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  1. Severe Weather on the Farm

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/safety-thru%C2%A0-seasons-2024/severe-weather-farm

    agriculture, there are many structures that are easily damaged in tornados or straight-line winds.  Grain bins ... By Wayne Dellinger, OSUE ANR Educator, Union County Being aware of weather conditions is nothing ... new to farmers.  Weather is what dictates everything from when fieldwork can be done to how well crops ...

  2. Farm Solar Eclipse News Release

    https://shelby.osu.edu/news/farm-solar-eclipse-news-release

    increase of visitors to Ohio’s rural areas raises unique safety and legal concerns for farmers and farmland ... can be helpful, as we become desensitized to dangers that we see daily, and we tend to overlook them. ... and storage buildings, especially areas where pesticides are stored. Secure all ladders to grain bins ...

  3. Tips for Calibrating Grain Yield Monitors—Maximizing Value of Your Yield Data

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-8

    note, the Precision Planting Grain Property Kit can help adjust yield estimates for swings in test ... Extension Calibrating grain yield monitors at harvest can be confusing and time consuming for a combine ... increasing the risk of inaccurate yield readings. Look for any excessive wear on the grain elevator and ...

  4. Farmers’ Resilience, Need for Preparation Highlighted in Aftermath of Recent Tornado

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/farmers%E2%80%99-resilience-need-for-preparation-highlighted-in-aftermath-recent-tornado

    around building assets- like grain bins and barns- with materials that may better withstand extreme ... facilities, another set of tornadoes devastated areas in western Ohio on March 14. To help offer practical ... steps to mitigate the effects of such natural disasters, Ohio is promoting Severe Weather Awareness Week ...

  5. Preparing farms for the solar eclipse

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-07/preparing-farms-solar-eclipse

    8.  The potential increase of visitors to Ohio’s rural areas raises unique safety and legal concerns ... can take several steps to secure the property and prevent access. ACTIONS To TAKE: First, walk around ... uninvited guest on the farm.  This can be helpful, as we become desensitized to dangers that we see daily ...

  6. Solar Eclipse 2024

    https://farmoffice.osu.edu/solar-eclipse-2024

    Resource Law Program and OSU’s Ag Safety Team offer these five steps farmers and farmland owners can take: ... buildings, especially areas where pesticides are stored.  Secure all ladders to grain bins, silos, hay lofts, ... Second, there can be food safety concerns with preparing and selling certain types of foods, and a license ...

  7. Using Local Woodlot Lumber

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-9-03

    heavy, strong, uniform texture, grain can be interlocked, attractive quarter-sawn, wears well under water ... Traditionally—ox yokes Very tough, interlocked grained, without luster, poor durability (can be treated) Extra care ... between wood species can vary greatly due to the internal structure of each tree. These include size of ...

  8. Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2012

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEDE-11-12

    relationships between the parties or due to the fact that custom providers may see an increased probability of ... publications are available that may help in calculating your total costs of performing a given custom ... Small Grains / Acre $15.40 $19.80 $10.80 Planting Operations: No-Till Plant Corn 30” / Acre $16.60 ...

  9. March Is The Time To Prepare Crops- And Get In On Coyote Research

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/march-time-prepare-crops-and-get-coyote-research

    afternoon highs in the 60’s, robins searching for worms in the yard, and small grains and pastures starting ... making your spring nitrogen applications for small grains.  You should be assessing your current grow ... should be targeting.  The formula is: N rate = (1.33 X Yield Potential) – 13.  You can credit yourself ...

  10. Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2010

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEDE-11-10

    increased probability of eventually securing the custom farmed farmland in a cash rental or other rental ... party. Publications are available that may help in calculating your total costs of performing a given ... / Acre $10.10 $14.80 $19.45 Drill Small Grains / Acre $9.85 $14.80 $19.75 No-Till Plant Corn 30” / Acre ...

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