Harold Watters, Extension Agent AgNR

Sheila Callicoat, AgNR Office Associate

OSU Agronomic Crops Team Programs 2008

Agronomic Crops Team programs

 check the AgCrops Calendar: http://agcrops.osu.edu/calendar/

for Winter programming 2009 we have the Plant Pest - Pathology & Entomology Workshop scheduled February 4th, 2009

LOCAL Agronomy and Pesticide Applicator Recertification

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2009 Pesticide Applicator Recertification, for private applicators.

  Planned dates:

For other dates and locations, check http://pested.osu.edu or call our office 937 484-1526.

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LOCAL Hay & Pasture Program

and for 2009 plans-

2009 Pasture Walk - May 28th evening from 6-9PM

Cable Acres Farm - Dagger Families

Scheduled in conjunction with Clark, Shelby, Miami, Montgomery and Darke County pasture walks. Plan to attend all.

Upcoming Local Ag Policy Outlook Meeting

evening of thursday January 29, 2009 at Der Dutchman Restaurant, Plain City from 5PM to 8:45PM, with dinner at 5:45

Charge to be $25 - RSVP required to Carol Waggoner, OSU Extension, PO Box 230, London OH 43140

the topics will be:
  > Grains/Biofuels (Matt Roberts)

  > Land/Inputs (Barry Ward)

  > Farm Policy and teh New Farm Bill (Carl Zulauf)

  > and Food Prices (Stan Ernst)

Sponsored by OSU Extension - Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Fayette, Logan, Madison & Union Counties

Click here for the complete agenda (pdf)

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AND a December nearby Ag Policy program:

December 11, 2009 with lunch; – Shelby Co. OSU Extension Office, Sidney; Contact Roger Bender,

OSU Extension-Shelby Co. (937) 498-7239.
Speakers: Grains & Biofuels Outlook – Matt Roberts
Farm Policy – Carl Zulauf
Farmland Values/Rents & Input Costs – Barry Ward
General Economy/Financial Situation – Ian Sheldon
Food Prices – Stan Ernst

2008 Farm Bill information & interpretation from the OSU Ag Economists!

Carl Zulauf has prepared 3 brief publications for our department series analyzing different aspects of the recently signed farm bill.  You can access them directly at this point by using the links below.  Carl has prepared a host of publications related to the different parts of the debate of the bill over the past 6 months.  Those can all be accessed by clicking the “My Publications” button on the left side of his personal home page (http://aede.osu.edu/people/zulauf.1). For those who are interested, plans are underway to provide addional briefings on the farm bill for Extension personnel over the next month.   It’s worth noting that Carl authored the original plan that led to significant program changes in this year’s legislation.
 
AEDE-RP-0105-08:  SELECTED Provisions of FOOD, CONSERVATION, AND ENERGY ACT OF 2008:  Farm Income support and risk management Programs
http://aede.osu.edu/resources/docs/pdf/B2ADK0ED-ADY3-VN3S-3SE4D9YDH2D8UNQW.pdf

AEDE-RP-0106-08:  SELECTED Provisions of FOOD, CONSERVATION, AND ENERGY ACT OF 2008:  except Farm Income Support and risk management Programs
http://aede.osu.edu/resources/docs/pdf/F2FGX89R-HP3U-UTET-7F59BUSADZBG346W.pdf

AEDE-RP-0107:  Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance in Food, Conservation, & Energy Act of 2008
http://aede.osu.edu/resources/docs/pdf/J2QIF808-OR3A-20GS-RT1CIID0JXDFJGJN.pdf

One of the earlier publications by Carl Zulauf goes into detail on the ACRE provision that he developed the basis for.  I know many of you are interested in this major change and may have already read this but wanted to remind you of the link.  Carl will offer more interpretation in the upcoming briefings.
 
AEDE-RP-0104-08:  acre (average crop revenue election) provisions in Conference farm Bill
http://aede.osu.edu/resources/docs/pdf/EQAEZSLM-LNPH-NDTU-4KO1JBHWS9YSEFBJ.pdf

Regards.
stanE.

Homeland Security Issues for the farm 2008

A couple of recent rulings and interpretations may affect farmers:

An Extension interpretation from Wisconsin, a pdf file: Chemical Security Regulation

More information on DHS’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards may be found at:
www.EDEN.lsu.edu/agrosecurity/DHSChemical

See the CORN Newsletter for agronomic crops planning updates.

ALSO

Several of us in West Central Ohio have re-started the West Central Ohio Crop & Weather report for crop, pest and weather related issues affecting crops producers in Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Logan, Mercer and Miami Counties. We'll update this regularly to provide insight on local crop specific concerns. This is an additional service of the OSU Extension Agronomic Crops Team and the C.O.R.N. newsletter.

--- For daily updates see our West OH Crop Weather Blog: http://westohcropweather.blogspot.com/

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Asian Soybean Rust Update (16Apr08)

We had no ASR in Ohio last fall, even though it was found around us. There is minimal buildup yet this spring on kudzu in the southeast US. This year Mexico is part of the monitoring system for rust - in case ASR comes into Ohio from the southwest track. Plant pathologists are also watching the southeast pathway that may bring rust into Ohio. Champaign County is once again a sentinel plot site for the network - we received updated training just last week.

See the USDA website for the Soybean Disease and Insect updates throughout the cropping season.

For the USDA soybean rust website: http://www.sbrusa.net/

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As of June, 2008   

Two pieces of information that are now on Ohioline as Factsheets:

Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2007-08
http://ohioline.osu.edu/ae-fact/pdf/Cropland_Values_Rents_07_08.pdf

Ohio Farm Custom Rates - 2008
http://ohioline.osu.edu/ae-fact/pdf/Custom_Rates_08.pdf

from: Barry Ward
Assistant Professor - OSU Extension
Leader, Production Business Management

For additional information on farmland lease issues see the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics (AEDE) Farm Management webpage at: http://aede.osu.edu/Programs/FarmManagement/MgtPublications.htm

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Lease Agreements?

The Midwest Plan Service offers free examples of leasing agreements for farm land, buildings, and pastures.  These were developed by farm management specialists from North Central Land Grant Universities.  

This is the web site: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mwps_dis/mwps_web/leases.html
These forms provide owners and renters with a guide for developing an agreement to fit their situation. However, they are not intended to take the place of competent legal advice pertaining to contractual relationships between two parties.  The Midwest Plan Service has many other resources as well, (publications about ag. engineering, building design, air quality, manure management, agribusiness, tillage, and grain handling),  the main web site is: http://www.mwps.org

The Ohio State University Extension web site called Ohioline includes a series of fact sheets about farm rents and leasing, http://ohioline.osu.edu/fr-fact/index.html . Topics include cash and share rental of land, tax and legal considerations, an agreement checklist, building rental, and one about tenant and landlord relations.   

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Information on Custom Rates?

http://aede.osu.edu/Programs/FarmManagement/MgtPublications.htm

This site includes the Ohio 2006 information as well as information from other cornbelt states.