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HPAI confirmed at large Ohio poultry operation

Tuesday, December 31

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed at a large Ohio commercial poultry operation. Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Brian Baldridge tells Brownfield it involves nearly a million birds at a laying facility in southwest Ohio. “We’re hopeful this is an isolated case....

Drought assistance coming for Ohio farmers

Thursday, December 19

The director of state policy at Ohio Farm Bureau says Senate Bill 54 has passed the state legislature with bipartisan support. Evan Callicoat says the $10 million drought relief bill comes after a challenging 2024. “Rising input costs, property taxes going through the roof, land...

Mixed harvest results for Ohio farmer

Friday, December 13

A north-central Ohio farmer says his 2024 harvest featured some good and some bad results. Steve Reinhard raises soybeans, corn, wheat, malting barley, and hay near Bucyrus. “Our soybean crop is actually very good. We were very much average in some fields to a...

Feral swine bill passes state legislature in Ohio

Thursday, December 12

The Ohio Senate has passed the Feral Swine bill is a unanimous and bipartisan vote this week. The bill aims to protect Ohio agriculture by eradicating the feral hog population, which poses a significant risk of disease to the state’s livestock industry. It passed out...

Push continues for Ohio drought relief bill

Thursday, December 12

There are just a handful of legislative days in the state, and the Ohio Farm Bureau is hoping the drought relief bill can make it across the finish line. Evan Callicoat, director of state policy, says Ohio Farm Bureau has been working hard to...

House Bill 683 could be good news for Ohio farmers

Monday, December 2

The director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture says farmers need more financial assistance in the midst of the state’s historic drought. Brian Baldridge says he recently testified before the Ohio House Finance Committee and requested an additional $10 million for farmers. “There’s a...

Ohio winter wheat rated 70% good to excellent

Monday, November 25

The USDA says routine maintenance and winter preparation efforts are in full swing across Ohio with most harvest work complete. The latest crop progress report shows winter wheat emergence at 97% with 70% of the crop rated good to excellent. Aside from the wheat...

Ohio Pork Congress

Thursday, November 21

Brownfield’s Erin Anderson will cover the Ohio Pork Council’s Pork Congress in Lima, OH. The post

Farmland is being lost in Ohio, what now?

Wednesday, November 20

An Ohio State University professor says several multi-year studies across the Midwest have shown that farmland is being lost to urban development. Ani Katchova says her study showed that Ohio has lost 930,000 acres since 2002. “Not surprisingly, most of the agricultural land that was...

Windy, cooler to colder weather for the Heartland; snow & rain from the Dakotas to the Ohio Valley

Wednesday, November 20

Across the Corn Belt, a cold front sweeping across areas east of the Mississippi River is generating a few rain showers. Meanwhile, snow showers and windy conditions across the far upper Midwest are temporarily halting fieldwork and increasing livestock stress. Temperatures have fallen to...

Windy, colder weather for parts of the Heartland; snow & rain from the Dakotas to the Ohio Valley

Tuesday, November 19

Across the Corn Belt, rain is spreading into the middle Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys. Elsewhere in the Midwest, mild, dry weather favors fieldwork, including late-season winter wheat planting and final corn and soybean harvesting. On the Plains, a severe-weather threat across the southern...

Ohio corn and soybean harvest is complete

Monday, November 18

Scattered showers helped alleviate the dry topsoil in Ohio. According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA, Ohio corn and soybean harvest is complete. Winter wheat is 59 percent adequate to surplus. Topsoil moisture is 46 percent adequate to surplus and subsoil moisture...