Tag: weather
Healthy soil is your best defense
Healthy soils with proper structure and a balance of mineral and organic matter withstand drought and provide moisture to plants during the dry season.
Officials urge safety after tornadoes, power outages
Over 34,000 customers are without power in the Dayton/Miami Valley area, following tornados earlier this week. If you were affected use these safety tips.
Insurance tips for Ohioans impacted by severe weather
The Ohio Department of Insurance offers the following tips to help Ohioans avoid scams and work toward recovery following this week’s severe weather.
Good weather has (some) farmers smiling again
Large areas of the Midwest still have very little planting done. Where it is good, it is very good, but where it is bad, it is awful.
Slow planting progress dominates grain markets
The reality of really delayed corn planting is that acres will be reduced by either prevented planting for a switch to soybeans.
Will delayed planting hurt yields? Maybe not
While farmers have had to delay planting because of wet weather, it's not panic time yet. If crops get planted in late May or early June, and we have good growing conditions, we could still end up with a good crop.
Depressed grain markets, depressed farmers
Times have been tough on corn, soybean and wheat prices. Grain market commentator Marlin Clark explains why. Spoiler alert: no trade deal with China and delayed planting.
U.S. hit with two billion-dollar disasters so far in 2019
The U.S. has experienced two billion-dollar weather and climate disasters this year. And it's only April.
When 9 degrees feels balmy…
While the weather has been strange and challenging this winter, it hasn't presented the challenges farmers faced during a particularly cold winter in 2004.
Mud management will be key again in 2019
From creating ruts in pasture and crop fields to problems with livestock, mud can have a severally negative impact on your farming operations.
