Episode 12 of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast, courtesy of AgriGold, enjoys the company of Ty Higgins, Dale Minyo, Bart Johnson, Risë Labig, and host Joel Penhorwood. Matt Reese joins us through his half-marathon buddy Joe Hoover talking about the East Tech School and FFA, busy teaching agriculture in urban areas. Dale speaks with John and Todd Davis on the newly rebuilt Discovery Center at Ohio FFA Camp Muskingum. Ty hears from Aaron Heilers on a tour of the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms. Plus, the crew wraps it all up with a bit of wedding advice to the soon-to-be-married Joel. Join us for the Ohio Ag Net Podcast!

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Episode 11 of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast, courtesy of AgriGold, travels all over Ohio and even a bit above it. Host Ty Higgins talks with Joel Penhorwood about his intense ride-along with crop duster Butch Fisher and the motion sickness that followed. Matt Reese hears from Brad Moffitt of the Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers about the ongoing ethanol tour. Dale Minyo was down in Cincinnati to see Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue make a big announcement about USDA. Also on the podcast, a bit from the new Dean of the Ohio State College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Cathann Kress, as she helped dedicate the newest greenhouse to grace the campus of ATI in northeastern Ohio.

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As if the wet weather and delayed planting wasn't worrisome enough for farmers, some areas were expecting frost to start the week. The Ohio Ag Net crew of Dale Minyo, Bart Johnson, Matt Reese, Ty Higgins and Joel Penhorwood chat about what they have seen as far as frost and continued rainfall over the past week. Also, meet the 5 Ohio FFA Student Reporters that helped out during the 89th Ohio FFA State Convention, learn all about whiskey with Matt's visit to Indian Creek Distillery and see what changes you might want to make to your grain marketing plan with Ty's visit with Matt Bennett.

Episode #9 of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast courtesy of the good folks at AgriGold. Visit them at www.agrigold.com.

This week, the crew talks rain around Ohio and where it puts planting progress. Ty Higgins takes a look at a very unique idea from out west — goat crossfit with DaNelle Wolford. Matt Reese, though absent from the roundtable discussion as he chases down turkeys, was at the No Show Lamb Show this weekend put on by the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association. He's joined by event co-chair Lisa Shearer. We wrap up the podcast hearing from the new Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue as he visited USDA offices in Kansas City.

The crew of Ohio Ag Net takes a look at all corners of agriculture in Podcast Episode 8. Matt Reese recaps the recent Ohio Poultry Association Annual Banquet with Lisa Timmerman of Cooper Farms. Ty Higgins talks the work of Certified Angus Beef at their Culinary Center in Wooster with Mark McCulley. Joel Penhorwood shares his personal experiences of skin cancer along with tips from Dr. Alisha Plotner of Ohio State University Dermatology. Plus a unique conversation on the popularity of bacon with Quinton Keeran. The crew also has a lively conversation dealing with consumer trends, recent weather, half-marathon training strategies, and planting progress around Ohio.

This week on the Ohio Ag Net Podcast, a plastic cow, a baseball and a bag of Cheez-Its take center stage. You'll meet the new Chairman of the Soy Aquaculture Alliance, Bill Bayliss from West Mansfield, Ohio, hear from the Ohio Department of Agriculture's Kevin Elder about nutrient management and learn about regenerative agriculture from North Dakota farmer Gabe Brown.

A jam-packed hour for episode 6 of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast. The crew sits down to talk when planting will start, the FFA Student Reporter position, winter beards, working with cover crops, and consumer perception of agriculture. We hear from "Dr. Food" as he spoke to the Columbus Metro Club. Plus words from the entertaining presentation of Buz Kloot from the Dave Brandt Field Day. To wrap things up, Joel Penhorwood talks with Michelle Ramseyer, farmer from Wayne County, on a unique instance on her farm that led to CPR on a calf.

On this week's Ohio Ag Net Podcast, Ty Higgins visits with first generation farmer Brent Pence from New Carlisle, Ohio about how he got his start, some tough times early on in his career and how the farm is set up for today's challenges. Joel Penhorwood recaps last weekend's Spring Dairy Expo with Kris Ackley from Logan County, who had quite a successful show this year. And Matt Reese catches up with Darcy Vetter at the National Institute of Animal Agriculture Meeting in Columbus. Vetter served as the Chief Agriculture Negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and gives some insights of ag trade today and some key points for ag trade to be successful in the future.

This week's podcast is all about the recent trip make by farmers from Ohio, including Ohio's Country Journal Editor Matt Reese, to lend a helping hand and deliver much needed supplies to farmers and ranchers who were hit hard by devastating wildfires that took homes, livestock and hay from a big chunk of America's heartland.

Matt recaps his journey with conversations with the ranch manager they helped mend fences with, a local veterinarian that has been busy taking care of other ranches before he could worry about his own and also a visit with the crew of Ohioans that took Matt along for the ride.

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In this episode, the crew has a roundtable discussion including the recent Ohio Farm Bureau Washington D.C. County Presidents' Trip, a good turnout at the Ohio Beef Expo, speculation on the beginning of planting season, the importance of sunscreen on a bald head, and a look ahead to a trip by Ohioans out west to provide relief for farmers affected by the recent grassland wildfires. Ty Higgins is also joined by Ohio State Extension Specialist John Grimes from the Ohio Beef Expo with an in-depth talk on cattle and the industry both today and down the road.