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WEBAs the worst Ohio drought in decades has continued to expand, 22 Ohio counties were declared a Primary Natural Disaster Area in early September. This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the ... Relentless Ag proudly announces its official launch, introducing a new era of grower-first agricultural support.
Ohio 2023 fair schedule – Ohio Ag Net | Ohio's Country Journal
WEBDec 15, 2022 · Ohioans can start planning visits to all of their favorite fairs across the state. The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) released the official dates for the 2023 fair season, which includes Ohio’s 94 county and independent fairs and the Ohio State Fair. The Paulding County Fair will kick off the 2023 fair season on June 12, and the season ...
Searching for Ohio’s Bigfoot – Ohio Ag Net | Ohio's Country Journal
WEBFeb 21, 2022 · Wanted, Bigfoot: Bipedal creature that is fast and agile, fluid and smooth in movement, with a hairy coat of brown, black, red, or salt and pepper. Stands 8 or 9 feet tall. Excellent tree climber and swimmer that will eat just about anything. Last seen ranging across the Buckeye state. Ohio is a Bigfoot sighting hot spot that has even been the ...
OPA elects new officers – Ohio Ag Net | Ohio's Country Journal
WEBJan 17, 2022 · The 2022 Board officers include: • OPA President Sandra Lausecker. Lausecker is vice president of Nature Pure and co-owner of Outward Farms located in Raymond. She also serves on the board of the American Egg Board and United Egg Producers. • OPA Vice President Jeff Cutler. Cutler serves as the eggs division manager for Cooper Farms located ...
A hunting we will go: laws landowners need to know
WEBDec 3, 2019 · The nursery rhyme “A Hunting We Will Go” paints a happy-go-lucky picture of hunting. But hunting raises many questions and concerns for agricultural landowners. Ohio law offers rules and remedies that can ease those concerns. Landowners who know and use the laws just might be able to hum along with …
Changes in worker program has benefits for finding farm labor
WEBOct 14, 2019 · Scott Witten, an owner of Witten Farm in southeast Ohio’s Washington County, expects the changes will help his business. Since 2011, he has hired migrant laborers annually through the H2-A program to help the business, which sells produce at roadside stands in central and southeast Ohio. “The government sees that reform is …
Alabama’s Randy Owen at home in the cattle business
WEBNov 13, 2012 · Owen’s farm is located in Ft. Payne, Alabama where he grew up. It’s a 3,000 acre operation that consist of 500-head of Hereford and Angus cattle. Much of land that he owns and is now part of the farm was sharecropped and rented by his family for row crops. The name of the farm comes from Alabama’s first number one single, Tennessee River ...
What crops will farmers plant this spring?
WEBMar 11, 2021 · That’s 2 million more total corn and bean acres than 2018, which is the highest on record. Between 2016-2018, total corn and soybean acres averaged 178 million. Then in 2019 and 2020 outlier events allowed farmers to plant fewer corn and bean acres than normal, either due to prevent plant acres or increases in other crops due to low prices.
Forest fruit becomes a farm favorite
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Loren, a physician by trade, grew up in southeastern Ohio, where pawpaw trees were plentiful. When he moved to Wooster in his late teens, he had all but forgotten about the fruit. “Growing up, we would see pawpaws in the woods while squirrel hunting. I would just grab them off the tree or pick them up off the ground and eat them,” Loren said.
Cattle price update – Ohio Ag Net | Ohio's Country Journal
WEBAug 23, 2023 · The July 2023 5-market average is currently $184.21 per hundredweight (cwt), which is about 27% greater than 2022. This seems high but if we adjust for 28.88% inflation over the last decade, to be equivalent to the average price received in July 2014, the average cash price for fed steers would need to reach $203.51 per hundredweight.