The deadline has passed for those farmers who are required to complete fertilizer certification by Sept. 30. With the passage of Senate Bill 150 in 2014, Ohio became the first state to require anybody who applies commercial fertilizer to more…
water quality
New dates for the Well Water Testing Program
Farm Bureau members throughout Ohio can get free nitrate testing of their well water. Dates set for Crawford, Marion, Morrow and Richland Counties.
FREE Water Testing for Farm Bureau members
FREE Water Testing for Members
County Well Water Testing Program
New dates OFBF has provided for the Well Water Testing Program. Please take note of the following changes in dates: Pre-Registration Date: Sept. 18-Oct. 16 Sample Kit Pick-up Date (week of): Nov. 13 Sample Kit Drop-Off Date: …
Comprehensive efforts to help Lake Erie in Senate Bill 2
One of the components of recently approved Senate Bill 2, signed into law by Gov. John Kasich in July, helps streamline work being done to help protect the water quality of Lake Erie by giving more oversight to the Lake…
New Manure Sidedress Method Lowers Fertilizer Costs, Increases Yields
With corn needing nitrogen, and pigs and cattle producing a lot of it, anything that offers a better way to use their waste to fortify crops should intrigue farmers. Two agriculture experts at The Ohio State University have redesigned a…
Farm community taking aggressive action to protect Ohio’s lakes, waterways
Today’s report and summary from Ohio Sea Grant states the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its research partners predict western Lake Erie will experience a significant harmful algal bloom this summer, though not as large as the record…
Cost-share program for cover crops available
Hamilton County Soil & Water Conservation District received a grant from the Ohio Farm Bureau’s Water Quality Initiative Program to fund a three-year study on the effectiveness of cover crops. They evaluated soil fertility as well as the impact on water…
Lynn Snyder - July 11Precision Ag Field Day
Farmers are invited to the farm of Bill and Shane Kellogg who are using a number of methods to improve crop input efficiency, lower cost of production and protect water quality, such as subsurface placement of nutrients using strip tillage techniques,…
Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Tour
Update: Tour offered Sept. 8 only. Learn the existing and new conservation practices implemented on all three farms in the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network. As well as information packets with more detail being provided on each farm, organizers of the…