Both my wife and I have packed on several pounds since the beginning of quarantine. Do you have any tips on how to help us change out of our quarantine die
By Randall Reeder, P.E., Ohio State University Extension Agricultural Engineer (retired)
The virtual Ohio No-till field day held on April 7 is available now on our website: ohionotillcouncil.com. David Brandt hosted the virtual event, which wound up as a little over 2 hours, from the Brandt Farm in Fairfield County. The program begins with comments by Terry Cosby, Chief (Acting), NRCS-USDA.
For your information, another recent virtual program, the Conservation Tillage Conference, March 9-12, is available free at: ctc.osu.edu. It has 20 hours of information on managing crops, nutrients, and pesticides, plus improving soil health.
Economics of regenerative agriculture
By Matt Reese
The weather was just not cooperating for planting in 2020. It was time to start filming Season 4 of the reality show
Corn Warriors and Greene County farmer Cory Atley was preparing for potential failure on national television.
Corn Warriors airs on RFD TV and features six farmers from around the country trying to grow record-setting corn yields. Atley (nicknamed “Beast” on the show) farms more than 8,000 acres of leased and family ground and has won the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) yield contest for Ohio numerous times.
“I was nervous. I thought the first year being on
Corn Warriors was going to be a complete flop. The weather just did not work with us. We were wet early and we planted until June 15, which is not common for us. The biggest chunk of the corn acres went in the last week of May and beans were planted after that,” Atley said. “Then we turned hot and dry. We could not buy a rain. With the products and the hybrids we have
MILLERSBURG The workforce of Holmes County is paid comparably to other similar businesses throughout the state. And the good news is, those wages continue to trend upward.
Those are two of the findings from a 43-page Wage and Benefit Survey completed for the Holmes County Economic Development Council (HCEDC), according to Executive Director Mark Leininger.
Six job classifications were surveyed: production workers, transportation and material moving workers, business and financial operations personnel, office and administrative support staff, health care practitioners and food service/restaurant and lodging personnel.
The majority of the businesses that responded to the survey have been in operation more than 20 years and employ fewer than 50 people.