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  1. Helping farmers know their bottom line

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/helping-farmers-know-their-bottom-line

    a 400-cow dairy farm for years. That, plus row-cropping 2,000 acres, kept him outside, where he wanted to be ... most days. But the number-crunching side of his job—tabulating production costs, losses, and ... for a while, they weren’t able to keep as close a watch on their production costs as they could have. ...

  2. Webinar: Connecting Beginning Farmers to New Markets: Start-up Advice & Resources for Gaining Access to Farmers Markets

    https://localfoods.osu.edu/events/webinar-connecting-beginning-farmers-new-markets-start-advice-resources-gaining-access

    for new farmers to reach customers and sell products.  This panel discussion covers three related ...

  3. Ohio State Organic Experts Among OEFFA Conference Speakers

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-organic-experts-among-oeffa-conference-speakers

    keep their crops healthy and productive. Other practices, such as cover crops and crop rotation, serve ... How certain natural microbes can help crops grow better and faster. How to make contaminated ... produced products, which can  boost a farm’s profitability. Organic farmers, in almost cases, are ...

  4. Farmers need to gear up for more rain

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/farmers-need-gear-more-rain

    pouring onto and running off of their fields, and that could threaten the quality of water downstream, ... of speakers on topics including soil health, nutrient management, and cover crops. The conference is ... a second ditch, cover crops, an underground drainage system, and other conservation practices – for ...

  5. Ohio farm incomes forecast to rise-again

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/ohio-farm-incomes-forecast-rise-again

    farmers for a decline in demand for crops and livestock sold abroad because of recent hikes in ... farmers from planting, and some were never able to plant a cash crop in time. Even for those who could ... plant, the late start to the planting season stunted growth in many corn and soybean fields across Ohio. ...

  6. New Report Shows Agriculture Productivity Consistently Up

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/new-report-shows-agriculture-productivity-consistently

    Improved technology, rising crop yields, farmer ingenuity and lower prices for farm inputs have led to ... higher agricultural productivity, specifically annual increases of 1.6 percent since the 1950s, according ... agricultural and food production sectors, analyzing data from 2015, the most recent statistics available. Farm ...

  7. World's Largest Script Ohio Shows the Power of Precision Agriculture

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/worlds-largest-script-ohio-shows-power-precision-agriculture

    visitors will likely pass hundreds of acres of soybean fields. But one field in particular is sporting more ... field just east of the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, site of the Review.   For the past ... “smart planting” using multiple corn hybrids. The team brought Buckeye spirit to the field with a simple ...

  8. World's Largest Script Ohio Shows the Power of Precision Agriculture

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/worlds-largest-script-ohio-shows-power-precision-agriculture-0

    visitors will likely pass hundreds of acres of soybean fields. But one field in particular is sporting more ... field just east of the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, site of the Review.   For the past ... “smart planting” using multiple corn hybrids. The team brought Buckeye spirit to the field with a simple ...

  9. Higher Carbon Dioxide Levels Prompt More Plant Growth, But Fewer Nutrients

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/higher-carbon-dioxide-levels-prompt-more-plant-growth-fewer-nutrients

    James Metzger, a professor and chair of the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science in The Ohio ... and increase their nutrition.” Animal meat and dairy products are a significant source of protein for ... environment, release carbon dioxide and produce waste products including glycolic acid, which a plant can’t ...

  10. Keeping Phosphorus Out of Waterways

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/keeping-phosphorus-out-waterways

    amount of the phosphorus draining from some of Ohio’s agricultural fields. At two locations in the state, ... field, rainfall percolates through layers of soil and eventually into an underground plastic pipe system ... costly, up to $20,000 or more, depending on the field size and the phosphorus concentrations in the soil, ...

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