The 2018 Ohio corn performance test results are now available at the following web address: http://oardc.osu.edu/corntrials/. There were 189 corn hybrids entered in the test in 2018 compared to 205 in 2017. These hybrids were entered by 24 different companies.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — New restrictions a federal agency has put on using a controversial weed killer aren’t enough to prevent it from spreading onto nearby plants, according to an Ohio State University weed expert. As a result, Mark Loux, a weed specialist with Ohio State University Extension, and colleagues from Purdue University and the University of Illinois have created a list of additional precautions that farmers should try to follow whenever they use dicamba.

Hardin County sheep producer Dave Burkhart was named the 2018 Charles Boyles Ohio Master Shepherd of the Year at the Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium held December 1 in Wooster.

The 2018 Ohio Soybean Performance Trial data is now available. It is only available in a pdf format and now contains yield and soybean quality data. The purpose of the Ohio Soybean Performance Trial is to evaluate soybean varieties for yield and other agronomic characteristics.

“Consumers are concerned for animal health, and the sustainability of the production systems their food’s raised in.” That statement is just one of several discussed during the 2018 Ohio Beef School presentations that have caused teaching and certifying Ohio’s cattlemen in Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) to become a priority.

American Farmland Trust, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service of Ohio and Hardin Soil Water Conservation District have joined together to present three women-dedicated learning circle sessions in northern Ohio. These workshops will focus on soil health, water quality, and specialty cropping systems for women farmers and land owners.

Now that corn harvest is greater than 75 percent completed it is time to manage the corn in the bin. Use integrated pest management practices to protect the corn from mold and insect activity. This year’s corn is not in perfect condition compared to last year.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Farmers rattled by the dip in value of their soybean crop likely will see prices for their corn go up next year, one of the few optimistic projections made at a recent conference on future profits in farming. Most of the graphs presented at the Nov. 2 event hosted by the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) at The Ohio State University offered a grim outlook: a decline in soybean crop prices resembling a steep ski slope, shrinking pie slices representing Chinese demand for U.S. soybeans.

With the help of fifteen volunteer rainfall reporters, the Hardin County Extension office has collected unofficial township rainfall data for the past twenty-six consecutive years. The 2018 growing season began with an April rainfall that allowed a good start to the planting season. Rains were spread out through the month which set the tone for the growing season.

The Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (OFSWCD) will celebrated the associations’ 75th birthday on Oct. 20. Officially created in law in October of 1943, the OFSWCD has used this year to celebrate the “Year of Conservation” and the conservation accomplishments completed by Ohio’s 88 soil and water conservation districts.