Ohio Farm Bureau is working closely with the DeWine administration, as well as state and national agencies, to determine what options may be available for farmers to lessen the blows of this catastrophic growing season.
On this episode of Legal with Leah, Senior Director of Corporate Communications Joe Cornely discusses what farmers and landowners should do if they have taken prevent plant payments and their land is in the Current Agriculture Use Value program. Complete…
Joe Cornely - July 1
No one remembers it ever being like this. Too much rain, falling far too often, has created an unprecedented situation for farmers in Ohio and across much of the nation. There have been years when some of the crop didn’t…
Extreme weather conditions like the recent excessive rains and tornadoes have negatively impacted Ohio farmers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will invest $4 million to help Ohio agricultural producers recover. Technical and financial assistance is now…
Lynn Snyder - June 21This evening program will help farmers struggling to make decisions about prevent plant, controlling weeds and potential cover crops. Three key experts marketing cover crop seed in Ohio will provide the details on cover crops for this summer: David Brandt,…
Lynn Snyder - June 20
The number of prevent plant acres in Ohio will be historic after a devastatingly wet spring. Just how record-breaking will the numbers be in 2019 and what implications will they have for the short and long term for farmers and…
After meeting with farmers in the most impacted areas of the state and after collecting cropping data, gathering planting history and taking photos of the wide-ranging acres of unplanted fields, Ohio FSA has officially requested USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue to make Disaster Declarations for Fulton, Henry and Lucas counties.
It is true that a big chunk of the Midwest has struggled to get the 2019 corn and soybean crops planted in a timely fashion, but none more so than northwest Ohio. As the calendar passed by the final planting…
The 2019 planting season has been a challenge for Ohio farmers, as over-saturated soils have stalled corn and soybean planters for most of the month of May. Adding to the frustration of not getting the crop in the ground are various negative situations including significantly delayed planting and trade wars – and Prevent Plant is on the table.
Extremely wet weather and cooler than normal temperatures throughout early spring has U.S. farmers lagging when it comes to planting progress. Most producers only have about half of the crop planted that they normally would for this time of year….
