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ANIMALS NOT JUST FOOD Humane Society hopes to bring consumer’s attention to humane care for livestock

By MARK FAHEY mfahey@civitasmedia.com

People seldom go into grocery stores in Washington Court House looking for meat from farms with humane animal treatment.

The shrink-wrapped stacks of beef, chicken and pork come from the major sellers, Cargill and National Beef Packing Co., and there hasn’t been much demand voiced for anything else, said Kroger Assistant Head Meat Cutter Randy Monroe, who has worked at the location for 24 years.

But a new group of Ohio farmers assembled by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is hoping to bring consumers

closer to the people that raise their cattle, pigs, chickens and sheep, and to promote farming practices that lead to better treatment of livestock.

The new Ohio Agricultural Council of the HSUS, announced at the HSUS Humane Lobby Day on April 24, is one of only three such groups in the nation, following successful efforts in Nebraska and Colorado. The councils are charged with highlighting farmers who use humane animal management, helping consumers connect with those farmers and encouraging other operations to transition to more humane practices.

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large crowd of people gathered on the farm of Richard Bissantz, off of state Route 125 between Bethel and Hamersville this past month to send off a long time farmer and supporter of the farming industry.

Bissantz officially retired from farming on April 13, holding a large scale auction with the help of Hess Auctioneers to sell off all of the equipment he had amassed from a lifetime spent farming.

Bissantz said he was just 10 years old when he first started farming. Bissantz’ grandfather, Henry Tucker, farmed the same location for many years.

Bissantz said he first got started in the business when his grandfather suffered a heart attack. He started farming a small amount of tobacco at that time to help out “My grandfather had a heart attack, and I just started raising tobacco on his farm to help out,” Bissantz said. “I raised tobacco on his farm for a few years.”

Richard Bissantz (green hat, center) joins the crowd and watches the auction proceedings on April 13.

A few years later, Bissantz said his grandfather retired from farming entirely. Bissantz’ father, Henry Bissantz, continued to do limiting farming during that time. Bissantz said he took advantage of the farmland as well, and raised tobacco for his local 4-H group. After Bissantz

graduated from high school, he officially went into partnership with his father. Together, they started to increase the farming business.

“We started getting back into it again when I graduated in 1964, and we bought the farm that year,” Bissantz said. “We started

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Farmers and the immigration bill of Southwest Ohio May 2013 Publisher — Pamela Stricker Editor — Gary Brock Layout — Jayla Wallingford

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f the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill is approved by Congress, what affect will it have on Ohio farmers?

Now first, let’s be clear about this. I have no idea if this legislation is ever going to be approved by the Senate and House. So any impact it might or might not have on the farmers in the Buckeye State is pure speculation.

However… there are a few things farmers and those whose business depends on farmers need to know.

This new immigration reform bill has a host of supporters, and some of them are a surprise. According the Ohio Farm Bureau, one of the supporters of the new bill is the Agricultural Workforce Coalition, of which the OFB is a part.

The new bill with all its parts was introduced in April, and the Agricultural Workforce Coalition announced that the bill “represents an improvement over the current system and deserves support.”

According to the OFB, the agricultural portion of the legislation includes two critical principles.

The first is the creation of a ‘Blue

Gary Brock is Editor-In-Chief of Acres

Card’ program for experienced farm workers. Under the ‘Blue Card’ program, experienced agricultural workers can obtain legal status by satisfying criteria such as passing a background check, paying a fine and proving that applicable taxes have been paid. Blue Card workers would be required to continue to work in agriculture before having the opportunity to qualify for a green card.

The second title of the bill establishes an agricultural worker program for future guest workers. The bill creates a new agricultural worker visa program that allows agricultural employers to hire guest workers either under contract or at-will. Visa holders will be able to work in the country under a three-year visa and work for any designated agricultural employer. The program will be ad-

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ministered by the USDA. I am not sure if most Ohio farmers are aware that these provisions are in the bill, and even once they know this, if they would support the creation of this “Blue Card” program for immigrant farm workers and the creation of a USDA-administered farm worker visa program.

But, with the support of farm organizations behind it such as the OFB, that means that Ohio legislators will be more likely to vote in favor of the bill. In other words: If my constituents are in favor of it, I am in favor of it too, and will vote accordingly.

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Day camps for kids focus on farm safety COLUMBUS – Schoolaged kids across Ohio will have the opportunity to take part in a series of day camps sponsored by Ohio State University Extension this spring and summer focused on how to stay safe on the farm.

Farm Safety Round-Up Day Camps are designed to offer youth real-world experience and emphasize farm safety with a goal of teaching kids how to avoid injury, said Kathy Mann, an OSU Extension program coordinator in agricultural safety and health.

OSU Extension is the outreach arm of Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

The day camps seek to educate kids about the possible hazards they might encounter on the farm, whether they live on the farm or just visit one, Mann said.

“Farm safety is important year-round, but spring kicks off the Ohio Farm Safety Round-Up Day Camp season,” she said.

“Each year, the camps help some 1,000 youths statewide learn how to protect themselves and their family members from dangerous situations that can occur on or near farms.”

Some of the issues the day camps will examine include: all-terrain vehicle (ATV) safety; how quick equipment moves compared to how fast a human can react; working safely

around livestock; and important safety rules for the farm, Mann said.

The day camps are free, with some being open to the public while others are offered to school districts for class field trips, she said.

The camps are as follows: Auglaize County: May 18 at the Four Seasons Recreation Complex and Park. The camp is open to school groups only. Contact Don or Lois Baumer, Farm Bureau volunteers, at 419-628-3420.

Wood County: May 27 at the Agriculture Incubator Foundation. The camp is open to school groups only. Contact David Little, camp coordinator, at 419833-3611.

Wayne County: June 8 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds. This camp is open to 4-H Cloverbuds in Wayne County, ages 5-10.

Contact Mel Rehm, Wayne County 4-H program assistant, at 330-264-8722.

Ross County: July 2 from 9 a.m. to noon at Hirsch’s Fruit Farm in Chillicothe. The camp is open to the community, with ages to be determined. Contact Mary Fleming at 740-272-6313 for more information.

Monroe County: Date to be determined. The camp will be open to school groups only. Contact Bruce Zimmer, OSU Extension educator, at 740-472-0810 for more information.

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FIGHTING HUNGER WITH HEALTHY FOOD OSU Extension project focused on creating healthy communities Remley talked with ACRES of Southwest Ohio just hours after the team held their first meeting by phone.

He said the new program will be looking at specific Ohio counties for the assistance, but would not say yet what counties will be in the program.

“We have not approached any Ohio counties yet.” He said that southern and eastern Ohio rural counties would be the most likely areas. He also said the targeted counties should have a “strong (OSU) Extension presence.” The communities involved in the project will be contacted by the summer of 2014.

“We want to pull together ‘stake holders’ in each of these rural communities that are concerned about the availability of food,” he said. “The idea is to share resources, to work toward the common goal of reducing food insecurity in rural communities.” He said that the stake holders would develop “food policy councils” within the

By GARY BROCK gbrock@civitasmedia.com

COLUMBUS —Dan Remley wants nutritious, healthy food available to all Ohioans no matter where they live or how far they are from a grocery store.

Remley, field specialist in food, nutrition and wellness at Ohio State University Extension, now has the means to achieve that goal.

Ohio State University Extension is taking part in a five-year, $4 million grant to help isolated communities increase availability of nutritious foods. The announcement of the grant which involves seven states was made last month, and Remley is the OSU representative on the team planning the multistate project.

Late in April the team met via conference call to map out a strategy of how to get isolated communities closer to the food they need.

“We’re focusing on areas defined as ‘rural food deserts’ as defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture,” said Remley.

“These are low-income census tracts where a substantial number or share of people are far from supermarkets, generally in the southern and eastern parts of the state.”

The project, called “Voices for Food,” is being led by South Dakota State University and also includes land-grant university researchers in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and Nebraska.

counties to address hunger issues.

The team is testing the theory that communities with local food policy councils will have better food security — or less of a hunger problem — than those that don’t, Remley said. Improving food pantries is one of the project’s main goals.

Extension educators will work with established food policy councils or help communities form them. Ideally, food policy councils have a broad range of stakeholders on board, including people who experience food insecurity and those who can provide food or equipment that pantries need, Remley said.

“Emergency food pantries and kitchens were originally designed for short-term food relief, but we’re seeing a lot of people becoming dependent on pantries for their weekly or monthly food needs,” Remley said. “Unfortunately, a lot of pantries don’t offer the healthiest choices.

“We’re trying to address that through the food policy councils.”

A key component of the project is to encourage food pantries to adopt a “guided client choice” model, in which clients can choose foods from different food groups available at the pantry instead of being offered pre-packaged selections.

The project will also develop nutrition education resources to be used in food pantries.

“To develop choice food pantries, you need to involve clients, food pantry directors, and organizations that secure donations such as schools and churches,” Remley said. “They need to procure not just canned

goods but focus on healthier choices.”

It’s also important to form linkages between pantries and local farms and gardens to supply fresh foods, he said.

“For example, one of the biggest challenges for pantries is to get a variety of foods in the dairy group,” Remley said. “A lot of times, they just have dry milk. With more partners helping, fresh milk and other dairy options can become available.”

Remley has long experience with the choice food pantry model, helping create such a pantry when he was the family and consumer sciences educator for OSU Extension in Butler County. By working on this project, he said he hopes to find ways to improve the model.

“Grocery stores often put the most profitable or the most expensive items at eye-level as a subtle way to encourage consumers to purchase them. In the food pantry environment, we want to make changes so the easiest choice is the healthiest choice.

“Combine that with nutrition education, and everyone wins.”

(Gary Brock is Editor of ACRES of Southwest Ohio. OSU Extension contributed to this story.)

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He said farmers here in Like other legumes, its Ohio could provide the root nodules contain bactepellet/wafer alfalfa for 4A May 2013 ria, with the ability to soil China.

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County), Townsend Maxwell, a fourth gensitive to salt levels in both So, for the uninitiated (Ashtabula County), Bruce eration hog farmer from the soil and irrigation just what is alfalfa?

Missouri, said that the three Rickard (Knox County), water, although it continAlfalfa is a flowering Joe Logan (Trumbull state agriculture councils, grown in theTayarid ues to be and plant widely grown County), Warren created in October 2011, southwestern United throughout the world as April 2012, and April 2013, lor (Meigs County), each States,for where forage for cattle, and is work farmssalinity that useis an will use suggestions from emerging issue.

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But growing it is just half the job. The most important part is the actual processing of the alfalfa.

The main job of a processing plant is to dehydrate, choose humane treatment. the alfalfa. Once or dry, Mike Bumgarner, vice dried, it can president for be theturned Ohio into wafers Center or powder pellets, Bureau’s for Farm and then shipped.

Food and Animal Issues, is “A community could set concerned that the new a facility a processing up council doesn’t accurately plant - to Ohio’s dehydrate the alrepresent wider process it, then falfa, farming community. ship it.”“Our disappointment Ohio withHowever, what we before saw with the searching farmersisstarts council it doesn’t seemfor anbe entrepreneur to bankroll to very inclusive,” said processing plant, they at Bumgarner. “We commend need on to be a few them theaware effort,ofbut additional facts: in the dilast there is no broad-scale of the 20th century, decade versity within their producmorepractices. than 200Ifsuch protion we’re plants closed cessing going to address issuestheir doors, our according inforwithin farmingtocommation from several munity we’ll need to alfalfa have across the associations all groups represented.”

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Ohio’s 250,000 4-H members are advised by nearly 22,000 adult volunteers, most of whom work with members through the state’s 4,547 4-H clubs.

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about the subject, but that there are differences of opinion about what constitutes humane treatment.

“There may be a few isolated cases and maybe some abuse,” he said. “But for most farmers, their income comes from these animals and they take good care of them. The agenda of some of the Humane Society is just trying to eliminate a lot of animal agriculture period. I think people are going hungry now and everybody can’t be a vegetarian. Animal protein is a necessary item, too.”

Mardy Townsend, a founding council member who runs a 125-head grassfed cattle farm in northeast Ohio, said that the idea that the HSUS is a vegetarian organization like some other groups is a misconception.

“The Humane Society of the United States is an animal welfare group, not an animal rights group, and that’s a very important distinction,” Townsend said. “I can guarantee, knowing a lot of HSUS members, that they’re not all vegetarians.”

Townsend said the HSUS encourages people to reduce their meat consumption because the organization is concerned about living in a world with finite resources.

“Not everybody in the world can consume the amount of meat that we do in this country. There is no way to produce that amount of meant and you can produce more vegetables or more grain on the same piece of ground,” she said. “That’s what’s behind their thinking that we should not be consuming the amount that we do right now.”

The main goal of the new council, Townsend said, is not to criticize the

May 2013 Care Standards Board or Ohio’s farmers, but to connect the state’s 480,000 HSUS members with producers employing a certain type of agricultural practices. Despite his misgivings, Bumgarner said the Farm Bureau approves of the council’s effort to make it easier for consumers to understand where their food originates.

“Any time there’s questions about food and where it’s coming from, we’re open to dialogue,” he said.

“I think consumers do want to know where their food comes from and I think consumers should have choices. Any time you try to connect consumers with where their food comes from, that’s a good thing.”

The council is planning on looking at existing systems for connecting consumers with farmers with good practices and will adopt a system that works well in Ohio. The system would help Ohio’s farmers take advantage of the state’s better animal welfare practices, said Maxwell.

Dr. Lee Schrader, a local veterinarian who serves as the executive director of the Fayette County Humane Society, said she thinks that Americans will be willing to pay more for animals that are humanely raised if they are given the option.

“I’m hoping that other farmers will be motivated when they see consumers responding positively to these animal raising practices and that they will also be motivated to change,” she said.

Right now, there is no good way for a consumer to go to the grocery store and know whether he or she is buying meat that has come from a humane source, said Daniel Hauff, an animal rights activist who has worked for Mercy for Animals and PETA. Maxwell agreed with Hauff

Dr. Lee Schrader, a local veterinarian who serves as the executive director of the Fayette County Humane Society, said she thinks that Americans will be willing to pay more for animals that are humanely raised if they are given the option.

that the majority of animals products currently come from factory farm models.

The HSUS associates the rise of factory farming with increased abuse and the decline of the family farm. According to the organization, an increase in industrial animal production over recent decades corresponded with the loss of 95 percent of the nation’s egg farmers, 90 percent of its pig farmers, and 40 percent of its cattle farmers. In Fayette County, the total number of farms fell from 1,120 in 1970 to only 600 in 2008, even as the average size of each farm grew from 231 acres to 370 acres, according to data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

“At some point operations get so large and they

lose the simple focus on the animal,” said Maxwell. “I like to reinforce on my farm that I’m a pig producer, not a pork producer.”

Maxwell said that although larger corporatecontrolled farms may find it more difficult to make humane decisions, it is possible for all farming operations to transition to more humane methods.

Townsend said she would certainly be open to bringing some larger producers onto the council and is especially seeking hog and poultry farmers to join.

“There are good animal practices for all species, and for someone to be on the council they would need to be willing to abide by those standards,” Townsend said. “Size is not the issue as much as the actual practices.”

For grass-fed beef producers like Townsend, she said the operation didn’t require very many changes to be in line with what the HSUS recommends, and the council’s efforts to connect producers with enthusiastic consumers may bring better prices for those products and help motivate other farmers to make the switch.

“If other producers want to join with us, that’s great.

If not, the free market rules,” she said. “All farmers need to make tough decisions about their production methods, no matter what animal you’re raising, and it’s always hard to change your production methods.”

Schrader is optimistic about how the council could transform animal agriculture in the state.

“I’m hoping that this board will help to highlight the good practices of the members of the council and will allow us to see that there is another way of raising animals,” said Schrader. “As a civilized society, it’s our moral obligation to prevent unnecessary suffering. I would love to see a basic change in the way that farm animals are raised.”

Animal Scientist Dr. Francis Fluharty of Ohio State University strongly disagreed with the premise that large-scale or industrialized operations lead to animal abuse. In fact, he said, large-scale feedlots often have excellent animal welfare practices because they are under scrutiny and often have veterinarians and nutritionists on staff to tend to animal health.

“I get very concerned when divisiveness starts in agriculture, where one type of production makes it seem as if another type of production is less ethical, less humane or less safe,” he said.

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A consumer’s decision to buy certain meat products is a personal decision influenced in part by brand marketing, and not an ethical issue, he said.

“There are a variety of consumers who want to buy things for a variety of reasons,” Fluharty said.

“But it concerns me when we scare consumers and we publish things that make them think that one type of product is superior to another, especially superior on some moral ground, which I do not believe.”

Fluharty said that smaller producers use land less efficiently and small processors often have to charge more to take advantage of every part of an animal. He said the country would not be able to feed its growing population if all producers used the less technologically-advanced methods of the past, and food would become a must larger portion of our disposable income.

“I understand the desire of people for nostalgia that’s one of the reasons for the growth of farmers markets and alternative production - but that’s a personal choice for everyone,” he said. “We better be careful who we’re pointing fingers at, because a lot of times what we think doesn’t follow the science or the logic of animal health.”

(Mark Fahey is a staff writer for The Record-Herald in Washington Court House.)

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beans,” Bissantz said. “My dad had a stroke in the 1980s, and I pretty well took over from then on out. I went up between 850 and a 1,000 acres.”

While Bissantz said he occasionally delivered corn to Georgetown, the majority of his produce was shipped to Cargills, in Cincinnati. Bissantz said he handled delivery himself, and had a truck on the farm to haul corn and soybeans to the city.

Unfortunately, Bissantz said he realized he is unable to continue farming, citing health as his main reason.

“I had a total hip replacement a number of years back,” Bissantz said.

“The hip healed back alright, but my leg never came back exactly, and I never was able to go up a high step. I still can’t.”

“That’s the way things ended up, and I decided that I should maybe get out of farming,” Bissantz said.

To those considering getting into the industry, Bissantz said it can be very rewarding, but very stressful as well.

“You get a lot of stress on the farm, you never know what the weather is going to do,” Bissantz said.

“When you have some bad years in there you need to make up for them on the good years. You keep hoping next year’s going to be better, but all you really know is that next year is going to be different.”

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thing to remember is to start off small, Bissantz said.

“You can’t start off big right off, I can tell you that,” Bissantz said. “That big tractor, 9220 I had, I said that started out as a little tractor cub cadet that we plowed tobacco with.

Over the years we kept trading up until we got to that. You can’t start out big, especially not in the past couple of years when prices jumped up.”

A large crowd of farmers attended the auction, organized by Hess Auctioneers. During the auction, Bissantz sold off the majority of his farm equipment, including 36 pieces of machinery and numerous smaller items. The auction was also filmed by “Machinery Pete,” who attends many local auctions.

Bissantz said he believes the footage from his auction will be aired on television sometime this fall.

“He called out there a week before the sale and said he was looking on the internet for something like that and wanted to come in to film it,” Bissantz said.

“They’re going to put it on RFD TV in the fall, one of the premiere programs. It’s a new program they’re starting out this fall, I guess. He goes out to all these auctions all over the United States.”

Bissantz said he has no plans for his retirement.

He is confident, however, that he will still have plenty of opportunities to farm should he ever get the urge to get back on a tractor again.

“You keep hoping next year’s going to be better, but all you really know is that next year is going to be different.”

— Richard Bissantz

A large crowd of bargain seekers gather at the farm of Richard Bissantz during an auction on April 13.

“I’m thinking of being a full time retiree, take it easy from here on,” Bissantz said. “My sister and mother-in-law were saying in six months I’ll want to go back to the farm, but I said no, not really, I’ve already got that covered.

Three people have offered me, if I want to sit on a tractor, they said they’ll sit me on a tractor. If I want to be on a combine one year, they said they’ll put me on a combine.”

Bissantz said he will continue to live on the farm. The 1,000 acres have already been contracted out to another individual, who will continue to farm the land. Bissantz said he is glad he’ll have the opportunity to continue to watch the crops grow each year.

(Bryan Peck is the editor of the News Democrat and Ripley Bee in Georgetown.)

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By ANDREA L. CHAFFIN achaffin@civitasmedia.com

The landscape at Wilmington College is changing.

A modern, multi-million dollar addition to Kettering Hall will be constructed at the campus, WC officials announced in April.

In order to finance the addition, the college has secured a loan for $19.7 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development.

Kettering Hall, which was built in 1960, houses the college’s agriculture and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs. WC is one of just two institutions in the state which offer a degree in agriculture, with the other being The Ohio State University.

Tammye Treviño, administrator for housing and community facilities programs with the USDA, traveled from Washington D.C. for the announcement. She spoke about the importance of investing in rural America.

“If rural America is to continue to be the source

of food for the rest of America, and for larger portions of the world, and if we are to continue to invest in our country’s energy source and energy needs, then there is a natural investment in those projects that enhance opportunities, especially opportunities that are afforded by state-of-the art facilities in education in rural America,” she said. “And, as education is a critical component of world prosperity, the USDA’s partnership with you today signifies our faith in you and in rural America.”

As part of the project, about $2.2 million is expected to be infused into the local economy via construction. The college also expects to increase enrollments and new faculty hires.

“This is especially good news for Clinton County - the synergy here among the members of the community is impressive,” Treviño continued, referencing the economy.

“This is the genuine phoenix rising from the ashes kind of story. When you consider the focus of the 2009 episode of ‘60 minutes’ called ‘Eco-

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Officials gather around an artist’s rendering of the new addition to Kettering Hall, which will be financed with a USDA loan, Wilmington College announced Thursday. From left, Anthony Logan, USDA Rural Development state director; Tammye Treviño, USDA administrator for housing and community facilities; Jim Reynolds, WC president; and Ashley Kelly, USDA community programs specialist.

nomic Storm Batters Ohio Town,’ we think ‘60 Minutes’ needs to come back here now and do another story now.”

Kettering Hall, with its lack of air conditioning and asbestos-laden floor tiles, has not been improved since its construction, officials noted. As part of the project, the original part of the

34,000-square-foot building will be renovated, which includes the installation of LEED-certified efficiencies like a reflective roof.

The new, two-story, 15,000 square-foot addition will boast more classrooms and laboratories and will be built into one of the college’s grassy areas. It will be designed to blend in with the architectural design of the original part of Kettering Hall as well as the neighboring Boyd Auditorium for Performing Arts.

At completion, the building will be ADAcompliant and include a food production kitchen and meeting space designed to be shared with the Wilmington Community at large.

About one-third of the total USDA loan, $6.5 An artist’s rendering of the new addition of Kettering Hall on the campus of Wilmington million, will be used to refinance the college’s College.

capital debt. The USDA loan has an interest rate of 3.125 percent, said Randall Sarvis, WC director of public relations. Officials declined to comment on the current interest rate the college is paying for its capital debt.

“The USDA rate of 3.125 percent is significantly more favorable than our current rate,” stated Jim Reynolds, WC president.

The rest of the loan will be used to construct the $12 to $13 million facility.

Reynolds said the project has been in progress for “a long time.”

“I’m standing up here today with goosebumps,” he told the crowd. “The reason for that is I’m looking at a bunch of students and some of our alumni and I think about our traditions and some of the things we will do in

the future because of what we can accomplish by starting this project and building this building.”

The college’s ag program is one of its most popular majors, with enrollment nearing a 55 percent increase in year-over-year throughout the past four years. With society growing and changing, now is the time to invest in agriculture education, said Dr. Monte Anderson, WC agriculture program director.

“The reality is we as a society are going to be feeding a lot more mouths in the next 20, 30 or 40 years and we have to have the technology in place to sustain our resources to feed the demands of our growing world,” he said.

“We’re an integrated, not an applied, science. Without agriculture, it’s a different world.”

Groundbreaking on the addition is expected to begin before the end of the calendar year and officials hope to have the construction finished by spring of 2015, Sarvis said.

Referencing the college’s motto, “Not by a leap but by many steps,” Wilmington Mayor Randy Riley said this agreement is not the first private/public effort with the college.

“We have taken a lot of steps together and we’ve been smacked in the head a lot and,” Riley said with a laugh. “Tammye is right when she talks about ‘60 Minutes’ coming back.

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GETTING THOSE SEEDS IN THE GROUND … NOW Some tips on early planting for 2013 corn growing season ple, wet weather conditions caused planting delays for many growers in 2011, but many were still able to produce good and, in some cases, better crops.

And for some growers who planted early in 2012, their crops were at critical development stages when drought conditions were at their most severe, with numerous 100 degree or higher days in early July when crops were pollinating and at their most sensitive point, Thomison said. That compares to growers who, because of planting delays, got their crops in later and had better crops.

“As a result, some growers may be a little gun shy at planting early this year or may be more careful and not plant as early as they typically would because of what happened the last two years,” he said. “It’s human nature to reflect on what’s transpired in the past couple of years versus the historical perspective because of concerns many may have that we’re experiencing more weather extremes.”

But the generic recommendations are that if growers have fields that have good soil conditions, are dry and suitable for planting, with warming temperatures over the next week to 10 days, it behooves them to start planting, Thomison said.

“Mistakes made during crop establishment are usually irreversible and can put a ceiling on a crop’s yield potential before the plants have even emerged,” he said. “Following these recommendations can help growers

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COLUMBUS – Growers who want to get their corn crop out to a good start this year should make sure they get it planted during the optimal corn planting time, which in some parts of Ohio typically starts as early this week, an Ohio State University Extension expert said.

Getting corn planted in southern Ohio between April 10 and May 10 and in northern Ohio between April 15 and May 10 — the optimal planting times for corn in Ohio — is just one of several key measures growers can take to better ensure they avoid irreversible mistakes that could result in lower yield potential, said Peter Thomison, an OSU Extension agronomist.

OSU Extension is the statewide outreach arm of Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

“We encourage planting at the recommended times because this is historically when you get the best yields,” Thomison said. “Planting later than these times historically has resulted in yield loss, in some cases a 30-bushelper-acre reduction in yield.

“Growers historically could see a loss of a bushel to a bushel and a half in yield loss for each late planted day.”

But some growers may be hesitant to plant early this year based on experiences many growers had with planting delays and drought the past two years, he said. For exam-

minimize their risk.”

In addition to planting at the proper time, Thomison said growers can minimize risk by: Performing tillage operations only when necessary and under the right soil conditions. It is important to avoid working with wet soil and to reduce secondary tillage passes which could cause shallow compaction and reduce crop yields. The best time of year for a deeper tillage is during the late summer and into fall on dry soil, and only when a compacted zone has been identified. Adjusting seeding depth according to soil conditions. Corn should be planted between 1.5 to 2 inches deep, which provides protection against frost and allows for adequate root development. Seed depth should be adjusted for weather and soil conditions. Adjusting seeding rates by field. For example, highyield potential sites with high soil-fertility levels and water-holding capacity can benefit from higher seeding rates, while lower seeding rates work better with droughty soils or in late-planted crops. Planting a mix of early-, midand full-season hybrids between fields, which reduces damage from diseases and environmental stress at different growths stages. Using this method also spreads out harvest time and workload. Planting full-season hybrids first, followed alternately with early-season and mid-season hybrids, which allows the late-season hybrids to get the most benefit from maximum heat unit accumulation, Thomison said.

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Dow AgroSciences will license Monsanto’s third generation corn rootworm technology, Corn Rootworm III, which is presently under development by Monsanto and offers a new mode of action for rootworm control.

The agreement paves the way for introduction (pending regulatory approvals) of next-generation products that build off the current SmartStax® platform, which includes Dow’s Herculex® and Monsanto’s insect resistance and herbicidetolerance traits. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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“This agreement takes the outstanding value offered by SmartStax technology to a new level, allowing growers increased flexibility with highly effective new modes of action for weed and insect management,” said Antonio Galindez, Dow AgroSciences president and CEO. “Adding advanced new traits to SmartStax – including our Enlist corn trait – delivers on our company’s business objective of providing better solutions for the growing world.”

“This agreement builds on the success we had with the original SmartStax agreement, showing that as both companies innovate, we’ll continue to bring the best products to farmers,” said Brett Begemann, Monsanto’s president and chief commercial officer. “We continue to look for additional modes of action that offer benefit to our farmer customers and complement our existing

offerings while ensuring the sustainability and durability of the Roundup Ready system. Dow’s Enlist trait is an excellent addition, specifically in its FOPs tolerance offering.

We’re also pleased this paves the way to make Monsanto’s Corn Rootworm III trait available in SmartStax in the future as well as in Dow’s corn products.”

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Workshop will tell growers the in and outs of the juicy red fruit PIKETON – Strawberry growers can learn about new production methods and techniques during an Ohio State University strawberry plasticulture workshop May 16 that can help them extend their growing season and boost on-farm profits.

The workshop will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Ohio State University South Centers in Piketon, 1864 Shyville Road. Registration is $5. The centers are part of Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES).

The workshop will feature Brad Bergefurd, a horticulturist with Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Re-

search and Development Center (OARDC). Bergefurd will discuss the plasticulture production method, in which strawberries are planted in September and grow over the winter using plastic to keep the soil warm and suppress weed growth, which results in larger, sweeter berries during an earlier growing period, he said.

OSU Extension and OARDC are CFAES’s outreach and research arms, respectively.

Thanks to the relatively new production method, Ohio consumers now can have access to locally grown strawberries as early as the first week of May and as late as October, according to the

results of an ongoing OSU Extension research trial conducted by Bergefurd.

“The crops look good so far, and we expect about 50 to 100 people to be able to come out and learn in the classroom before heading out into our field trials to gain hands-on learning and instruction,” he said.

The OSU Extension plasticulture trial includes about a half-acre of strawberry plants at the OSU South Centers and about 100 acres total on at least 25 farms statewide this season. The trial includes evaluating new strawberry varieties, with new selections being tested from Florida, California, Cornell University and North Carolina, Bergefurd said.

In addition to touring the plasticulture trials, participants will also learn about: Variety evaluations, including day-neutral (summerbearing) strawberries. The use of white and black plastic mulch to modify soil temperature. Winter row cover management study results for freeze and frost protection. Drip irrigation.

Fertigation management, with row covers, bed shaping, plastic laying and transplanting equipment on display.

Registration includes the program, handouts and refreshments. Contact Charissa McGlothin at 740289-2071, ext. 132, to register. The deadline to register is May 14.

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COLUMBUS — The professional Master in Plant Health Management (MPHM) degree, developed by Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), has become the first graduate program at the university to achieve affiliation in the National Professional Science Master’s Association.

The first of its kind at Ohio State, the degree is a joint effort of the departments of plant pathology and entomology whose aim is to provide hands-on training that includes both technical and professional aspects of plant health management, as the need for qualified individuals in the field increases.

The demand is huge and growing for students and people trained in plant health management because of the increasing demand for global food production, said Anne Dorrance, a professor of plant pathology and cochair of MPHM. “By 2050, there will be nine billion people on the planet that we’re going to have to feed, which means we’re going to have to double and triple the amount of food production on the same number of acres,” she said. “We’re going to need all the tools in the toolbox and the people skilled in the plant management industry to meet this demand without ruining the planet in the process.”

The MPHM is designed for individuals who are going into the industry rather than pursuing those who want to pursue a research path, said Jeff Hattey, assistant dean for academic programs in the

college.

“This program focuses on preparing folks for the professional world, combining science, business and technology skills,” Hattey said. “When we look at what’s going on in the marketplace, companies need highly skilled workers who can stay abreast of technological requirements and changes coming down the pike, but who are versed enough in the sciences to understand those changes.”

Combining classroom and e-learning delivery, the program is geared toward recent graduates and working professionals such as Extension educators, agriculture educators, crop advisers, turf/landscape managers and natural resource managers, as well as professionals in business and law who wish to specialize in regulatory, environmental or intellectual property issues.

Full-time students can complete the degree in 11.5 years, but the program is designed to be pursued part-time and may be completed in 2-3 years.

Multidisciplinary in nature, the program’s curriculum includes courses from six different Ohio State departments, combining life sciences with business, education and communication courses.

“The courses that students enrolled in the MPHM degree will be taking are not different from those taken by other graduate students,” Dorrance said. “They are taught by our world-class faculty, not by graduate students.

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As corn planting season comes to an end for local farmers, soybean planting is quickly becoming the priority. Similar to factors that help determine how much acreage to corn will be planted, the decision on acreage to beans is decided largely on the farmers’ particular rotation; Tom Smith, a Logan County farmer explained that his rotation includes soybeans, wheat and hay.

John Smith, Auglaize County Ohio State Extension officer explained the rotation as well.

“A lot of times farmers will base their acreage to soybean decision on the amount of corn that was planted previously; they also often alternate the planting schedule every other year.”

A lot of farmers use notill when planting soybeans and Tom Smith explains what the preparations for soybean planting look like for his farm.

“Because we are no-till the only preparation we really do is to spray burndown to take care of weeds; part of the spray is residual to take care of weeds until they reach canopy,” Tom Smith said.

John Smith further explained what goes into the no-till planting process.

“Farmers that are no till will often go back into the old corn crop and plant the soybeans,” he said.

“Farmers typically plant 170 to 170,000 soybean seeds per acre, according to an Ohio State University study, and most will plant those in 7- to 8-inch rows,” John Smith said of the planting process.

There aren’t as many risks with planting soybeans too early as the Ohio weather is usually warmer around soybean planting time, but Tom Smith explained the few risks involved.

“My brother sows the soybeans around the twentieth of April; we usually wait until that date because if we plant too soon and the temperature of the ground gets too cool or too wet, we will lose a percentage of our stand,” Smith said.

“The ideal ground temperature for soybean planting is between 50 and 60 degrees and it is helpful if we can receive several sunny days with temperatures up into the seventies. What you do want to stay away from, however, is damp ground.”

Tom Smith explained that the range of yields for

soybeans depends on the year, but are typically between 35-70 and the average is about 55.

While most say that soy ranks behind corn as far as income, Tom Smith believes soybeans to be just as important as corn.

“I find that soybeans and corn are equally important in West Central Ohio because due to the fact that it is part of a rotation and, for our planting cycle, is a part of the wheat cycles, it adds nitrogen to the soil for growing crop,” Tom Smith explained.

John Smith seconds Tom’s statement.

“Soybeans are the No. 1 money producer in Auglaize County and corn is No. 2; this may not be true in every county or in all of Ohio, but it would be accurate for counties with heavy livestock,” he said.

(Stephani Duff writes for the Troy Daily News.)

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NEW FOOD FIGHTS ILLNESS? OSU scientist looks to create food that will battle, prevent diseases

BY MARTHA FILIPIC OSU Extension

COLUMBUS — Just about everyone agrees that food and health are inextricably linked.

But Yael Vodovotz goes well beyond that standard: the Ohio State University food scientist focuses on creating new functional foods that potentially could prevent and treat chronic disease without demanding that consumers make major changes to their diet.

Among the products under development: Soybased bread that contains enough soy to approach what’s typical in the soyrich Asian diet. Soy-based soft pretzels with a low glycemic index to fight diabetes and weight gain.

Black raspberry confections and nectar packed with polyphenols to battle prostate and oral cancer.

The idea is to formulate foods with specific health benefits that can be easily incorporated into the typical American diet, said Vodovotz, a professor of food science and technology and scientist with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, the research arm of Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

“Yes, people could eat more soy now. But how many people would really eat tofu for an extended period of time? That’s what it would take to offer a preventive effect.

“What we try to formulate are things that you normally would eat anyway. It would be a no-brainer that instead of buying your standard everyday bread, you buy a soy-based bread.

That way, with no change in your habits, you’ll be getting the benefit. We

OSU food scientist Yael Vodovotz is working to produce new foods that potentially could prevent and treat diseases and illnesses.

want to offer alternatives that require no change in lifestyle, because for most people, changing your lifestyle is harder to do than anything else.”

Vodovotz arrived at Ohio State’s Department of Food Science and Technology in 2000 after working with NASA, developing novel foods for a manned mission to Mars. Her expertise lies in understanding the material properties of foods. By closely examining the physical and chemical properties, she helps unlock the mysteries of how certain components contribute health benefits, and how they act within the product itself — affecting a product’s flavor, quality, stability and safety.

“If you change the material, the properties of all these components can change,” Vodovotz said.

“Understanding that is critical. Everything depends on these properties.”

With collaborators across the college and university as well as a halfdozen graduate students

and post-doctoral researchers, Vodovotz works simultaneously on a multitude of projects. A few of them include: SOY BREAD Vodovotz first began working on a soy-based bread while with NASA. In her time at Ohio State, she and her team have done some fine-tuning to create a product that tastes good and has enough soy to carry the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s “heart-healthy” food claim.

The bread’s commercialization is under development, Vodovotz said, but in the meantime, she has worked with Dr. Steve Clinton, a medical oncologist with The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, and Steve Schwartz, Ohio State’s Carl. E. Haas Endowed Chair in Food Industries, to conduct clinical trials to examine the product’s benefits against prostate cancer.

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They have even tested new formulations — one with almond powder as an ingredient, and a sourdough version — and have found that they make the beneficial isoflavones from soy more easily absorbed by the body and may offer benefits for men diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Next on tap: combining the soy bread with vitamin D and assessing its health benefits in a human clinical trial.

SOY-BASED SOFT PRETZELS In a project similar to the soy bread work, Vodovotz developed a soybased soft pretzel, which doesn’t cause blood sugar to spike.

Pretzels and snack foods available at movie theaters, ball parks and other venues often have a high glycemic index, which means they cause blood sugars to spike suddenly. Choosing foods with a low glycemic index is en-

What’s invading us this year?

Workshop looks at 2013 ‘invasive species’ coming to a farm or garden near us COLUMBUS — Professionals who manage parks, farms, trees, wildlife, landscape plants and more can get a detailed look at Ohio’s invasive species — both what has arrived and what may be coming — at a workshop May 17.

Called “Ohio’s Nonnative Invasives,” the event goes from 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Founder’s Auditorium in Ovalwood Hall on Ohio State University’s Mansfield campus, 1760 University Drive.

The program features 14 sessions on topics such as feral pigs; emerald ash borer; Asian longhorned beetle; white-nose syndrome in bats; new Asian carp species, especially the silver carp and the bighead carp; and new threats to hemlocks, walnuts and viburnums.

Mississippi State University forester Andy Londo will give the keynote talk on the fast-growing kudzu vine, which is now in Ohio.

The sessions will also cover identification, management, postinvasion woodland renovation, economic and ecological impacts, and how to involve stakeholders in fighting invasive species.

Invasive species are species that aren’t native to a place but have gotten there through human activity, either by accident or on purpose.

They escape, tend to spread fast, and can reduce or eliminate native species by eating, shading, crowding, damaging, infecting or outcompeting them.

The workshop’s sponsor is Ohio State University Extension’s Ohio Woodland Stewards Program. OSU Extension is the statewide outreach arm of Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

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“There are really no healthy snack alternatives in these venues available now,” Vodovotz said.

Now, in a new collaboration with Martha Belury, the Carol S. Kennedy Professor in the human nutrition program in the College of Education and Human Ecology, Vodovotz is developing a soy-based soft pretzel made with safflower oil, which Belury has previously shown can reduce fat in the midsection, reduce blood sugar and increase muscle tissue in women with controlled Type 2 diabetes.

“We’d like to get these pretzels to high school students as an alternative snack to what they’re eating now,” Vodovotz said.

“It could help prevent childhood obesity.”

BLACK RASPBERRY CONFECTIONS AND NECTAR Vodovotz has been working with a large multidisciplinary team for several years to study the anti-cancer properties in confections and nectar made from freeze-dried black raspberries. The products have a high concentration of polyphenols, a type of antioxidant found naturally in black raspberries.

Currently, the team is analyzing results of a clinical trial of prostate cancer patients. During the three to four weeks while the participants awaited surgery, they consumed differing amounts of the confections or the nectar.

Researchers are studying whether the compounds from the solid confection or the liquid nectar are better absorbed, and they’re

also studying other aspects of the participants’ diets — coffee, tea and chocolate consumption — to determine if antioxidant compounds in those foods affected the black raspberry absorption.

“Out of all this, we hope to find which diet is best, which dosage is best, and which form of delivery (nectar or confection) is best,” Vodovotz said.

“What we’re looking for, through blood work and post-surgery tissue samples, is a therapeutic effect” — that is, which method of introducing the compounds into the body has a stronger benefit.

In a related project, this one funded by the Pelotonia Research Award Program, Vodovotz and colleagues are examining the best method to deliver black raspberry compounds to fight oral cancer.

“We had formulated three different types of confections for this — a starch-based gummy, a pectin-based gummy and a hard candy. When tested in artificial saliva, the three matrices release the berry polyphenols very differently. It’s sort of like what you might see with medications — is it fast release or slow release and does it make a difference?”

For now, the three confections are being tested in healthy individuals. “We’re looking very simply at the metabolites to see how they are being absorbed in the mouth.”

Results from this study and others like it could pave the way to a clinical trial for oral cancer patients in the future, Vodovotz said.

That’s just a small taste of the projects on Vodovotz’s plate. Others include: In collaboration with Abbott, Vodovotz has begun looking at alternatives to foods that could combat malnutrition in Haiti. “We looked at what

the people are given now — a peanut-butter-based product — and I worked with Matt Kleinhenz (a researcher in Ohio State’s Department of Horticulture and Crop Science) on what they could grow in Haiti that we could add to the product or could use to develop something new.

What we’re looking at is the product development side of fighting malnutrition. We just had one year on this project — phase one — but hope we’re able to continue it in the future.” Working with Ohio State anthropologist Scott McGraw, Vodovotz is examining one of the primary constituents of the diet of sooty mangabeys — large monkeys that live in the Upper Guinea forests of West Africa. The nuts from the tree Sacoglottis gabonensis “are very, very hard to crack, like an unpopped popcorn seed or a cherry pit,” Vodovotz said. “But these monkeys will go out

of their way to find and eat them.” McGraw first approached Vodovotz to see if she had a method to test the hardness of the nuts, but the project grew from there.

“Since these nuts are hard to find and hard to crack, I suggested that there must be a reason why these monkeys seek out these nuts,” she said. And sure enough, by working with Esperanza Carcache de Blanco in medicinal chemistry in the College of Pharmacy, the team isolated a compound in the nuts that has an anti-diabetes effect.

Interestingly, Vodovotz said, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a colony of these monkeys — they are the monkeys that carry the AIDS virus but do not express it. They are fed a standard monkey chow — not the hard-to-gather nuts they eat in the wild — and they have a high incidence

of diabetes. The diabetes connection is still a hypothesis, Vodovotz said, but an intriguing one. “In the end, we might be able to extract these compounds and put them in a food product to fight diabetes in humans,” she said. In a project not related to food, Vodovotz is working Katrina Cornish, Endowed Chair in Bio-Based Emergent Materials, and Kurt Koelling, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, in studying the properties of bioplastics made from invasive grasses found around Lake Erie. “We’re blending her material with a material from microorganisms to see if it can improve the properties for packaging,” Vodovotz said. Vodovotz also is assisting on the “Buckeye Gold” project, examining the properties of Russian dandelion, which shows promise as a source of natural rubber.

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Vodovotz’s lab is helping analyze the physical and chemical properties of the material. “It’s a very strong collaboration,” she said.

The project is a good example of taking a multidisciplinary approach to basic research on a cellular level, applying it to practical uses, and getting a product into the marketplace. It’s what Vodovotz loves about her job.

“I have a great time with my collaborators,” Vodovotz said. “It’s fascinating. It’s very neat seeing a project from their side, and they find it very interesting to see it from the way we approach it. Research-wise, we never fail to have enough ideas.”

For information on more projects Vodovotz is working on, see her research website at http://fst.osu.edu/vodovotz/ research.html.

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The Amish Cook e are having cold, rainy weather again. Monday was nice and sunny so we could get the laundry all dried.

We are out of coal so hopefully it won’t get too cold yet. It looks like it will be a late spring. So different from the early spring we had last year.

The rivers are overflowing.

There are even a few snow flurries mixed in with the light rain and the temperature is at 35.

Susan, Verena, and Benjamin filled out applications for corn de-tasseling. We aren’t sure if Benjamin will be able to go. If he does he would have to wait until his 14th birthday which is July 14. He is really hoping he can go. This is always disappointing to Loretta since she knows she won’t be able to go next year. It would be way too much walking for her.

She just gets tired enough from the whole day in school.

Last week we had Kevin fitted for leg braces. He was very upset with it all and doesn’t really understand about muscular dystrophy. It makes our hearts ache to think of their future.

That is why it is so important that we let God be in control and try to accept “His” plan.

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Our neighbor, Joe, lives right beside us and his 85 year old grandmother Irene lives across the road. They are both very helpful neighbors. Irene is still very active and does all her housework, mowing and has a garden. In the middle of the winter you will see her driving her tractor to carry the wood to her house. She splits all her wood with a wood splitter for the next winter. We wish her many more happy and healthy years.

After school today I need to take daughter Verena to have a

Kevin likes to take protein shakes and tells us he is trying to not get MD. He always asks for vitamins so that he can stay strong he says. Such a young age and so hard for him to understand. He likes to bike and keeps asking us when we will bike with him to go to Jacob and Emma’s house. He did bike the four miles there and back last summer. My daily prayer is to stay strong and help them accept what is God’s plan in their life. There are a lot of children in this world with problems so much worse than MD. That makes us think of how many blessings we do have.

Our neighbor Joe and his friend helped my husband Joe put up two swings from the big oak tree branches. The ropes had tore on the old swings and Loretta kept asking if we could get new rope. She loves to sit out there and swing when the other children are biking or playing ball.

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I want to get some sewing done today. Daughter Susan is getting ready to bake chocolate chip cookies. This is the third day this week tha ti have to take one of the children to an appointment.

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FARMERS’ MARKETS COMING TO SOUTHERN OHIO It’s that time of year once again - the start of local “farmers’ markets” across Ohio.

What will be available, of course, will grow month by month (pardon the pun!) by southern Ohio farmer’s markets are well-known for providing lots of quality produce right from week one.

Here is a list of southern Ohio farmer’s markets, where they are located, their hours and contact information: ADAMS COUNTY Adams County Farmers’ Market Dates: Every Wednesday from June to October (depending on seasonal availability); Time: 12 to 6 p.m.; Location: Keim Family Market on the corner of State Route 32 and Burnt Cabin Road; Contact: Cynthia Brown, 937-5872602, cynthia@hopespringsinstitute.org.

HIGHLAND COUNTY Highland County Farmers’ Market Dates: Every Wednesday and Saturday (call for starting date information); Time: 2 to 6 p.m., Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday; Location: Uptown Hillsboro on the Courthouse Lawn; Contact: John Abell, 937-763-2154 and Margaret West, 937-393-3225.

Greenfield Farmers’ Market Dates: Every Thursday from late May to early October; Time: 4 to 7 p.m.; Location: Downtown Greenfield next to the city building, 300 Jefferson St.; Contact: Ellie Zent, 937-403-4790, greenfieldfarmersmkt@gmail.com, www.facebook.com/pages/Greenfield-Farmers-M arket/190768260965370.

FAYETTE COUNTY Fayette County Farmers’ Market Dates: Every Saturday from mid-May to mid-October; Time: 8:30 a.m. to noon; Location: Municipal parking lot on the corner of S. Main St. and East streets in downtown Washington Court House; Contact: David Persinger, 740-9482231, faycofarmersmkt@sbcglobal.net; Web: fayettecountyfarmersmarket.word-

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BROWN COUNTY Ripley Farmers’ Market - Dates: Every Saturday beginning in May; Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Location: Upper Main St., Ripley (across from Ripley Builders’ Supply; Contact: Vicki Bixler, 937-5150109; Web: www.ripleyohio.net/htm/farmersmarket.h tm.

Georgetown Farmers’ Market Dates: Every Thursday beginning in May; Time: 3 to 7 p.m.; Location: South Main St., (2 doors north of State St. (Route 125) on the west side of Main), Georgetown; Contact: Julie Klein, 937392-1543, www.facebook.com/Georgetownohiospecialevents.

Mt. Orab Farmers’ Market - Dates: Every Saturday beginning in May; Time: 9 a.m. to noon; Location: US Route 68, Mount Orab; Contact: Vicki Bixler, 937515-0109.

Bixler’s Farm Market - Dates: Every Saturday beginning in May; Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (call for other hours); Location: 7389 Clifton Ave., Russellville; Contact: Vicki Bixler, 937-515-0109.

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Elizabeth Carey grew up on a small farm nestled among wooded hills near Athens, Ohio. She loved farm life and, when searching for her soul mate, she chose a young Clinton County farmer.

Elizabeth and her husband Reed are each involved in work that improves the life and health of others.

“On the small farm, we raised pigs and had a horse, cow, chickens, rabbits, guineas, dogs and cats,” said Elizabeth.

“Most of them were pets.

We made yogurt and chocolate pudding from goat’s milk. I helped in the garden and with food preparation. I took care of the animals. That was my job.”

Elizabeth’s father is assistant dean in the College of Business at Ohio University. He is also a sculptor and artist. Her mother was a stay-at-home mom who held a variety of jobs such as writing a newspaper column and working at the recreation center.

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younger brothers.

When choosing a career, Elizabeth entered OU for a degree in biological sciences.

“I dated some people at college but they were mostly interested in playing video games,” said Elizabeth. “It just didn’t click. I love animals and I hoped to live on a farm.

You can be outside doing things. A friend told me I should go online to find a farmer. I knew some farmers and they were just nice people. So I went online to www.farmersonly.com, a dating website, and found Reed’s profile and interests. We both knew there was a stigma about dating online and were cautious.

We spent a month talking through instant messenger and emails and exchanged photographs. In 2007, he came down to meet me. What attracted me to Reed was the way he talked about his family. He had a lot of respect for them.”

Elizabeth and Reed dated for several years, mostly on weekends.

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things about painting and my Mom let me destroy the house. In the stained glass, I Elizabeth finished school at mostly make up my own OU and got a job. patterns. My Mom and I are “When I graduated, peoworking on one right now.” ple where I worked lived in Elizabeth and Reed the city,” she said. “They share an interest in the envicomplained about their ronment, sustainability and neighborhood rules that rebeing self-sufficient. She quired them to keep their helps split and stack wood lawns mowed at a certain for the GARN wood gasifiheight. I don’t like the city cation boiler Reed installed. at all. I love animals and It dramatically reduced living in the country where their yearly $5,000-$7,000 you have a lot more freeheating bill and, in three dom to do whatever you years, will pay for itself. It want.” also heats the garage and When Reed suggested part of the barn.

Elizabeth find a job near “After Hurricane Ike him, she got a job at Rowent through and blew gosin Institute, a cancer redown trees, I had a Eureka search center, in Xenia. In moment just as I was pushDecember, 2011, Elizabeth, ing up a pile of wood and 27, and Reed, 30, started burning it,” said Reed. their married life together in “Why not heat this big old the nine-room farm house house? But, if I’m going to that was on Reed’s property. burn wood, I wanted it to be Like most farm wives, since as efficient as possible. I most of the profit from didn’t want to pollute the farming must go back into environment with a smoke the business, Elizabeth’s dragon out there.” work helps cover expenses As most farm wives do, and provides health care Elizabeth fully supports benefits.

Reed’s farming and his “I work in a sterile enviquest to find a special ronment where all that niche. Reed has a solid shows is my eyes,” she said. background. He was on the “I can’t wear any make-up high school FFA agronomy or nail polish.” team that won the state and Elizabeth said an excerpt went to the nationals. He atfrom the January 25, 2011 tended Ohio State UniverWall Street Journal story, sity. Backed by education, “Novel Effect to Fight Canexperience and knowledge cer With Cancer Cells”, depassed on from several genscribes what the Institute erations of farmers, Reed does very well. bought a farm through the “Researchers from Royoung farmer’s USDA loan gosin Institute are harvestsystem nine years ago. ing tumor cells from mice USDA officials said Reed and encapsulating them in had the most organized fibeads made of a seaweednancial statement they had derived sugar called ever seen. agarose. The beads are then “As land prices rise, it’s implanted into the abharder to increase and to try domens of cancer patients. to expand,” said Reed. “You There, cells in the beads sehave to have courage and truly be an individual. My niche is to vertically integrate, finding things to do to generate more income.

We decided to install our own grain bins and dry our own corn rather than hire it done. I specialized in raising non-genetically modified organisms (non-GMO).

I bought a semi truck to haul corn to Cincinnati. It is directly loaded onto a barge where it goes to New Orleans. It is loaded onto a ship and ends up in Japan.

The beans also go to the Asian market. I bought a sprayer to utilize new technologies to reduce chemical usage. There were things I Elizabeth enjoys working outside. She likes to help split put on the sprayer to make and stack wood. She and her husband Reed arrange their it more efficient.” oak woodpile. The trees toppled when Hurricane Ike went Reed studied, did rethrough the area. search, and found another

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crete proteins researchers believe could signal a patient’s cancer cells to stop growing, shrink or even die….

Supporting this research is neither a big drug company nor a biotechnology startup. In a highly unusual set-up, Metromedia Co., the privately held broadcast and Telecommunications Company run by John Kluge until his death in September, is financially backing it.

The company’s Metromedia Biosciences unit has put 50 million dollars into the cancer project and intends to funnel the bulk of any revenue from the treatment should it reach the market into Mr. Kluge’s charitable foundation.”

“It costs so little with so few side effects,” said Elizabeth. “My major role is to harvest the cancer cells that are put into the beads. We are in stage 2B in FDA clinical trials. I don’t mind going to work because I think I’m making a difference. It gives you a sense of accomplishment.”

As an outlet, Elizabeth likes to work outside. She planted a vegetable garden, blackberry and raspberry bushes, apple and cherry trees.

“My grandmother had a cherry tree,” remembered Elizabeth. “She made cherries jubilee, pies and jams. I picked five or six quarts of strawberries last year. I made jelly. I also froze corn from Reed’s grandparent’s garden.”

Elizabeth also paints and works in stained glass.

“It does serve as a creative outlet for me,” she said. “I think Mom and Dad both had a role in my art.

My Dad taught me some

Reed and Elizabeth Carey load the GARN wood gasification boiler Reed installed. It is efficient and doesn't pollute the environment like some wood burners. The boiler lowered their heating bill dramatically.

Photo by Reed Carey As a creative outlet, Elizabeth Carey paints and does stained glass work. Propped on the table is her oil painting. One of her stained glass pieces hangs in the window catching the light.

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“Certain fertilizers we’ve used in the past were not good for the soil,” said Reed. “With people’s health, there are a lot of things that’s going on. I think the root cause is we’re not raising good enough quality of food. It’s been quantity over quality. Food is the building blocks for everybody. If you don’t get proper nutrients in food, it’s impossible to stay healthy.

It’s simpler to cure sick soils than sick people.”

Reed invested in a used spreader designed to apply a specialty fertilizer he imports from a different state.

He does custom spreading of this fertilizer as well as custom spraying for other farmers.

“It’s a different school of thought from conventional agriculture and the industrial complex,” explained

Reed. “It’s more efficient, less toxic to the land, has reduced chemical usage, and is better for the soil. It has a direct influence on the environment and quality of product. But, it’s difficult to handle and apply. My ultimate goal is to expand the farm operation by owning more land and experimenting and finding new ways to innovate.”

“I admire how Reed is always trying to improve his operation,” said Elizabeth.

“There is a great deal of risk involved in being innovative, but that doesn’t faze him. He has been fortunate to have good role models when it comes to farming.

I’m sure, like me, they are very proud of him.”

Elizabeth and Reed are among those fine, hardworking young people on the cutting edge who are creative, visionary and looking for ways to improve their world. Elizabeth sees a correlation between her work and Reed’s.

“He harvests crops and I harvest cells,” she said. “We take care of them, nurture them, harvest them and, hopefully, help others. I also enjoy being a farm wife. It’s interesting and rewarding.”

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The weeds obviously continue to get bigger under warm, wet conditions, and what is a relatively tame burndown situation in early to midApril can become pretty hairy by early May. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious from the calls and emails we have received, along with observations of our research plots, that there is a substantial difference in weediness between the fields treated with herbicides last fall versus the lack of a fall treatment.

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Parts of the three counties had significant rainfall on Sunday. I had an inch and a half in the gauge at home. I have heard that there was less than a half of an inch in some areas of the three counties. I was in some fields last Friday pulling soil samples and found the soil to be wet enough that it was difficult to get out of the probe, so it may still be a while longer before it is dry enough to plant in ideal soil conditions. This includes the soil temperature which is cooler than normal for the first of May. So, here we are the first of May and we may or may not have herbicides or fertilizer applied. If burndown is still needed you may need to adjust your plan especially for soybeans. The following is from the recent CORN newsletter that is put to-

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At this point there has not been a change, and it is not definite that there will be, it is only a proposal. Of course growers or producers will most likely be concerned. In addition to growers who might be concerned about how the new rules will affect their farm operations, grocery store buyers and other wholesale buyers of fruits and vegetables. Plus anyone interested in farm practices that can decrease the risk of foodborne illness from fresh produce.

The proposed produce safety rules focus on standards for growing, harvesting, packing and holding produce on farms. They are geared toward proresult in reduced control of dandelion, and large deadnettle and giant ragweed.

Where the residual herbicide in the mix does contain flumioxazin, sulfentrazone, or fomesafen, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not possible to change the residual, adding metribuzin can improve burndown effectiveness somewhat.

3. Consider substituting Gramoxoneor Liberty for glyphosate? Gramoxone is the less expensive and more available choice here, but generally less effective than Liberty on marestail.

Gramoxone should be applied with metribuzin and 2,4-D in a typical no-till situation. Use the higher labeled rates of Gramoxone, and a spray volume of 15 to 20 gpa for best results. A consideration here is that in large no-till weed situations, high rates of glyphosate typically have more value that high rates of Gramoxone or Liberty, with the exception of glyphosate-resistant weeds.

4. Among all of the

residual herbicides, chlorimuron contributes the most activity on emerged annual weeds and dandelion. This is probably most evident when the chlorimuron is applied as a premix with metribuzin (Canopy/Cloak DF, etc).

This may not be much of a help for marestail control, since many populations are ALS-resistant. Cloransulam (FirstRate) has activity primarily on emerged ragweeds and marestail, as long as they are not ALS-resistant. We have on occasion observed the a reduction in systemic herbicide activity when mixed with residual herbicides that contain sulfentrazone or flumioxazin.

5. It is possible to substitute tillage for burndown herbicides. Make sure that the tillage is deep and thorough enough to completely uproot weeds.

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6. Late burndown in corn is typically a less dire situation compared with soybeans. Reasons for this include: 1) the activity of some residual corn herbicides (e.g. atrazine, mesotrione) on emerged weeds; 2), the ability to use dicamba around the time of planting; 3) the tolerance of emerged corn to 2,4-D and dicamba, and 4) the overall effectiveness of available POST corn herbicides. Overall, while not adequately controlling emerged weeds prior to soybean planting can make for a tough season, there is just more application flexibility and herbicide choice for corn. Having said this, be sure to make adjustments as necessary in rate or herbicide selection in no-till corn fields.

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The rules apply to conventional and organic farms and to greenhouses. Hydroponic produce is also included.

The proposed rules are part of the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act. For more information, go to http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/FSMA/ and click on the links associated with the produce safety rules.

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In fields with larger marestail that did not receive a fall herbicide treatment, control could be improved by supplementing the glyphosate/2,4-D with another herbicide that has activity on emerged marestail, or replacing the glyphosate with another herbicide.

A reminder that there are currently some extenuating circumstances that limit the extent to which we can modify burndown programs. The first of these is the lack of labels that allow the addition of Sharpen to mixtures that contain flumioxazin (Valor), sulfentrazone (Authority), or fomesafen(Reflex). The second is the depleted supply of Liberty, with an emphasis on the use of current stock for POST treatments instead of for burndown. A review of the soybean burndown options for larger weed situations follows, with emphasis on marestail control.

1. Where at all possible, keep 2,4-D ester in the mix, even if it means waiting another 7 days to plant soybeans. Plant the corn acres first and come back to soybeans to allow time for this. Have the burndown custom-applied if labor or time is short.

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The competition is sponsored by Enviance Inc. in partnership with GreenBiz Group and Qualtrics.

Organizers said in the April 9 announcement that Ohio State’s demonstrated excellence in environmental academics and sustainability, as well as outstanding student and faculty engagement in the tournament, were the reasons it beat out three other universities in the tournament’s “Finest Four”: Colorado State University, George Mason University and the University of Washington.

“We are very excited to be recognized as national champion and are especially proud of our exceptional academic programs focusing on the environment and sustainability efforts at Ohio State,” said Ron Hendrick, director of the School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) in Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

Neil Drobny, director of Ohio State’s Environment, Economy, Development and Sustainability (EEDS) program, led the university’s effort in the competition. The program is a

combined effort of SENR and the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics (AEDE).

“In the 10 years I have been teaching at Ohio State, I have seen sustainability go from a topic that only a niche crowd cared about and even fewer knew the meaning of, to becoming an area that every department and college wants to work into its courses,” Drobny said. “It has been very gratifying to witness and support the change, and we’re thankful for Enviance’s decision to put together this competition.”

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Lawrence Goldenhersh, CEO and president of Enviance, said Ohio State competed “with power” in every area of the contest.

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Facebook helps show the public how we go about doing what we do,” Fulton said. “I can just snap a picture and load it to Facebook to share what’s going on in our greenhouse with friends and public who buy from the market and hope it encourages others to buy local grown produce.”

The Ohio State University ATI graduate studied with plant pathologist Mike Ellis to learn new agriculture practices at the university’s research center and enjoys the finer points of growing produce with hydroponics as well as “traditional” growing methods.

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“We’re in the CSA program and the consumer can stay connected with that program through Facebook We are able to show our consumers what we have to offer that just came straight out of the fields in a fun way, too,” Fulton said.

Fulton also said he enjoys sharing the joy of working with his grandparents, Bill and Joyce Fulton, his brothers and his mother Beverly Fulton in both the greenhouses and around the family farm.

“They just have helped me so much and I appreciate all the hard work they’ve done with me,” Fulton said. “I really enjoy spending time in the greenhouses — I’m excited to see what we come up with next.”

Photos and updates from everything from greenhouse activity, Upick strawberry field updates, chickens searching for worms after a spring rain to planting Christmas trees can be found on Fulton Farms’ Facebook page.

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Fulton, along with older brother Robert, plan on expanding the hydroponics system in the coming months, including attending a two-week seminar in Florida on how to effectively use hydroponics on an even bigger scale and larger greenhouse.

Fulton said using all the skills and agriculture practices his first year at Fulton Farms has been exciting and something he has been looking forward to.

Fulton recently shared numerous pictures of the success of his lettuce grown with hydroponics in the greenhouse on Fulton Farms on his personal Facebook page.

“I was just so excited I had to share it on Facebook,” Fulton said. “I mean, the root system was huge and the lettuce took two weeks less to grow compared to how it grows out in the fields and that is a really big deal.”

Fulton, who was out in the field checking asparagus, said using social media tools like Facebook is a great way to keep the general public aware of agriculture practices and growing techniques.

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WOOSTER — Rotten produce. Animal fat. Bad soda. Manure. The Wooster campus of Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) is slowly going to waste. And that’s a good thing.

OARDC is using those and many other agricultural and food-processing wastes to meet close to one-third of the 12-megawatt-hour annual electricity needs of its main campus. That’s 3.6 MWh of green energy, enough to power 313 average U.S. homes, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Many U.S. colleges and universities are turning to renewable energy sources to meet all or some of their power needs, as part of a growing trend that also involves the implementation of additional sustainability initiatives such as construction of “green” buildings and comprehensive campus recycling.

While most of these institutions, including Ohio State’s Columbus campus, have turned to solar and wind to reach their alternative energy goals, the OARDC campus has gone

“Our ideal goal is for this campus to become carbon-neutral.

To do that, we need an energy source that goes through the carbon cycle, which anaerobic digestion does.”

— OARDC associate director David Benfield about it in a different way — employing anaerobic digestion technology, which turns a variety of organic wastes into biogas that is then converted to electricity.

This renewable energy is produced by quasar energy group, a Cleveland-based company that built its flagship anaerobic digester on OARDC’s BioHio Research Park in 2010. The 550,000-gallon digester can process 30,000 wet tons of biomass annually, keeping a variety of refuse out of landfills and incinerators.

“Our setup is very different because we have a private company located on campus that we partner with, and which produces the biogas, converts it to electricity and sells it to us,” said John Ott, head of OARDC’s Facilities Services department. “Most other schools run their own power-generation facilities, whether solar, wind, geothermal, biomass or biogas.”

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The renewable energy company has also set up its engineering office in the BioHio Research Park and runs a lab elsewhere on OARDC’s campus, where it collaborates with faculty and students on several research projects. Together, they have attracted several million dollars in state and federal grants to Wooster.

Advancing research to transform organic waste into clean energy and using that energy to run the campus are highly compatible with OARDC’s scientific and development missions, OARDC associate director David Benfield said.

“Our ideal goal is for this campus to become carbon-neutral,” Benfield said.

“To do that, we need an energy source that goes through the carbon cycle, which anaerobic digestion does. In the future, we would like to purchase additional energy from quasar to reach 50 percent biogasderived electricity use.”

OARDC’s power-purchase agreement with quasar not only makes environmental sense, but also financial sense, according to Benfield.

“We are seeing 3 percent in savings compared to what we would pay to the electrical supplier,” he said.

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In addition to electricity, OARDC has modified some vehicles in its fleet to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), which is also supplied by quasar and is significantly cheaper and less polluting than gasoline.

The campus is considering converting more vehicles to run on CNG down the road, Benfield said. For the past few years, OARDC has also been using trucks that run partly on biodiesel to transport feed to its outlying agricultural research stations across the state.

For quasar president Mel Kurtz, the partnership with OARDC has been important to the growth of his company and the renewable energy industry it seeks to develop. The company now has 10 digesters operating or under construction in Ohio, New York and Massachusetts.

“The public-private partnership with OARDC has been a major driver in quasar’s evolution,” Kurtz said. “Building an industry isn’t something that happens in a vacuum — it takes collaboration, innovation and a unique spirit of partnership to move from concept to reality.”

Electricity and fuel are not the only areas in which OARDC is striving to be more sustainable.

Later this year, the campus will begin construction of its first green building, a LEED Silver-certified building for the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, whose previous structure was destroyed in a 2010 tornado.

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Some corn planted on April 6, near New Holland is just now starting to spike through the cool wet soil. This brings up the conversation of growing degree days (GDD) or heat units needed to germination the corn and push it out of the soil.

While advancements have been made in hybrid quality and traits the method in which we calculate the GDD’s for the corn remains the same. Past research from numerous sources indicates that corn growth nearly

stops at temperatures above 86oF and temperatures below 50oF. With those figures in mind the formula we use to calculate GDD’s is the 86/50 cutoff method. In order to determine the number of GDD’s we have accumulated on a given day we need the two following values: the maximum and minimum temperature for the day in question. Once we have those temperatures we look to make sure the maximum temp is at or below the 86oF mark and that the minimum temperature is at or above the 50oF mark. If the temperatures are above 86oF or below 50oF we simply use 86oF for the high and 50oF for the low.

So now that we have the formula to calculate GDD’s, why would we want to? Utilizing specific hybrid information provided by your seed company or the GDD accumulation chart in the Ohio State University Agronomy Guide we can deter-

mine that the corn field has reached the tassel timing recommended for application the airplane is at least one or two days out. By the time the plane is available the optimum window for application may be closing or passed. If we can use GDD’s and weather forecasting to determine three or four days in advance of tassel to schedule the airplane we could get better results out of our application.

Weather information for your area including specific daily max and min temps can be found on the National Weather Service website www.weather.gov and type in your zip code. If you are located near one of the OSU OARDC locations the GDD accumulation is located on the OARDC website at http://www.oardc.ohiostate.edu/newweather/.

mine when our corn will reach specific growth stages. For example the situation that some growers are experiencing right now is reaching the number of GDD’s to get the corn crop to germinate and emerge. Looking at the chart in the Agronomy Guide we know that it takes roughly 100 GDD’s to get a corn crop to emerge. So if we can look back from the date of planting and research the daily max and min temps that we have encountered since planting the grower can calculate to see roughly how many GDD’s have been accumulated and estimate when he/she could expect to see emergence.

Another example GDD’s could be helpful is during time sensitive applications of herbicide or fungicide. Specifically the calculation of GDD’s to determine tassel of the corn field can be very helpful to schedule the airplane for optimum timing on fungicide application at tassel. Often times when we deter-

(Adam Shepard is Ohio State University Extension education specialist for Fayette County.)

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THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013 Sells 6:00 p.m. at Jeffersonville Masonic Lodge 23 S. Main St., Jeffersonville, OH 43218 Farm Location: 13299 Reid Rd., Jeffersonville, OH, 43128 at Bookwalter Community; 2 miles south of Fayette-Madison County Line; 3 miles northeast of Jeffersonville, Ohio; 11 miles north of Washington C.H., Ohio, 13.5 miles south of London, Ohio, and 30 miles southwest of I-270 and Columbus Metropolitan area.

Tract 1: 26.141 acres with 2 story farm home in Bookwalter. Home has 3 bedrooms 1 bath and 1,668 sq ft. Home is currently occupied by long time tenant on month to month lease. Fronts 363 feet on Reid Rd.. 11.5 +/- good tillable acreage with balance in woodland, home site and grass area. Additional acreage could easily be cleared to add tillable acreage. Nice mini-farm for your enjoyment.

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