Farmers Club meets on Jan. 22
By
John Grimes-
As much as I hate to admit it, I am getting older. Besides some of the obvious concessions to age, one of the obvious changes in attitudes that I have as I have grown older is my negative opinion of winter. I don’t believe that too many people like the bitter cold temperatures that we have been experiencing this month and the resulting problems, such as vehicles and tractors not starting, frozen water pipes, and high heating bills. I also fully understand why those folks who have the ability to relocate south for the winter do so.
January Farmers
Club meeting
A new year brings along a new set of Extension educational programs for this year. The Highland County Farmers Club is a prime example of one of those “traditional” educational outlets that we use in this county. The Farmers Club is a group in name only. It is a title we use for a series of programs typically held in the months of November through March. We try to cover a wide range of topics of interest to the agricultural community. As always, these meetings are free and open to the public.
This month’s Farmers Club meeting will be held on Friday, Jan. 22. As usual, the program will be held at the Hillsboro Ponderosa Banquet Center located at 545 S. High Street (U.S. 62) in Hillsboro and will begin at 10 a.m.
This month’s featured speaker will be Dr. Randall Reeder, an OSU Extension Specialist in the Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering Department. He will be discussing the topic “Tillage Considerations Following a Wet, Compacting Harvest.”
The wet weather of the 2009 harvest season certainly resulted in some field conditions that will be less-than-desirable for the 2010 crop year. Dr. Reeder will be discussing tillage and other management practices that producers can implement to help improve field conditions for the upcoming growing season. I hope to see you there.
Managing Dynamic
Change in 2010
No one can deny the past two and a half years in the beef cattle business can be characterized as quickly changing and rapidly evolving. Along with rapid changes come management issues many have seldom dealt with in the past.
As Ohio’s cattlemen look to the future, understanding and carefully managing these tumultuous times will be paramount to sustainability within the industry. With these thoughts in mind and on the heels of the largely successful series of meetings last winter entitled Managing Dynamic Change in the Beef Cattle Industry, a follow-up series has been scheduled for this winter.
Managing Dynamic Change in 2010 will be hosted on four Wednesday’s and Thursday’s during February and March in two different locations in the heart of “cow country.” Insightful and nationally recognized speakers will guide participants through the process of gaining an understanding of today’s beef cattle business realities, reviewing strategies which will optimize whole herd profitability, and looking closely at the alternative production practices which can keep the progressive cattleman profitable during these challenging times.
Featured presenters will include University of Kentucky beef cattle reproduction specialist Les Anderson, UK Extension beef cattle specialist Darrah Bullock, Mark McCully from Certified Angus Beef, Dr. Carla Huston, DVM, PhD from Mississippi State University, and University of Kentucky forage specialist Dr. Garry Lacefield. Also on the program will be Ohio State University Extension’s own Matt Roberts from the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics.
The program will be hosted on the Wednesday evenings of Feb. 3, 10, 17 and March 10 in the Highland County Training & Employment Center in Hillsboro and repeated on the Thursday evenings of February 4, 11, 18 and March 11 at the Alexander H.S. at Albany in Athens County.
Plan to come straight from the calving pasture to either location if you must since each evening will begin with supper promptly at 6 p.m. followed immediately by the program.
Managing Dynamic Change in 2010 is sponsored by the Ohio State University Extension and Ohio Cattleman’s Association with financial support from the Southern Ohio Agricultural & Community Development Foundation.
Patterned in the image of past Ohio Feed Management & Technology and also the Ohio Cow/Calf Schools, these will be fast moving and forward thinking “must attend” sessions for cattlemen planning to stay on the cutting edge of a rapidly changing industry. Registration cost for the entire series will be $25 per person.
Reservations may be made by sending the registration form <http://beef.osu.edu/Flyers/MDCregis.pdf> and fee to the Ohio Cattleman’s Association and specifying which location you will be attending. Call OCA mailto:beef@ohiobeef.org (614-873-6736), John Grimes mailto:grimes.1@osu.edu, Highland County ag educator 393-1918 or Rory Lewandowski mailto:lewandowski.11@osu.edu, Athens County ag educator (740-593-8555) for more detailed information.
SOACDF Educational
Excellence Grant
The Southern Ohio Agricultural and Community Development Foundation (SOACDF) is proud to announce the Educational Excellence Grant. The Foundation will award ten Educational Excellence grants in the amount of $7,500. These grants will be awarded on a competitive basis based on essay questions, community and school activities and grades. Tobacco quota owners, quota owners/growers, or grower/tenants of Farm Service Agency (FSA) record in any single crop year from 1997 through 2004 and their immediate family dependents that are enrolled at an accredited institution and are seeking an associate or bachelor degree are eligible. Applicants must be enrolled as a full time sophomore, junior or senior in the 2010-2011 school year to be eligible.
The Educational Excellence Grant applications are available now at your local Farm Service Agency, NRCS or Extension Office. You can also access the application online at www.soacdf.net. Application period for the Educational Excellence Grant is from Jan. 15 through Feb. 15. If you have questions, please call the Foundation Office at 937-393-2700.
John Grimes is the Ohio State University Extension Educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Highland County. Ohio State University Extension embraces human diversity and is committed to ensuring that all research and related educational programs are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or veteran status.[[In-content Ad]]
January Farmers
Club meeting
A new year brings along a new set of Extension educational programs for this year. The Highland County Farmers Club is a prime example of one of those “traditional” educational outlets that we use in this county. The Farmers Club is a group in name only. It is a title we use for a series of programs typically held in the months of November through March. We try to cover a wide range of topics of interest to the agricultural community. As always, these meetings are free and open to the public.
This month’s Farmers Club meeting will be held on Friday, Jan. 22. As usual, the program will be held at the Hillsboro Ponderosa Banquet Center located at 545 S. High Street (U.S. 62) in Hillsboro and will begin at 10 a.m.
This month’s featured speaker will be Dr. Randall Reeder, an OSU Extension Specialist in the Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering Department. He will be discussing the topic “Tillage Considerations Following a Wet, Compacting Harvest.”
The wet weather of the 2009 harvest season certainly resulted in some field conditions that will be less-than-desirable for the 2010 crop year. Dr. Reeder will be discussing tillage and other management practices that producers can implement to help improve field conditions for the upcoming growing season. I hope to see you there.
Managing Dynamic
Change in 2010
No one can deny the past two and a half years in the beef cattle business can be characterized as quickly changing and rapidly evolving. Along with rapid changes come management issues many have seldom dealt with in the past.
As Ohio’s cattlemen look to the future, understanding and carefully managing these tumultuous times will be paramount to sustainability within the industry. With these thoughts in mind and on the heels of the largely successful series of meetings last winter entitled Managing Dynamic Change in the Beef Cattle Industry, a follow-up series has been scheduled for this winter.
Managing Dynamic Change in 2010 will be hosted on four Wednesday’s and Thursday’s during February and March in two different locations in the heart of “cow country.” Insightful and nationally recognized speakers will guide participants through the process of gaining an understanding of today’s beef cattle business realities, reviewing strategies which will optimize whole herd profitability, and looking closely at the alternative production practices which can keep the progressive cattleman profitable during these challenging times.
Featured presenters will include University of Kentucky beef cattle reproduction specialist Les Anderson, UK Extension beef cattle specialist Darrah Bullock, Mark McCully from Certified Angus Beef, Dr. Carla Huston, DVM, PhD from Mississippi State University, and University of Kentucky forage specialist Dr. Garry Lacefield. Also on the program will be Ohio State University Extension’s own Matt Roberts from the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics.
The program will be hosted on the Wednesday evenings of Feb. 3, 10, 17 and March 10 in the Highland County Training & Employment Center in Hillsboro and repeated on the Thursday evenings of February 4, 11, 18 and March 11 at the Alexander H.S. at Albany in Athens County.
Plan to come straight from the calving pasture to either location if you must since each evening will begin with supper promptly at 6 p.m. followed immediately by the program.
Managing Dynamic Change in 2010 is sponsored by the Ohio State University Extension and Ohio Cattleman’s Association with financial support from the Southern Ohio Agricultural & Community Development Foundation.
Patterned in the image of past Ohio Feed Management & Technology and also the Ohio Cow/Calf Schools, these will be fast moving and forward thinking “must attend” sessions for cattlemen planning to stay on the cutting edge of a rapidly changing industry. Registration cost for the entire series will be $25 per person.
Reservations may be made by sending the registration form <http://beef.osu.edu/Flyers/MDCregis.pdf> and fee to the Ohio Cattleman’s Association and specifying which location you will be attending. Call OCA mailto:beef@ohiobeef.org (614-873-6736), John Grimes mailto:grimes.1@osu.edu, Highland County ag educator 393-1918 or Rory Lewandowski mailto:lewandowski.11@osu.edu, Athens County ag educator (740-593-8555) for more detailed information.
SOACDF Educational
Excellence Grant
The Southern Ohio Agricultural and Community Development Foundation (SOACDF) is proud to announce the Educational Excellence Grant. The Foundation will award ten Educational Excellence grants in the amount of $7,500. These grants will be awarded on a competitive basis based on essay questions, community and school activities and grades. Tobacco quota owners, quota owners/growers, or grower/tenants of Farm Service Agency (FSA) record in any single crop year from 1997 through 2004 and their immediate family dependents that are enrolled at an accredited institution and are seeking an associate or bachelor degree are eligible. Applicants must be enrolled as a full time sophomore, junior or senior in the 2010-2011 school year to be eligible.
The Educational Excellence Grant applications are available now at your local Farm Service Agency, NRCS or Extension Office. You can also access the application online at www.soacdf.net. Application period for the Educational Excellence Grant is from Jan. 15 through Feb. 15. If you have questions, please call the Foundation Office at 937-393-2700.
John Grimes is the Ohio State University Extension Educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Highland County. Ohio State University Extension embraces human diversity and is committed to ensuring that all research and related educational programs are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or veteran status.[[In-content Ad]]