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By Ryan Martin, Ohio Ag Net Chief Meterologist November 28, 2024 -- Rain and wet snow will taper off and end by early to mid afternoon at the latest as our frontal boundary moves eastward. Colder air races in behind... https://lnkd.in/gYdRVSqi

Turkey tradition on the farm By Matt Reese The founders of Bowman & Landes started raising free range turkeys in 1948 near New Carlisle. While turkey production practices have changed dramatically in the subsequent four generations of the families on the farm, they still continue that initial tradition in the production of around 75,000 turkeys for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season. “We are a family farm two families of involved in a partnership starting with my grandfather Ken Bowman and his partner Dennis Landes. Currently we have the second, third and fourth generation family members involved and we specialize in raising free range turkeys, meaning they have access to pasture. They are raised with no antibiotics ever and fed a vegetarian diet with no animal byproducts in the feed,” said Drew Bowman, a third-generation owner on the farm. “When we started raising turkeys in the 1940s it was very commonplace for farmers to raise their turkeys in an outdoor environment with access to the fresh air and sunshine.… Continue reading https://lnkd.in/gAPSrK52

Talkin’ Turkey (and what they eat) with Drew Bowman of Bowman & Landes Turkeys Ohio’s Country Journal’s Matt Reese sits down for a pre-Thanksgiving chat with Drew Bowman of Bowman & Landes Turkeys. What goes into turkey production and how do soybeans play a role? Learn more in this video.… Continue reading https://lnkd.in/gYPGKnJH

Turkey tradition on the farm By Matt Reese The founders of Bowman & Landes started raising free range turkeys in 1948 near New Carlisle. While turkey production practices have changed dramatically in the subsequent four generations of the families on the farm, they still continue that initial tradition in the production of around 75,000 turkeys for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season. “We are a family farm two families of involved in a partnership starting with my grandfather Ken Bowman and his partner Dennis Landes. Currently we have the second, third and fourth generation family members involved and we specialize in raising free range turkeys, meaning they have access to pasture. They are raised with no antibiotics ever and fed a vegetarian diet with no animal byproducts in the feed,” said Drew Bowman, a third-generation owner on the farm. “When we started raising turkeys in the 1940s it was very commonplace for farmers to raise their turkeys in an outdoor environment with access to the fresh air and sunshine.… Continue reading https://lnkd.in/gX7DHVns

Consider your seed treatment options going into 2025 Ohio Ag Net’s Dale Minyo talks with Eric Ott of Valent about the protections their seed treatment regime has against the wide range of headwinds against today’s crops.… Continue reading https://lnkd.in/gB2gzqpf

Fundaments matter most By Guilherme Signorini, The Ohio State University Department of Horticulture and Crop Science The importance of fundamental analysis became clear in the past South American grain season. Around November 2023, the Brazilian and American agencies (CONAB and USDA, respectively) were overly optimistic with their projections for Brazil’s 2023/24 grain crops despite obvious evidence of weather challenges at planting. Those who followed our articles through the South American Crop Update knew that the official projections were not quite right for the reasons analyzed and reported here. While it was not surprising to us, the USDA saw Brazil’s realized soybean and corn production fall below their original predictions by about 10 and 7 million metric tons (MMTs), respectively. CONAB numbers were not much better, with a gap of 15 MMTs for soybeans and 4 MMTs for corn. Converting the USDA forecasted-minus-realized gap to usual measurement units, it is like getting the Brazilian soybean production wrong by 1.3 times the 2023 Ohio production.… Continue reading https://lnkd.in/gPipWr88

U.S. Soybeans in China and around the world (Part 1) By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Field Leader, a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and Soybean Check-off The U.S. Soybean Board (USB) represents the interests of soybean farmers from across he country, all over the world. Steve Reinhard, an Ohio farmer and current chairman of the USB recently traveled to China in support of these efforts. The Ohio Field Leader recently visited with Reinhard about this recent trip. OFL – You have been doing quite a bit of travelling in your term as chairman, but most recently you had a chance to go to China. Tell us about what that trip was for and who all was involved. Reinhard – We traveled to China to the Chinese International Import Exposition. It is a huge show designed for anybody that wants to import things into China. They will display what they have to offer. The USDA had a booth at the exhibit and then across the aisle from USDA the United States Soybean Export Council (USSEC) also had a display.… Continue reading https://lnkd.in/gpsBQ4xv

China may be preparing for a trade war By Jon Scheve, Superior Feed Ingredients, LLC Corn finished last week about 2 cents higher than the previous Friday. While the market was up week over week, Friday’s close was the lowest of all trading days last week. Beans challenged the lower end of their recent trading range last week, but still managed to bounce off the lows by the close on Friday. The carryout is large, and the export demand is questionable, yet beans continue to bounce off the lows. The question now is whether that can continue. China announced they would allow Brazilian sorghum into their country. This could become a problem for the U.S. farmer because China usually consumes nearly 90% of the world’s exportable sorghum, and the U.S. supplies over 50% of that. Currently, Brazil hardly exports any of its sorghum, despite producing 40% of what the U.S. produces. Last year, the U.S. managed to export 75% of its sorghum, with about 90% of it going to China.… Continue reading https://lnkd.in/gD9NRgAy

By Ryan Martin, Ohio Ag Net Chief Meterologist November 27, 2024 -- Moisture moves in late this afternoon and evening, and then continues through early afternoon tomorrow. Colder air is coming with this system, and while moisture starts as rain, we will likely see wet snowflakes in overnight and tomorrow morning... https://lnkd.in/g3ztF7r2

Dry conditions continue for some Ohio soils In the last Crop Progress report for 2024, winter preparations commenced as harvest season wrapped up, according to Ben Torrance, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. Topsoil moisture conditions were rated 35% short to very short for week ending on Nov. 24. The average temperature last week was 44.5 degrees, 4.2 degrees above normal. Weather stations recorded an average of 0.57 inches of precipitation last week, 0.01 inches above average. There were 3.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Nov. 24. Routine maintenance and winter preparation efforts were in full swing last week throughout much of the State. Winter wheat emergence progress neared completion. Unseasonably warm weather paired with recent timely rains supported winter wheat condition with 70% of the crop rated in good to excellent condition. Other activities last week included tillage, equipment maintenance, cabbage harvesting, winter preparations, and fertilizer applications. For more from this week’s report, click here.… Continue reading https://lnkd.in/g6P6qUYi