Agronomy and Farm Management

Episode 182 – Ag Technology: Target Spray – Pre and Post Applications

Amanda Douridas is the Ohio State University Extension Educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Madison County. Her on-farm research has focused on nutrient management and adapting to changing weather patterns within cropping systems. In this episode, Bruce and Josh talk to Amanda about a research project for target spray for pre and post application.

Episode 181 – From the Ground Up Research

Two farmers, Fred and Josh Yoder, discuss one conservation focused research project developed by a group of farmers in Ohio. They are part of a multi-state, four-university effort to discover how to increase conservation adoption on farms. Our farmer-led team is working to improve real-world, on-farm performance of conservation practices to ensure they better generate the outcomes – e.g. profitability, yield stability, and protection from extreme weather events – that farmers need. To learn more about this project, visit: https://ftgup.org/ [https://ftgup.org/].

Episode 180 – Do you know your cost of production?

On this episode, Bruce and Josh have Clint Schroeder, Program Manager for the OSU Farm Business Analysis program, and Justin Baum, Clinton County Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator for OSU Extension. Clint and Justin discuss how farm managers can determine their cost of production and use the Crop Cost tool from the University of Minnesota in their decision-making process. https://farmprofitability.osu.edu [https://farmprofitability.osu.edu] https://cropcost.umn.edu [https://cropcost.umn.edu]

Episode 179 – Busting Weather Myths

After a brief weather outlook/lookback we get into discussing weather myths and conspiracy theories. Dr. Aaron Wilson [https://byrd.osu.edu/people/wilson.1010] takes us through a few common ones. What are chemtrails? Are we seeing weather modification in Ohio? These are a couple of the big ones we talk about. Listen in and see what you think. For more on weather modification, you can utilize noaa.gov [https://www.noaa.gov/]. You can also connect with the State Climate Office at climate.osu.edu [https://climate.osu.edu/].

Episode 178 – Farm Diversification with Specialty Crops

On today’s episode, Bruce and Josh talk with Dr. Logan Minter, Associate Professor in the OSU Department of Extension and associated faculty with the Department of Horticultural and Crop Sciences, statewide Field Specialist for Specialty Crops, and the Ohio Integrated Pest Management Program Coordinator. Dr. Minter discusses the opportunities farms may have in diversifying their portfolio with specialty crops and some considerations before implementing specialty crops. He also discusses the new research study publication, ePlus, which can be found here: https://go.osu.edu/eplusreports [https://go.osu.edu/eplusreports]