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The deadline for early bird enrollment (at a discounted rate) in the Corn Yield Contest is June 30th. Members of the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association are eligible to enter their best fields into the competition for a 1 year lease on an Unverferth seed tender, state level awards, and potential national recognition. With […]

The Ohio Corn Checkoff has been working with Dr. Pierce Paul and Jason Hartschuh at Ohio State for several years on solving the most significant disease pressure in Ohio: Vomitoxin. The mycotoxin can be detrimental to an entire crop, can’t be cured, and often isn’t found until it’s too late. But research funded by the

The Ohio Corn Checkoff has invested in researching the causes of vomitoxin and the best ways to mitigate its impact. On this episode of Kernels Tadd Nicholson talks to Dr. Pierce Paul, Ohio State Department of Plant Pathology Chair, and Jason Hartschuh, Ohio State Extension Field Specialist, about their work fighting the mycotoxin and how

Ohio corn grower leaders and other state and national advocates are calling for President Donald Trump’s intervention after the Make America Healthy Again Report was released today, questioning the safety of critical pesticides. “We are deeply disappointed that the Make America Healthy Again Commission would release a report that raises questions that have already been

Corn Grower Advocates Push to Open New Foreign Markets By Lesly McNitt Tariffs have been the talk of the town in Washington over the last several weeks and their impact on the corn economy is an issue my team and I have been concerned about as our farmers face high input costs and lower corn

Farming is consistently listed in the top 10 professions at risk for suicide. That’s a staggering fact that we know is unacceptable as a community. The stress that comes with farming seems never-ending and grows every day the weather is bad or the markets drop. It’s easy to get buried by the stress and tension

The first 100 days of the second Trump Administration has been full of news, updates, changes, and more news. On this episode of Kernels. Tadd Nicholson sits down with Lesly McNitt at the National Corn Growers Association to talk about what has happened, the wins, the challenges, and what is yet to come. Listen here

The Ohio Wheat Yield Contest is now open for entries! Members of the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association can enter the Wheat Yield Contest by May 15th for a chance to win at the state and national level. First place in Ohio is awarded a 1 year lease on an Unverferth seed tender, while

Grain producers in the Western Lake Erie Water Basin can enroll in H2Ohio now through August 15th for this growing season. H2Ohio is a state program that provides incentive payments for adopting practices on your farm that promote healthy waterways. Practices like voluntary nutrient management planning, over-wintering cover crops, subsurface phosphorus application, and more are

  On the next episode of Kernels, highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has hit Ohio’s poultry industry hard; however, the repercussions extend beyond the price of eggs at the grocery store. Ohio Corn and Wheat goes one-on-one with Jim Chakeres, executive vice president of the Ohio poultry association, for an update