Complete the attached survey (Word Doc) and email the completed survey back to ward.8@osu.edu

You can also access the online survey through this QR code:

Friday’s Escape to the Forest

Join us on April 12th for a webinar introducing the USDA Forest Service’s Climate Change Atlas. Associate Professor Dr. Stephen Matthews will introduce this tool, which is based on over two decades of research and aims to help us understand the impact of climate change on our trees. Both ISA and SAF credits have been applied for.

Registration is open here  We hope to see you there.

Registration is Open for the 2024 Urban Food Systems Symposium

On June 11-13, The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) hosts the Urban Food Systems Symposium in Columbus, Ohio. The event includes keynotes, a grower panel, 40 presentations, a reception with approximately 50 posters, a choice of six off-site educational tours, and dinner at The Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory, a unique 261-acre university facility for teaching, research, and community engagement.

This symposium will bring together a national and international audience of academic, non-profit, government, and research-oriented professionals to share and learn how to build coalitions to adapt to this changing world and how urban food systems contribute to these solutions.

Join 300-400 like-minded people at the Urban Food Systems Symposium. Act now to take advantage of early registration prices through April 13. Hotel reservations close on May 21, and registration closes on May 24. Tour capacity is limited and is on a first-come basis. Visit UrbanFoodSystemsSymposium.org for more information.

Southern Ohio Women in Agriculture Conference

Please mark your calendars for the all-day Southern Ohio Women in Agriculture event on April 4th, 2024, at the beautiful Bell Manor in scenic Chillicothe, Ohio. A myriad of speakers will discuss various topics pertinent to the lives and professions of women in the field of agriculture. A catered lunch and Ohio wine tasting are included with registration.

Southern Ohio Women in Agriculture Flyer

Register at https://go.osu.edu/womeninagconf

We look forward to seeing you there!

Online Fruit Pruning School

Pruning 2024 The Ohio State University South Centers is hosting its popular, two-part (morning and afternoon) Online Fruit Pruning School on Thursday, March 14, 2024. This FREE online event will be conducted virtually via the Zoom communications platform.

Part 1 on March 14 will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and will focus on pruning fruit trees, including apples and peaches. Part 2 will be held later that same day from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and will cover small fruits like grapes and raspberries.

Please register by Monday, March 11, 2024. Simply visit the link below and fill out the registration form. We also plan on offering recordings afterward so you can access the event on-demand, as we know this better fits some people’s schedules.

Register here: http://go.osu.edu/pruningschool.

For even more information, consult the attached flyer.

Looking forward to seeing you (virtually) again this year!