Ohio Ag Net Podcast

The Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by AgriGold, finally has some warm weather to talk about!

Host Ty Higgins will be on the road this week to jump in the cab with farmers from around the state as they put seed in the ground.

He also talks cost of production with Carrie Johnson of Cargill Ag Marketing Service.

Matt Reese has the latest update on watershed research from Grand Lake St. Marys in his conversations with Bill Knapke and Stephen Jacquemin of Wright State's Lake Campus.

The crew has more fun conversation in this latest podcast.

Warm weather brought short sleeves for the 54th episode of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by AgriGold.

Joel Penhorwood talks with Marlee Stollar about the recent Farmers Share event held by the Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow at Ohio State.

Matt Reese has a conversation about micro greens and indoor farming with Daniel Klemens.

Ty Higgins speaks with Brent Ditmars of Farm Credit Mid-America.

The crew, including Dale Minyo, has more fun in the sun with this week's podcast.

The Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by AgriGold, brings a wide variety of topics for episode 53.

We start off with a parody song written and performed by our own Ty Higgins called "I just want to plant." Ty also recently caught up with a farm that's already planted a bit in Ohio for a test of how early soybeans may actually do. We hear his conversation with Jakob Wilson of JCW Farms.

Joel Penhorwood brings some audio from the press conference last week with House Ag Chairman Mike Conaway with the announcement of the first draft of the 2018 Farm Bill. The big question now is whether or not we'll see it advancing in 2018.

A big topic addressed in the Farm Bill is conservation titles. Matt Reese talks with Jim Hoorman from USDA NRCS about conservation tips during the recent Dave Brandt Field Day.

Dale Minyo was at Wilmington College this past week and caught up with student Sara Pope about her path in agriculture.

All that and much more in this week's podcast, courtesy of AgriGold.

The 52nd episode of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by AgriGold, is packed with the agricultural issues of the day.

Ty Higgins has some viewpoint on the recent trade dispute between the U.S. and China in which agriculture is caught in the crosshairs as he talks with Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition.

Matt Reese hears from Jenna Gregorich, bird health programs manager for the Ohio Poultry Association. OPA held their annual banquet this past weekend.

Dale Minyo was the Ohio Dairy Producers Association Spring Meeting and visited with ODPA's Scott Higgins.

All that and more fun conversation in the Ohio Ag Net Podcast.

This week on the Ohio Ag Net Podcast presented by AgriGold, we get reaction to last week’s USDA Prospective Plantings Report from Superior Feed Ingredients Jon Scheve, Matt visits with Ohio’s CCA of the Year, John Fritz and Dale gets a dairy industry update from Scott Higgins with the American Dairy Association Mid East.

The 50th episode of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast, courtesy of AgriGold, talks the major topics of the week in agriculture.

Ty Higgins speaks with Ohio Farm Bureau's Adam Sharp about the impairment designation recently announced for Lake Erie.

Matt Reese hears from Glenn Harsh about the coming planting season and some tips on planting into cover crop stands.

Talking planting, Ty is keeping us updated on a farming family testing out the early implementation of soybeans, putting some in the ground in mid-March.

All that and much more in the Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by AgriGold.

The Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by AgriGold, brings together the crew of Ty Higgins, Dale Minyo, Matt Reese, and Joel Penhorwood after a busy past week.

The Ohio Beef Expo recently wrapped up. While there, Joel talked with Tim Bryan whose family shows Mini Herefords at the Expo. The unique breed is special in more than its look.

Ty brings us an interview from his trip to Washington D.C. on the Ohio Farm Bureau County Presidents Trip with AFBF's Dale Moore. The 2018 Farm Bill faces an interesting road ahead.

Dale visited with Ohio Director of Agriculture David Daniels in the celebration of Ohio Ag Week recently. The two attended an ag museum opening in northeast Ohio.

Matt caught up with a couple of people on pressing issues. He visited with OSU Extension Climate Specialist Aaron Wilson. And talking the interesting time for dairy farmers, he also heard from Mark Thomas, a dairy farmer in Stark County who has decided to sell the dairy side of his operation.

A lot of acronyms for this week's podcast because Ohio agriculture has been staying busy.

The crew hears from David Brandt and David Montgomery from Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference.

Ty Higgins catches up with Brad Harris of Firestone to talk tire tips for an upcoming busy spring.

Joel Penhorwood talks with Ben Brown, new hire at Ohio State in ag economics, about the ARC/PLC safety net programs.

The Ohio Ag Net crew is back from Commodity Classic for this week's podcast, courtesy of AgriGold. A variety of topics are covered in this week's episode, including Ty Higgins speaking with Fred Yoder on the state of the industry. Matt Reese visits with David Hague on salamander hunting in Ohio. Joel Penhorwood hears from Ohio Farm Bureau's Joe Cornely on their recent Ag Day at the Capitol as well as their upcoming county presidents trip to Washington D.C.

The 46th episode of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast brings together Joel Penhorwood and Dale Minyo to talk the latest farm news as the rest of the crew is headed to Commodity Classic in California for the week.

Though they're out of town, the podcast has plenty of information to tune in for. Ty Higgins has a conversation with Senator Sherrod Brown on the latest work from the Senate Ag Committee, including the 2018 Farm Bill.

Joel reaches back into the file from the National Farm Machinery Show a couple weeks ago in an interview with John Kinzebaw, founder of Kinze Planters. He briefly talks some industry trends and technology that's standing out in 2018 ag.

The crew also hears from Jon Scheve on his latest take on the wild ride that is soybean markets.

All that and more in this week's edition of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast.