Ohio Ag Net Podcast

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

National FFA Week has Joel Penhorwood talking with Ohio FFA State President Ryan Matthews. The ongoing conversation of Dicamba herbicide training took Ty to a session with farmers where he caught up with Stewart Seeds' Justin Petrisino Dicamba. The recent Pork Congress hears from Ohio Pork President Rich Deaton.

The 44th episode of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by AgriGold, brings in a number of topics and guests. Matt Reese has love advice ahead the upcoming National Farm Machinery Show which lands on Valentine's Day. Ty Higgins is joined by Jeff Moyer of the Rodale Institute, keynote speaker of this week's OEFFA Conference. On the them of organic, Joel hears from Dale Nordquist of the University of Minnesota, comparing conventional and organic dairy production from a financial standpoint.

The 43rd episode of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by AgriGold, brings the crew of Joel Penhorwood, Dale Minyo, Ty Higgins, and Matt Reese together to talk a busy time for meeting season in the state.

Matt sat down with Bill Harp, Jed Bookman, and Ron Digby for a conversation at OABA. Dale also heard from CoBank's Terry Barr at OABA.

Ty hears from OFW Law's Kenneth Ackerman on crop insurance .

Joel spoke with John Bobbe of OFARM on a developing topic in organic agriculture — the improper import of non-certified organic foods.

This week on the Ohio Ag Net Podcast Dale Minyo gives his takeaway from last week's National Biodiesel Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas and you'll hear his conversation with Wade Thorson from Benchmark Biodiesel. Matt Reese shares what was address at this year's National Farmers Union Annual Meeting with Joe Logan and Rob Larew and Ty Higgins posts his visit with Sam Sutherly, the owner of the grain bin that busted in New Carlisle, Ohio last week.

This week on the Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by Agrigold, Ty Higgins and Matt Reese are joined by Abby Motter. Abby will be joining the team as an intern for the first few months of 2018! This week, learn more about Farm Starts as Joel Penhorwood visits with Helene Bergren about the program helping young and beginning farmers. Matt talks beef policy with National Cattlemen's Beef Association's VP of Government Affairs Colin Woodall and Ty calls up Randy Dickhut from National Farmers Company to visit about farmland values in Ohio and the Midwest.

The crew of Ty Higgins, Dale Minyo, Matt Reese, and Joel Penhorwood braved the snowy roads.

Joel talks with Kent McGuire of Ohio State CFAES on cold weather safety. Matt speaks with John and Connie Surber, recipients of the Ohio Pork Industry Excellence Award. Ty hears from Michelle Specht on what her area Farm Bureau his doing to fight the opioid crisis. To wrap it all up, the group listens to Rose Hartschuh on she and her husband Greg recently winning the AFBF Excellence in Agriculture Award.

After driving in the snow and freezing rain on a cold January morning, Matt Reese and Ty Higgins hoped to thaw things a bit by covering some hot topics in agriculture for the 1st Ohio Ag Net Podcast if 2018. Matt highlights his conversations with Dr. Tony Forshey and Director David Daniels with the Ohio Department of Agriculture about the upcoming County Fair season. Matt also talks water quality with Dr. Kevin King with USDA. Ty recently caught up with Dr. Carl Zulauf about the prospects of a 2018 Farm Bill actually happening in 2018.

Ty, Matt, and Joel join you for the 38th Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by AgriGold. The crew, in their holiday attire, bring a well-rounded podcast for the final time in 2017.

Joel and Dale this past week headed up to Oak Harbor to the facilities of Riders Unlimited. There they spoke the good work being done to help the mentally and physically handicapped through the power of horses. Rebekah Recker, Sunrise Cooperative CEO George Secor, and more tell us about the unique connection that's sure to warm the heart.

Matt Reese catches up with Ryan Wilson from the recent Ohio No-Till Conference, talking cover crops and the value they offer.

Ty Higgins was also busy this past week, joined on the podcast by Matt Bambauer. Together they talk the year in review for farmers and the challenges they faced.

All that and some hearty conversation in this week's podcast, brought to you by AgriGold.

This week on The Ohio Ag Net Podcast, brought to you by AgriGold, Joel, Matt, Jeff and Ty talk about the Franklin County Farm Bureau acquisition of Edible Columbus Magazine and post the entire panel discussion from last week's No-Till Conference in Plain City.

Ohio Ag Net's 36th episode of the podcast, brought to you by AgriGold, has a wide range of topics from host Ty Higgins, Bart Johnson, Dale Minyo, and Joel Penhorwood.

The recent Buckeye Shepherd Symposium brought in sheep producers from around the region to discuss farming practices, market trends, and recognize outstanding individuals in the industry. Joel Penhorwood catches up with OSIA's Roger High on the event and the state of the Ohio sheep industry.

Ohio Farm Bureau's Leah Curtis updates the crew with the latest on CAUV and what farmers need to do now that reform is in place.

And with the winter weather settling in, we look at old wives' tales that claim to predict the months ahead. The BugDoc, David Shetlar, entomologist and professor emeritus at The Ohio State University, spoke with Joel Penhorwood about the predictive ability of woolly worms (woolly bear caterpillars) and other insects supposedly able to tell the future by the color of their bodies and other activities.

The unique conversation and much more is available in the Ohio Ag Net Podcast!