Project Resource Handbooks

Project Resource Handbooks

 

Did you know that there are resource handbooks available for many projects, including:

  • Swine
  • Beef
  • Goat
  • Dog
  • Rabbit
  • Cake Decorating
  • Equine
  • Dairy
  • Sheep
  • Pocket Pets
  • Cavy

These additional books are excellent resources for additional information about your project. Call the office for more information.

Royalty and Ambassadors

2019 Highland County Jr. Fair King and Queen Applications

Applications for Highland County Fair King and Queen are available on the website at:

https://highland.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/forms-applications-resources

Each 4-H club is limited to five girls and five boys they may nominate to be the candidate only if she/he attends a Highland County School, and/or is a resident of Highland County. Applications must be postmarked or submitted on or before Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019  to the Extension Office. The King and Queen Contest will be held on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. You will be sent a letter with further information upon receipt of your application.

Species Ambassadors

Looking to become a species ambassador?  Visit highland.osu.edu for a list of all available applications.

 

Senior Fair Annocements

Jr. Fair Wristband Passes

On behalf of the Senior Fair Board:  Wrist bands must be worn to enter the fairgrounds. No one will be admitted to the fair if they attempt to just show a wrist band. It must be on the wrist and fastened appropriately.

All Jr. Fair Exhibitors and Advisors must have a Junior Fair pass. Passes can be purchased at the Senior Fair Board Office on the fairgrounds.  Passes must be picked up prior to September 1, 2019. No one will be admitted into the fair to pick up their pass without paying the admission fee.

If you have any questions please contact the Sr. Fair Board.

The Senior Fair Board Hours are Monday-Friday 11-5pm and Saturday 9-3.

All American Flair at the Highland County Fair 2019 Fair Books are available with full schedule of events

To review fair changes and updates please visit our website for easy reference. https://highland.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/judging-schedules

Pre-Fair Judging

Pre- Fair Judging

Saturday, August 24, 2019 starting at 9:00 a.m. at the Jr. Fair Building on the fairgrounds. Judging schedules have been released, are attached or can found at: https://highland.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/judging-schedules If you have any questions please contact the Extension Office.

The food booth will be open Saturday, August 24th from 10-3 p.m.

Upcoming Dates

Upcoming Dates

All American Flair at the Highland County Fair 2019 Fair Books are available with full schedule of events

To review fair changes and updates please visit our website for easy reference. https://highland.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/judging-schedules

 

Aug. 15th   Feeder Calf Pre-Conditioning forms Due

Aug. 19th  Final Entry Day before 12 p.m.  (with penalty)

Aug. 22nd   Jr. Fair King and Queen Applications Due

Aug. 24th   Pre-Fair Judging 9 a.m.

Aug. 24th  Skill-a-Thons 12-6 p.m.

Aug. 27th  Baking, Sewing Challenge and Demonstration Entry Forms Due

Aug. 31st    Hog Weigh-In

6:15 a.m. for Jr. Fair Board Member

7-11 a.m. for Jr. Fair Members

Aug. 31st    Project Check-In 9 a.m.

 

Feeder Calf Pre-Conditioning

Feeder Calf pre-conditioning must be completed between July 1 and August 1. Forms must be submitted to the Extension Office or Jr. Fair Board Office by Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Forms are available at: https://highland.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/forms-applications-resources

Last Day to Enter Jr. Fair Projects

Monday, Aug. 19, 2019 by 12 p.m. is the final day entries for the fair will be accepted with the $50 late entry fee.  No entries will be accepted after this date! Contact Jana Holbrook, Jr. Fair Coordinator, at 937-402-6219.

Entries are accepted at the Junior Fair Board Office, contact Jana for hours. (Entries are not accepted at the Highland County Extension Office.)

All American Flair at the Highland County Fair 2019 Fair Books are available with full schedule of events

To review fair changes and updates please visit our website for easy reference. https://highland.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/judging-schedules

Tune into WOSU 89.7 NPR News Radio Next Week

Tune into WOSU 89.7 NPR News Radio mid-next week to hear about the importance of discusing agriculture and digital media in modern communcation with Brooke Beam. The interview also discusses the logic behind the Germinate International Film Fest. The exact date and time of the program will be announced next week via our Facebook page.

Description of the films to be shown at the Germinate International Film Fest

All films are listed in alphabetical order, a complete schedule can be found here.

 

A Garden Experience: Growing Organic

Directors: Nancy Bentley and John Atkinson

United States, Colorado Runtime: 30:00 Short Documentary

For many positive health, nutrition, and environmental reasons, the business of selling organic food is booming. However, choosing organic can be significantly more expensive than ordering conventional food. One way to go organic and save is to tend your own organic garden. This inspiring program documents a year in the life of a large organic community garden. From spring tilling, planting, board meetings, potlucks, wildlife sightings, and harvesting, to fall closing and community outreach, it follows a hearty group of organic gardeners as together they deal with the challenges and share the rewards of an organic gardening experience. The message is clear, if these determined gardeners in southern Colorado can succeed in going organic, so can other gardening enthusiasts everywhere as well.

A Fistful of Nitrogen

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 1:37 Short of Any Kind

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Mark Badertscher, working with Hardin County farmer, Paul Ralston. Badertscher and Ralston created the trial to find if it pays to wait to apply nitrogen to grow corn more economically. They work together to measure the effect of applying nitrogen at V6, V10, and V12 to corn yields. The trial proved that it does pay to use the full rate of nitrogen at V6 or V10.

Agri Talk

Directors: Mike Thompson, Duane Rigsby, and Patrick Dengel

United States, Ohio Runtime: 28:42 Scholastic

Our guest this month is Steve Brady, 4-H Extension educator in Warren County, Ohio. They will talk in general about the impact 4-H Programs have with youth in Ohio, the United States and on a global basis.

Along the Edge: A Montana Family Harvest Story

Director: Riley Slivka

United States, Montana Runtime: 16:27 Short Documentary

Join the Slivka family on their yearly adventure of farming some of the most unique and majestic landscapes in Montana, known as the Missouri River Breaks. This short documentary gives a glimpse into the many processes involved in the operation and many risks that producers must take to help feed our growing nation.

Armed to Farm

Director: Shane White

United States, Arkansas Runtime: 4:46 Student Film

This is a short documentary showcasing the Armed to Farm program that helps place military veterans in the position to successfully own and operate specific types of farms.

Be a Local Food Superhero

Director: Brian Raison

United States, Ohio Runtime: 7:32 Short of Any Kind

Raison’s premise is that we all have the capacity to make a huge impact on job creation, our environment, our health, and our future simply by taking a few, easy, deliberate actions within this emerging local foods sector. In this TEDx talk, he outlines several action items that can, quite literally, make us local food superheroes. This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences.

Beauty & Bounty

Director: Doug Armknecht

United States, Kansas Runtime: 2:30 Short Documentary

Drones give us unique perspectives on the world, and this is especially striking over the sweeping landscapes of farm country. Jhan LaRosh describes how drones are used on his family farm to capture stunning views and share them with the world. This film shows the beauty of the Kansas plains and the bounty of wheat harvest.

Birthplace

Directors: Sil van der Woerd and Jorik Dozy

Netherlands Runtime: 5:39 Short of Any Kind

Birthplace tells the symbolic story of a man arriving on a perfect earth, who encounters his nemesis in the form of ocean trash.

Building a Spotted-Wing Drosophila Exclosure to Raise Fresh Berries

Director: Jim Jasinski

United States, Ohio Runtime: 14:34 Scholastic

This educational film was produced by Jim Jasinski of Ohio State University Extension in cooperation with Jay Cooper, a grower in Medina County, OH. This film shows how one grower built a barrier made of insect proof netting to keep an invasive pest, the spotted-wing Drosophila (SWD), from attacking and infesting his raspberry crop. The exclosure structure is roughly 16’
x 100’ in size. Over the course of the film, Jay talks about the tips and tricks for designing and constructing this barrier. The fim is broken into five parts: Part 1 (0:18) Why build the enclosure; Part 2 (2:06) Refining the enclosure; Part 3 (7:03) Construction and materials; Part 4 (9:11) Considerations inside the enclosure; Part 5 (13:12) Final thoughts.

Chef’s Table: Christina Tosi

Free Screening

Creator: David Gelb

United States, New York & Ohio Runtime: 50:00

Feature DocumentaryAt New York hot spot Milk Bar, Christina Tosi channels her love of junk food into irrestible treats like cereal-milk ice cream and “crack pie.”

Combined

Director: Mark Honer

United States, Kansas Runtime: 18:55 Short Documentary

Rachel Crane has struggled to make it as an actor in Los Angeles. But running the business of a several thousand acre wheat farm is as natural as riding a bike. The farm in Kansas has been in the Crane family for almost 150 years. Now faced with the inevitability of her father’s retirement, she must soon make a choice. Acting or Farming. Rachel’s passion for both requires she live a
life COMBINED. From her home in L.A., she handles the books for the multi million dollar farm operation in central Kansas. Instead of picking one over the other, she’s fighting to keep her acting career alive while she runs the family business fourteen hundred miles away.

“Conservation Kids” A Green STEM Documentary

Director: Cheryle Franceschi

United States, Maryland Runtime: 26:46 Short Documentary

More than ever before, kids across the U.S. are learning about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) inside classrooms, both public and private. What has been overlooked as STEM by most educational systems is that natural resource conservation can be found right outside everyone’s doorstep. In CONSERVATION KIDS – A Green STEM Documentary, explaining real-world events using STEM principles is used to explain the connection between Mother Nature and her agricultural lands, waters, parks, soils and wildlife habitats.

Cornutopia

Director: Brooke Beam

United States, Ohio Runtime: 14:46 Student Film

Cornutopia follows the process of raising a corn crop on a Clinton County, Ohio farm.

Counter Culture

Director: Luca Puzzangara

Italy Runtime: 32:22 Short Documentary

Senegal is one of the Sub-Saharan African countries most affected by climate change. Drought, overheating and desertification are impoverishing the land, making the agricultural development of this region impossible. Agriculture is a very important sector for the country but fails to guarantee food self-sufficiency due to environmental conditions, migration and some controversial production choices, including, excessive insistence on peanuts cultivation. Over the last few decades some populations of the senegalese region of Casamance have rediscovered the cultivation of Fonio, the oldest cereal in Africa. A tiny seed that can grow in extreme weather conditions, with little water and without the use of fertilizers. Fonio has a lower income than other cereals, such as rice, millet or maize, but it has a very important nutritional value for local populations.The development of this seed is a tool to combat malnutrition and to mitigate the effects of global warming. The documentary “Contro Coltura” made by Luca Puzzangara and produced by NutriAid recounts the difficulties and hopes of senegalese farmers, in the balance between the need to emigrate and the will to invest in the future of their land.

Dizhsa Nabani

Directors: Sabea Evans, Kathryn Goldberg, Marcelo Jaurgui-Volpe, Edward Ogborn, Catherine Rodgers, and Moises Garcia Guzman
United States, Pennsylvania Runtime: 45:00 Short DocumentaryA documentary project on Zapotec language and identity in San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Food, Nutrition, and Wellness: Food Environments

Directors: Patrick Dengel, Duane Rigsby, and Sarah Swanson

United States, Ohio Runtime: 28:42 Scholastic

Food, Nutrition, and Wellness with Daniel Remley, MSPH, PhD and Duane Rigsby. Discussions surround food environments.

Forage Focus

Directors: Duane Rigsby, Sarah Swanson, and Patrick Dengel

United States, Ohio Runtime: 27:10 Scholastic

Host Christine Gelley, an agriculture and naturaul resources (ANR) Extension educator with OSU Extension in Noble County, will be joined by Clif Little, OSU Extension, ANR educator in Guernsey County, for a segment on pasture weed management. They discuss ways of controlling Invasive Weeds such as Japanese Stilt Grass, Spotted Knapweed, Canadian Thistle and woody plants.

From the Ground Up

Director: Nick Deel

United States, North Carolina Runtime: 7:48 Student Film

What’s next for the farm to table movement in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria?

Hardscrabble

Directors: Rachel Leggett and Jennifer Prewitt

United States, Ohio Runtime: 10:00 Short Documentary

A tale of resiliency told by three generations of farmers. In central, rural Ohio, Hardscrabble Farms has relied on their tight-knit family and their hometown’s agricultural community to remain successful for over 100 years. The three generations reflect on the past and look to the future of their family farm in Hardscrabble.

Heartland to Gulf: Farmers Helping Fishermen

Director: Brian Volland

United States, Kentucky Runtime: 10:05 Short Documentary

The Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Basins (MARB) Watershed Leadership Network works
to enhance learning among farmer and non-farmer leaders engaged in watershed management across Hypoxia Task Force member states in the MARB. The network is drawing from existing watershed training programs and successful farmer-led watershed efforts and bringing the best of those programs to high priority watersheds in Hypoxia Task Force member states. This film discusses the need for farmer-led watershed improvement by bringing producers to the gulf coast region to see downstream impact and equipping them with the knowledge and resources to become watershed leaders in their areas.

History of the Historic Bell’s Opera House and Parker House

Directors: Greenfield Exempted Village Schools High School Students

United States, Ohio Runtime: 14:35 Student Film

Hillsboro, Ohio, is home to several historic buildings. Two prominent buildings in the center of Hillsboro are the historic Bell’s Opera House and the Parker House. This film provides a brief tour of the buildings narrated by Mayor Drew Hastings and Jack Hope.

Julian Price

Director: Erin Derham

United States, North Carolina Runtime: 33:32 Short Documentary

Julian Price lived in Asheville, North Carolina, and left a lasting impact on his community. From helping local businesses succeed to historic preservation, Mr. Price helped revitalize Asheville to a thriving arts-focused community.

Karnes Orchard

Directors: Mitchell Karnes and Steve Karnes

United States, Ohio Runtime: 2:30

A brief history of Karnes Orchard, located in Hillsboro, Ohio.

Losing Ground

Director: Josh Comninellis

United States, Missouri Runtime: 54:17

The first film to expose the impact of urban sprawl on American agriculture. Farmers and ranchers across the country are dealing with increasing urbanization of rural America. With that urbanization brings challenges and opportunities. Hear from five farm and ranch families, including: Lovin family, Lexington, Georgia; Marsh family, Huntley, Illinois, Stabler family, Brookeville, Maryland, John Dofflemyer, California; and the Cropp family, Damascus, Maryland, about how urban sprawl has impacted them and American Farmland Trust CEO John Piotti about the issue as a whole.

Mission Blue

Free Screening

Directors: Robert Nixon and Fisher Stevens

United States, California Runtime: 1:36:00 Feature Documentary

This Netflix documentary follows oceanographer Sylvia Earle’s campaign to save the world’s oceans from threats such as overfishing and toxic waste.

Mountain, Priest, Son

Director: John Seddon and Vaibhav Kaul

United Kingdom Runtime: 27:00 Short Documentary

A short Himalayan documentary on the metaphysics and morality of risk in the face of socio- environmental change.Set in one of India’s most sacred and geologically fragile mountain landscapes, the film brings alive the everyday experiences, beliefs and hopes of a priest, his wife, and their 22-year-old son who survived a great flood not long ago. Through their story, we explore a traditional society’s understanding of its own vulnerability and resilience in the face of dramatic environmental change on the one hand and the rapid intrusion of modernity, urbanism and consumerism on the other.

My Steer, B.J.

Director: Ashton Bain

United States, Ohio Runtime: 1:32 Youth Film

The story of a Highland County 4-H member’s daily routine caring for his steer, B.J.

Nitrogen Source

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 1:25 A Short of Any Kind

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Eric Richer, working with Fulton County farmer, Les Seiler. Richer and Seiler created the trial to find the source of nitrogen to grow corn most economically. They work together to measure the effect of 28%, Anhydrous, Urea and ESN to corn yields. The trial proved that it does not matter the source, farmers should use what best fits their equipment and operation.

Obsessed with Olive Oil

Director: Ed Zych

Canada Runtime: 43:00 Short Documentary

The bottle of olive oil in your cupboard is probably rancid. Fil Bucchino, a former punk rock musician turned olive oil expert, visits Italy every year during the harvest on a quest for exceptional extra virgin olive oils that will change your life and transform your dish.

On-Farm Research: Nitrogen Source

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 3:38 Scholastic

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Eric Richer, working with Fulton County farmer, Les Seiler. Richer and Seiler created the trial to find the source of nitrogen to grow corn most economically. They work together to measure the effect of 28%, Anhydrous, Urea and ESN to corn yields. The trial proved that it does not matter the source, farmers should use what best fits their equipment and operation.

On-Farm Research: Nitrogen Timing

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 3:44 Scholastic

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Mark Badertscher, working with Hardin County farmer, Paul Ralston. Badertscher and Ralston created the trial to find if it pays to wait to apply nitrogen to grow corn more economically. They work together to measure the effect of applying nitrogen at V6, V10, and V12 to corn yields. The trial proved that it does pay to use the full rate of nitrogen at V6 or V10.

On-Farm Research: Soybean Planting Rate

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 3:27 Scholastic

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, John Barker, as he works with Knox County farmers, Jim Braddock and Dave Mitchem. Barker, Braddock and Mitchem created the trial to find if it pays to decrease the amount of seeds put in the ground. They work together to measure the effect of planting 125,000; 145,000; 165,000; and 185,000 seeds per acre to soybean yields. The trial proved that it does not pay to plant more than 125,000 seeds per acre.

On-Farm Research: Starter Fertilizer

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 3:52 Scholastic

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Sam Custer, working with Darke County farmer, Aaron Overholser. Custer and Overholser created the trial to find if it pays to use starter fertilizer to grow corn more economically. They work together to measure the effect of adding starter fertilizer, sulfur and zinc to corn yields. The trial proved that it does not pay to use starter fertilizer to increase yields during these difficult economic times.

On-Farm Research: Starter Phosphorus

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 2:50 Scholastic

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Eric Richer, working with
Fulton County farmer, Austin Arps. Richer and Arps created the trial to find if it pays to use starter phosphorus fertilizer if the soil is already in the maintenance range to grow corn more economically. They work together to measure the effect of adding starter phosphorus fertilizer to corn yields. The trial proved that it does not pay to use starter phosphorus fertilizer to increase yields if the soil is already in the maintenance range.

On-Farm Research: Stockpiling Forages

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 3:31 Scholastic

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Chris Penrose, working on his family farm. Penrose created the trial to find the source of nitrogen to stockpile forages most economically. He worked together to measure the effect of Urea, Urea + Agrotain, and Ammonium Sulfate to forage yields. The trial proved that it does not matter the source, any nitrogen source increased the amount of forage available to stockpile.

One Egg

Director: Jefferson Miller

United States, Arkansas Runtime: 17:07 Student Film

In 2016, a team of University of Arkansas faculty and students, industry experts, missionaries, and non-profit charity organization representatives began developing a plan to build a commercial egg farm in Haiti. The group members, working with a charity organization called OneEgg, submitted
a grant proposal to Tyson Foods and its subsidiary, Cobb-Vantress, to fund the construction and launch of the egg farm in Haiti. The group adopted OneEgg’s mission of providing more eggs to more kids, one child at a time, to improve children’s protein intake, which research has shown is crucial for physical and cognitive development. The $341,000 grant was funded by Tyson Foods and Cobb Vantress, and the project resulted in the successful completion of the OneEgg-Haiti egg farm in Leogane, Haiti. The project also included a research component that evaluated the physical and cognitive development of a group of children living at a nearby orphanage. The farm has now been transferred legally to local Haitian ownership, and despite many difficulties with political and economic unrest in Haiti, is still operational and sustainable after two and a half years of production. The OneEgg-Haiti farm now stands as an excellent model of the Business as Mission approach to development in developing countries.

Pioneers

Director: Doug Armknecht

United States, Kansas Runtime: 2:20 A Short of Any Kind

A thoughtful and scenic perspective on the beauty of farming and rural living, set to a passage by pioneer author Willa Cather. Even though removed from Cather’s world by more than a century, the modern farmer embodies the spirit of the pioneers: Enjoyment of solitude, appreciation for nature, and stubborn independence.

Planet Milkweed

Director: Kirby Pringle

United States, Illinois Runtime: 14:01 Short Documentary

Common milkweed, a native flower of the tallgrass prairie, is teeming with life. The milkweed is best known as the host plant for the monarch butterfly. But milkweed is much more than that, with 450 known insects that live — and eat — on the plant.

Raising the Steaks

Director: Josh Comninellis

United States, Missouri Runtime: 46:36 Short Documentary

Leah Swindler was a vegetarian for years. Now she takes eating meat very seriously. For a year she and her husband Josh ate only the meat they killed and butchered themselves. Now they’re hitting the road to see how large-scale beef production operates. In one weekend, in one white van, they will see the life of the cattle from farm to meat case and meet the people whose lives are built on bringing that food to the masses.

Rendville: Across the Color Line

Director: Burr Beard

United States, Ohio Runtime: 18:18 Student Film

A new historical documentary running 18 minutes has been launched by Burr Beard, MFA student in Media Communication Arts at Ohio University. Under the tutelage of Professors Art Cromwell and Brian Plow, Beard completed this work during Spring Semester 2018. The documentary looks at the racially integrated mining town in southern Perry County whose founder welcomed African American and white immigrants from some seven European countries based on their abilities to endure the work of late 19th Century coal-mining.

Rethinking Coffee with Amy Meehan

Directors: Patrick Dengel, Duane Rigsby, and Sarah Swanson

United States, Ohio Runtime: 2:10 Scholastic

Saving Money and reducing Calories when Purchasing Coffee at a Local Coffee Shop

Sharing the Roadways in Amish Country

Directors: Dee Jepsen and Chris Dicus

United States, Ohio Runtime: 10:33 Scholastic

Ohio has one of the largest populations of Amish in the United States. In areas with the highest concentration of Amish, the number of horse-drawn vehicles in the county may equal that of motorized vehicles. Crashes between buggies and motorized vehicles have been a concern for some time, as both Amish communities and rural motorized traffic grow. A video was produced to create awareness about common roadway hazards. The goal of the OSU Extension Agricultural Safety Program is to positively impact roadway safety in the Amish and other Plain communities who have similar concerns when sharing the road.

SkyGrazers: A Story of the Flying Farmers

Directors: Annmarie Aronoff and Christopher Aronoff

United States, California Runtime: 1:14:00 Feature Documentary

A delightful ride in the sky! This uplifting documentary film celebrates a resilient group of rural aviators who show us that you’re never too old to fly! Shedding light on the root of the pilot shortage, and the importance of agriculture in our changing times, SkyGrazers illustrates the triumphant stories and struggles of the International Flying Farmers.

Soyalism

Directors: Enrico Parenti and Stefano Liberti

Italy Runtime: 1:05:00 Feature Documentary

In a world struck by climate change and overpopulation, food production control is increasingly becoming a huge business for a handful of giant corporations. Following the industrial production chain of pork, from China to Brazil through the United States and Mozambique, the documentary describes the enormous concentration of power in the hands of these Western and Chinese companies. This movement is putting out of business hundreds of thousands of small producers and transforming permanently entire landscapes. Launched in the United States at the end of the Seventies, the system has been exported across the world, especially in large-populated countries such as China. From waste-lagoons in North Carolina to soybeans monoculture developed in the Amazon rainforest to feed animals, the movie describes how the expansion of this process is jeopardizing the social and environmental balance of the planet

Thanks, Bob

Director: Brooke Beam

United States, Ohio Runtime: 5:36 A Short of Any Kind

A historical comparison of 16MM film of Clinton County and Wilmington, Ohio, from the early 1950s compared with modern scenes in 2019.

The Forage Files

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 1:22 A Short of Any Kind

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Chris Penrose, working on his family farm. Penrose created the trial to find the source of nitrogen to stockpile forages most economically. He worked together to measure the effect of Urea, Urea + Agrotain, and Ammonium Sulfate to forage yields. The trial proved that it does not matter the source, any nitrogen source increased the amount of forage available to stockpile.

The Investigators

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 1:25 A Short of Any Kind

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Sam Custer, working with Darke County farmer, Aaron Overholser. Custer and Overholser created the trial to find if it pays to use starter fertilizer to grow corn more economically. They work together to measure the effect of adding starter fertilizer, sulfur and zinc to corn yields. The trial proved that it does not pay to use starter fertilizer to increase yields during these difficult economic times.

The Man Of The Trees

Director: Andrea Trivero

Italy Runtime: 18:55 Short Documentary

Daniel Balima is a senior horticulturist from Tenkodogo, a small Sub-Saharan African town in Burkina Faso, where he lives with his large family and has worked since he was born 67 years ago. Daniel as a child falls ill with polio and, although growing without the use of his legs, he is able to follow his father in the family nursery, walking on his hands. He works immediately with great passion and talent so much that his disability, which for many in Africa means a marked destiny, is for Daniel an opportunity: “I could take two paths: begging or taking my life in hand and devoting myself to work with dignity.” So every day he goes to the garden to work, despite the various difficulties he faces, both those related to his physical condition, and those related to the territory and he is happy, because he can keep the family and pay their studies to children and grandchildren. Daniel has chosen and won this great challenge and, every day, he sows and cultivates with great effort and gratitude many vegetables and plants. Often those who have no food go to the garden, because they know that even without money they can open that gate, look into the eyes of this generous man, who with a few gestures and a few kind words will make him collect and bring home what is necessary to feed. In over fifty years of activity he has given life to more than a million trees and this is what is most important for Daniel because, as he tells us, his country, because of the drought, needs many trees and does not stop, on the contrary, he dreams of planting another million.

The Pollinators

Director: Peter Nelson

United States, New York Runtime: 1:32:41 Feature Documentary

Much of the food on our tables comes from the intrinsic act of pollinating the flowers that become the fruits, vegetables and nuts we eat, but agricultural practices, pesticides and politics are making that simple act of nature more difficult everyday. Honey bees pollinate one third of the food we
eat, yet alarmingly, honey bee populations in this country have fallen by half since the 1940s and continue to decline. Honey bees are threatened by indiscriminate pesticide use, disease, industrial scale monoculture farming and powerful corporate lobbying interests that work to influence the EPA and USDA, who are our gatekeepers for a safe agricultural system. Our very food system is under threat and rests on the wings of these tiny insects and the commercial beekeepers that move them from farm to orchard pollinating crops that native pollinators can no longer adequately accomplish. This film will follow migratory beekeepers and their bees throughout a growing season, joining them as they stop to pollinate the myriad plants and trees that depend upon honey bees to grow and produce our food. Much of the work moving bees is done at night when the bees are in their hives so few people actually get to see what these beekeepers do. Throughout the journey we will meet farmers, scientists, chefs and academics to give perspective to this complex food system that we all depend on. We will explain the problems of modern large scale agriculture, offer ideas on how it can be improved and learn about these pollinators that are a subculture of agriculture and a vital cornerstone of our entire food system. It’s a cinematic road trip that will result in a feature length documentary film about the importance of pollination to our food system, the complex interrelationship between migratory beekeepers, their bees and the agriculture system that needs these migratory honey bees in order to grow the food we eat.

The Researchers

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 1:31 A Short of Any Kind

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Eric Richer, working with
Fulton County farmer, Austin Arps. Richer and Arps created the trial to find if it pays to use starter phosphorus fertilizer if the soil is already in the maintenance range to grow corn more economically. They work together to measure the effect of adding starter phosphorus fertilizer to corn yields. The trial proved that it does not pay to use starter phosphorus fertilizer to increase yields if the soil is already in the maintenance range.

The Soybean Guys

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 1:32 A Short of Any Kind

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, John Barker, as he works with Knox County farmers, Jim Braddock and Dave Mitchem. Barker, Braddock and Mitchem created the trial to find if it pays to decrease the amount of seeds put in the ground. They work together to measure the effect of planting 125,000; 145,000; 165,000; and 185,000 seeds per acre to soybean yields. The trial proved that it does pay to any more than 125,000 seeds per acre.

Tree Talk with Dave Apsley

Directors: Duane Rigsby and David Apsley

United States, Ohio Runtime: 22:57 Scholastic

Discussion points include timing of planting your trees, what type should you plant and other.

To The Land

Director: Biz G Young

United States, Ohio Runtime: 2:16 Short Documentary

Olivia Nava works with Our Harvest to cultivate community through locally grown food. The family- owned cooperative is part of Cincinnati, Ohio and has been standing for over 100 years. “Farming sustainability is, in a way, a stewardship — being mindful of the methods in which you cultivate so that you’re putting back into the land as well.”

Winter Management of the Cow Herd

Directors: Duane Rigsby and John Grimes

United States, Ohio Runtime: 27:57 Scholastic

AG-NEWS with John Grimes, Extension Beef Programs coordinator / educator and Duane Rigsby with Ohio State University South Centers. Grimes discusses interesting facts about commercial beef. The guest is Stephen Boyles, professor with The Ohio State University, and the topic isWinter Management of the Cow Herd to insure a productive 2019.

Who’s Your Farmer?

Director: Jess Lingle

United States, Alabama Runtime: 13:56 Short Documentary

Do you know where your food comes from? And you can’t say “the grocery store.” Farming is
a practice that impacts our health, our environment, our communities and our world. Knowing where our food really comes from and how safely it is grown is becoming increasingly difficult and clouded. This film explores farming in Alabama through the eyes of local farmers all across the state who care about the land, the water and the people they feed.