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8 Tips for earlycorn planting

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Alarge crowd of peo-ple gathered on thefarm of Richard

Bissantz, off of state Route125 between Bethel andHamersville this pastmonth to send off a longtime farmer and supporterof the farming industry.Bissantz officially retiredfrom farming on April 13,holding a large scale auc-tion with the help of HessAuctioneers to sell off allof the equipment he hadamassed from a lifetimespent farming.Bissantz said he was

just 10 years old when hefirst started farming. Bis-santz’ grandfather, HenryTucker, farmed the samelocation for many years.Bissantz said he first gotstarted in the businesswhen his grandfather suf-fered a heart attack. Hestarted farming a smallamount of tobacco at thattime to help out“My grandfather had a

heart attack, and I juststarted raising tobacco onhis farm to help out,” Bis-santz said. “I raised to-bacco on his farm for afew years.”

A few years later, Bis-santz said his grandfatherretired from farming en-tirely. Bissantz’ father,Henry Bissantz, continuedto do limiting farming dur-ing that time. Bissantz saidhe took advantage of thefarmland as well, andraised tobacco for his local4-H group. After Bissantz

graduated from highschool, he officially wentinto partnership with hisfather. Together, theystarted to increase thefarming business.“We started getting

back into it again when Igraduated in 1964, and webought the farm that year,”Bissantz said. “We started

farming from then on out,mainly corn and soybeans,but some tobacco.”Bissantz said he took

over the business entirelyin the 1980s.“We farmed together

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A lifetime of farmingCommunity sends off retiring farmer, supporter, neighbor

Humane Society hopes to bring consumer’sattention to humane care for livestock

ANIMALS NOTJUST FOOD

By MARK [email protected]

People seldom go into grocery stores inWashington Court House looking for meatfrom farms with humane animal treatment.The shrink-wrapped stacks of beef, chicken

and pork come from the major sellers, Cargilland National Beef Packing Co., and there has-n’t been much demand voiced for anythingelse, said Kroger Assistant Head Meat CutterRandy Monroe, who has worked at the loca-tion for 24 years.But a new group of Ohio farmers assem-

bled by the Humane Society of the UnitedStates (HSUS) is hoping to bring consumers

closer to the people that raise their cattle, pigs,chickens and sheep, and to promote farmingpractices that lead to better treatment of live-stock.The new OhioAgricultural Council of the

HSUS, announced at the HSUS HumaneLobby Day onApril 24, is one of only threesuch groups in the nation, following successfulefforts in Nebraska and Colorado. The coun-cils are charged with highlighting farmers whouse humane animal management, helping con-sumers connect with those farmers and encour-aging other operations to transition to morehumane practices.

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Richard Bissantz (green hat, center) joins the crowd and watches the auction proceed-ings on April 13.

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If the Comprehensive Immigra-tion Reform Bill is approved byCongress, what affect will it have

on Ohio farmers?Now first, let’s be clear about

this. I have no idea if this legislationis ever going to be approved by theSenate and House. So any impact itmight or might not have on thefarmers in the Buckeye State is purespeculation.However… there are a few things

farmers and those whose businessdepends on farmers need to know.This new immigration reform bill

has a host of supporters, and someof them are a surprise. Accordingthe Ohio Farm Bureau, one of thesupporters of the new bill is theAgricultural Workforce Coalition, ofwhich the OFB is a part.The new bill with all its parts was

introduced in April, and the Agricul-tural Workforce Coalition an-nounced that the bill “represents animprovement over the current sys-tem and deserves support.”According to the OFB, the agri-

cultural portion of the legislation in-cludes two critical principles.The first is the creation of a ‘Blue

Card’ program for experienced farmworkers. Under the ‘Blue Card’ pro-gram, experienced agriculturalworkers can obtain legal status bysatisfying criteria such as passing abackground check, paying a fine andproving that applicable taxes havebeen paid. Blue Card workers wouldbe required to continue to work inagriculture before having the oppor-tunity to qualify for a green card.The second title of the bill estab-

lishes an agricultural worker pro-gram for future guest workers. Thebill creates a new agricultural workervisa program that allows agriculturalemployers to hire guest workers ei-ther under contract or at-will. Visaholders will be able to work in thecountry under a three-year visa andwork for any designated agriculturalemployer. The program will be ad-

ministered by the USDA.I am not sure if most Ohio farm-

ers are aware that these provisionsare in the bill, and even once theyknow this, if they would support thecreation of this “Blue Card” pro-gram for immigrant farm workersand the creation of a USDA-admin-istered farm worker visa program.But, with the support of farm or-

ganizations behind it such as theOFB, that means that Ohio legisla-tors will be more likely to vote infavor of the bill. In other words: Ifmy constituents are in favor of it, Iam in favor of it too, and will voteaccordingly.We will see how Ohio’s lawmak-

ers will vote on this immigration re-form bill. I would not be surprised ifthere are more “yes” votes than any-one would have expected fromsouthern Ohio House members.What do you think of the provi-sions?

(Gary Brock is editor of ACRESof Southwest Ohio. You can emailhim at [email protected] tell him what you think. We willshare your comments next month.)

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COLUMBUS – School-aged kids across Ohio willhave the opportunity totake part in a series of daycamps sponsored by OhioState University Extensionthis spring and summer fo-cused on how to stay safeon the farm.Farm Safety Round-Up

Day Camps are designedto offer youth real-worldexperience and emphasizefarm safety with a goal ofteaching kids how to avoidinjury, said Kathy Mann,an OSU Extension pro-gram coordinator in agri-cultural safety and health.OSU Extension is the

outreach arm of OhioState’s College of Food,Agricultural, and Environ-mental Sciences.The day camps seek to

educate kids about thepossible hazards theymight encounter on thefarm, whether they live onthe farm or just visit one,Mann said.“Farm safety is impor-

tant year-round, but springkicks off the Ohio FarmSafety Round-Up DayCamp season,” she said.“Each year, the camps helpsome 1,000 youthsstatewide learn how toprotect themselves andtheir family members fromdangerous situations thatcan occur on or nearfarms.”Some of the issues the

day camps will examineinclude: all-terrain vehicle(ATV) safety; how quickequipment moves com-pared to how fast a humancan react; working safely

around livestock; and im-portant safety rules for thefarm, Mann said.The day camps are free,

with some being open tothe public while others areoffered to school districtsfor class field trips, shesaid. The camps are as fol-

lows:Auglaize County:May

18 at the Four SeasonsRecreation Complex andPark. The camp is open toschool groups only. Con-tact Don or Lois Baumer,Farm Bureau volunteers, at419-628-3420.Wood County:May 27

at the Agriculture Incuba-tor Foundation. The campis open to school groupsonly. Contact David Little,camp coordinator, at 419-833-3611.Wayne County: June 8

at the Wayne County Fair-grounds. This camp isopen to 4-H Cloverbuds inWayne County, ages 5-10.Contact Mel Rehm, WayneCounty 4-H program assis-tant, at 330-264-8722.Ross County: July 2

from 9 a.m. to noon atHirsch’s Fruit Farm inChillicothe. The camp isopen to the community,with ages to be deter-mined. Contact MaryFleming at 740-272-6313for more information.Monroe County: Date

to be determined. Thecamp will be open toschool groups only. Con-tact Bruce Zimmer, OSUExtension educator, at740-472-0810 for more in-formation.

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COLUMBUS —Dan Rem-ley wants nutritious, healthyfood available to all Ohioans nomatter where they live or howfar they are from a grocerystore.Remley, field specialist in

food, nutrition and wellness atOhio State University Exten-sion, now has the means toachieve that goal.Ohio State University Exten-

sion is taking part in a five-year,$4 million grant to help isolatedcommunities increase availabil-ity of nutritious foods. The an-nouncement of the grant -which involves seven states -was made last month, and Rem-ley is the OSU representative onthe team planning the multi-state project.Late in April the team met

via conference call to map out astrategy of how to get isolatedcommunities closer to the foodthey need.“We’re focusing on areas de-

fined as ‘rural food deserts’ asdefined by the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture,” said Remley.“These are low-income censustracts where a substantial num-ber or share of people are farfrom supermarkets, generallyin the southern and easternparts of the state.”The project, called “Voices

for Food,” is being led by SouthDakota State University andalso includes land-grant univer-sity researchers in Indiana,Michigan, Missouri and Ne-braska.

Remley talked with ACRESof Southwest Ohio just hoursafter the team held their firstmeeting by phone.He said the new program

will be looking at specific Ohiocounties for the assistance, butwould not say yet what countieswill be in the program.“We have not approached

any Ohio counties yet.” He saidthat southern and eastern Ohiorural counties would be themost likely areas. He also saidthe targeted counties shouldhave a “strong (OSU) Extensionpresence.” The communities in-volved in the project will becontacted by the summer of2014.“We want to pull together

‘stake holders’ in each of theserural communities that are con-cerned about the availability offood,” he said. “The idea is toshare resources, to work towardthe common goal of reducingfood insecurity in rural commu-nities.” He said that the stakeholders would develop “foodpolicy councils” within the

counties to address hunger is-sues.The team is testing the the-

ory that communities with localfood policy councils will havebetter food security — or less ofa hunger problem — than thosethat don’t, Remley said. Im-proving food pantries is one ofthe project’s main goals.Extension educators will

work with established food pol-icy councils or help communi-ties form them. Ideally, foodpolicy councils have a broadrange of stakeholders on board,including people who experi-ence food insecurity and thosewho can provide food or equip-ment that pantries need, Rem-ley said.“Emergency food pantries

and kitchens were originally de-signed for short-term food re-lief, but we’re seeing a lot ofpeople becoming dependent onpantries for their weekly ormonthly food needs,” Remleysaid. “Unfortunately, a lot ofpantries don’t offer the healthi-est choices.“We’re trying

to address thatthrough the foodpolicy councils.”

A key component of theproject is to encourage foodpantries to adopt a “guidedclient choice” model, in whichclients can choose foods fromdifferent food groups availableat the pantry instead of beingoffered pre-packaged selections.The project will also developnutrition education resources tobe used in food pantries.“To develop choice food

pantries, you need to involveclients, food pantry directors,and organizations that securedonations such as schools andchurches,” Remley said. “Theyneed to procure not just canned

goods but focus on healthierchoices.”It’s also important to form

linkages between pantries andlocal farms and gardens to sup-ply fresh foods, he said.“For example, one of the

biggest challenges for pantries isto get a variety of foods in thedairy group,” Remley said. “Alot of times, they just have drymilk. With more partners help-ing, fresh milk and other dairyoptions can become available.”Remley has long experience

with the choice food pantrymodel, helping create such apantry when he was the familyand consumer sciences educatorfor OSU Extension in ButlerCounty. By working on thisproject, he said he hopes to findways to improve the model.“Grocery stores often put the

most profitable or the most ex-pensive items at eye-level as asubtle way to encourage con-sumers to purchase them. In thefood pantry environment, wewant to make changes so theeasiest choice is the healthiestchoice.“Combine that with nutrition

education, and everyone wins.”

(Gary Brock is Editor ofACRES of Southwest Ohio. OSUExtension contributed to thisstory.)

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FIGHTING HUNGER WITH HEALTHY FOOD

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He said farmers here inOhio could provide thepellet/wafer alfalfa forChina.

“We would grow it, dryit, press it (process it),place it in containers andship it to China,: Dr. Linessaid.

Why Ohio? Dr. Linessaid it can now be donemore cheaply in Ohio be-cause of the drop in priceand ease of availability ofnatural gas needed to fuela processing plant to drythe alfalfa.

So, for the uninitiatedjust what is alfalfa?

Alfalfa is a floweringplant widely grownthroughout the world asforage for cattle, and ismost often harvested ashay, but can also be madeinto silage, grazed, or fedgreenchop. Alfalfa usuallyhas the highest feedingvalue of all common haycrops. It is used less fre-quently as pasture. Whengrown on soils where it iswell-adapted, alfalfa isoften the highest yieldingforage plant, but its pri-mary benefit is the combi-nation of high yield perhectare and high nutri-tional quality.

Its primary use is asfeed for high producingdairy cows — because ofits high protein contentand highly digestiblefiber—and secondarily forbeef cattle, horses, sheep,

and goats. Alfalfa isbelieved by some to be agalactagogue, a substancethat induces lactation.

Like other legumes, itsroot nodules contain bacte-ria, with the ability to soilIts nitrogen-fixing abilities(which increases soil nitro-gen) and its use as an ani-mal feed greatly improveagricultural efficiency.

Alfalfa can be sown inspring or fall, and doesbest on well-drained soilswith a neutral pH of 6.8 –7.5. Alfalfa requires sus-tained levels of potassiumand phosphorus to growwell. It is moderately sen-sitive to salt levels in boththe soil and irrigationwater, although it contin-ues to be grown in the aridsouthwestern UnitedStates, where salinity is anemerging issue. Soils lowin fertility should be fertil-ized with manure or achemical fertilizer, but cor-rection of pH is particu-larly important.

In most climates, alfalfais cut three to four times ayear. Total yields are typi-cally around 4 short tonsper acre in temperate envi-ronments, but yields havebeen recorded up to 16short tons per acre. Yieldsvary with region, weather,and the crop’s stage of ma-turity when cut. Later cut-tings improve yield, butwith reduced nutritionalcontent.

“It is a premium mar-ket,” said Dr. Lines. “They(the Chinese) want the best

possible quality of alfalfapossible, and they are will-ing to pay for it.”

But growing it is justhalf the job. The most im-portant part is the actualprocessing of the alfalfa.The main job of a process-ing plant is to dehydrate,or dry, the alfalfa. Oncedried, it can be turned intopellets, wafers or powderand then shipped.

“A community could setup a facility - a processingplant - to dehydrate the al-falfa, process it, then shipit.”

However, before Ohiofarmers starts searching foran entrepreneur to bankrollat processing plant, theyneed to be aware of a fewadditional facts: in the lastdecade of the 20th century,more than 200 such pro-cessing plants closed theirdoors, according to infor-mation from several alfalfaassociations across theU.S.

And while times maybe changing and the mar-ket might be right for in-vesting in such a facility,there are still an estimated200 plants in the U.S. al-ready, many on the westcoast, with more still inCanada.

But Dr. Lines says Ohiois still in a unique positionto start such an operationefficiently, and at less cost,than many other states.

(Gary Brock is editor ofACRES of SouthwestOhio.)

ALFALFAContinued from page 1A

An alfalfa processing plant is shown above.

By MARTHA FILIPICOSU Extension

COLUMBUS — When he was about8 years old growing up in the small townof Vernal, Utah, E. Gordon Gee joined4-H, the youth development program ofthe nation’s land-grant universities andCooperative Extension System.

Now president of The Ohio StateUniversity, overseeing six campuses,65,000 students and 42,000 faculty andstaff, Gee is among the most highly ex-perienced, respected and recognizedleaders in higher education. And hegives credit to 4-H for helping set himon his successful path.

“I greatly valued my 4-H experi-ence,” Gee said. “I believe 4-H first in-stilled in me the value of community,and it also provided some of my earliestopportunities to work with peers as partof a team.

His years in 4-H weren’t withoutchallenges, though. In fact, one of his fa-vorite stories about his 4-H years in-volves an ant farm: “I thought I had beenvery diligent in building the farm andcaring for the ants. But, all the ants died!Because of that experience, I like to jokethat I was not a very good 4-H’er.”

In 4-H, such missteps aren’t seen asfailures, said Tom Archer, Ohio’s stateleader for 4-H Youth Development andassistant director of Ohio State Univer-sity Extension. They offer young peoplethe opportunity to learn from mistakes ina nurturing environment and understandhow to rebound from setbacks. OSU Ex-tension is the outreach arm of the Col-lege of Food, Agricultural, andEnvironmental Sciences.

“I am often approached by peoplewho tell me the team-building, decision-making and problem-solving skills theydeveloped in 4-H became invaluable tothem in their professional and personallives as adults,” Archer said. “In 4-H,youths learn not only how to work to-ward a goal, but how to communicateabout what they’ve done, and the valueof giving back to their community.”

Ohio’s 250,000 4-H members are ad-vised by nearly 22,000 adult volunteers,most of whom work with membersthrough the state’s 4,547 4-H clubs. In

addition, nearly 7,200 teens volunteer inthe state’s 4-H programs. Children asyoung as age 5 and in kindergarten canjoin the 4-H non-competitive Cloverbudprogram; those age 8 and in third gradeup to age 18 can join clubs and choosefrom more than 200 hands-on projects toexplore.

The impact of 4-H is clear. The 4-HStudy of Positive Youth Development,an ongoing study by the Institute for Ap-plied Research in Youth Development atTufts University, shows that 4-H partici-pants are: More likely to get bettergrades in school. More likely to plan togo to college. More likely to pursuecourses or careers in science, engineer-ing or computer technology. More likelyto positively contribute to their familiesand communities. Less likely to engagein risky behaviors.

And, despite the stereotype, 4-H isn’tjust for rural kids. Gee, who also isproud to serve on the National 4-HCouncil Board of Trustees, sees thathimself:

“As president of Ohio State, I fre-quently travel to all corners of Ohio, andI can tell you that 4-H is everywhere —in both rural and urban communities,cities and small towns. Truly, 4-H pro-vides a model of leadership developmentfor young people of all walks of life.”

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“It’s a good opportunityfor all of us in agricultureto have a dialogue with ourconsumers,” said JoeMaxwell, vice president ofoutreach and engagementfor the HSUS. “That’s whatthis program is all about.”Maxwell, a fourth gen-

eration hog farmer fromMissouri, said that the threestate agriculture councils,created in October 2011,April 2012, and April 2013,will use suggestions fromlocal farmers to learn abouthow best to market humaneproducts to consumers.Eventually the program isexpected to expand intoother agricultural states andacross the country.“Each state is very, very

different,” Maxwell said.“Ohio is a great place forus to look at and start acouncil - the agriculturalbase is very rich and full ofgreat farmers, but it is verydifferent from what we’dfind in Nebraska or Col-orado.”The council members,

William Miller (ButlerCounty), Mardy Townsend(Ashtabula County), BruceRickard (Knox County),Joe Logan (TrumbullCounty), and Warren Tay-lor (Meigs County), eachwork for farms that useproduction methods ap-proved by the HSUS. Thefive farmers will holdmeetings on how to im-prove agriculture in thestate and how to encouragefarmers and consumers toinvest in operations that

choose humane treatment.Mike Bumgarner, vice

president for the OhioFarm Bureau’s Center forFood and Animal Issues, isconcerned that the newcouncil doesn’t accuratelyrepresent Ohio’s widerfarming community.“Our disappointment

with what we saw with thecouncil is it doesn’t seemto be very inclusive,” saidBumgarner. “We commendthem on the effort, butthere is no broad-scale di-versity within their produc-tion practices. If we’regoing to address issueswithin our farming com-munity we’ll need to haveall groups represented.”Maxwell said that the

founding members of thecouncil were largely se-lected because they had

been active in communicat-ing with or working withthe HSUS in the past. Ad-ditional farmers will be en-couraged to join thecouncil after approval fromexisting members.The HSUS has worked

with the Ohio LivestockCare Standards Board inrecent years to implement anumber of reforms, includ-ing phasing out veal crates,gestation crates and batterycages, three long-time tar-gets of animal rights ac-tivists. Bumgarner said thatthe creation of the newcouncil implies that the ex-isting board, which hasbeen open to input from allcitizens in the state for sev-eral years, is not adequate.“It seems to be suggest-

ing that their judgment isbetter, that they know bet-

ter about what our stan-dards ought to be,” saidBumgarner.Maxwell disagreed with

that interpretation, sayingthat the board’s success hadbeen one of the factors thathad lead the HSUS to con-sider Ohio as the next stateto establish a council in thefirst place.“We are actually very

proud of the Care Stan-dards Board and commendthe Farm Bureau,” he said.“One reason we selectedOhio is that agricultureleaders have stepped up tothe plate and are really tak-ing on these tough inhu-mane activities.”Still, many Ohio farm-

ers seem wary of the Hu-mane Society. Bumgarnersaid that there are signifi-cant differences of opinion

between the HSUS andmany of the Farm Bureau’smembers. Some of the or-ganization’s suggestions,including the “Three R’s ofeating with a conscience,” -refining dietary choices byswitching to products withhigh welfare standards, re-ducing consumption of ani-mal products, and replacinganimal products with plant-base options - seem di-rectly at odds with theeconomic interests of farm-ers in the meat industry, hesaid.Donald Conrad, a

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about the subject, but thatthere are differences ofopinion about what consti-tutes humane treatment.“There may be a few

isolated cases and maybesome abuse,” he said. “Butfor most farmers, their in-come comes from these an-imals and they take goodcare of them. The agendaof some of the Humane So-ciety is just trying to elimi-nate a lot of animalagriculture period. I thinkpeople are going hungrynow and everybody can’tbe a vegetarian. Animalprotein is a necessary item,too.”Mardy Townsend, a

founding council memberwho runs a 125-head grass-fed cattle farm in northeastOhio, said that the idea thatthe HSUS is a vegetarianorganization like someother groups is a miscon-ception.“The Humane Society

of the United States is ananimal welfare group, notan animal rights group, andthat’s a very important dis-tinction,” Townsend said. “Ican guarantee, knowing alot of HSUS members, thatthey’re not all vegetarians.”Townsend said the

HSUS encourages peopleto reduce their meat con-sumption because the or-ganization is concernedabout living in a world withfinite resources.“Not everybody in the

world can consume theamount of meat that we doin this country. There is noway to produce thatamount of meant and youcan produce more vegeta-bles or more grain on thesame piece of ground,” shesaid. “That’s what’s behindtheir thinking that weshould not be consumingthe amount that we do rightnow.”The main goal of the

new council, Townsendsaid, is not to criticize the

Care Standards Board orOhio’s farmers, but to con-nect the state’s 480,000HSUS members with pro-ducers employing a certaintype of agricultural prac-tices. Despite his misgiv-ings, Bumgarner said theFarm Bureau approves ofthe council’s effort to makeit easier for consumers tounderstand where theirfood originates.“Any time there’s ques-

tions about food and whereit’s coming from, we’reopen to dialogue,” he said.“I think consumers do wantto know where their foodcomes from and I thinkconsumers should havechoices. Any time you tryto connect consumers withwhere their food comesfrom, that’s a good thing.”The council is planning

on looking at existing sys-tems for connecting con-sumers with farmers withgood practices and willadopt a system that workswell in Ohio. The systemwould help Ohio’s farmerstake advantage of thestate’s better animal wel-fare practices, saidMaxwell.Dr. Lee Schrader, a local

veterinarian who serves asthe executive director of theFayette County HumaneSociety, said she thinks thatAmericans will be willingto pay more for animalsthat are humanely raised ifthey are given the option.“I’m hoping that other

farmers will be motivatedwhen they see consumersresponding positively tothese animal raising prac-tices and that they will alsobe motivated to change,”she said.Right now, there is no

good way for a consumerto go to the grocery storeand know whether he orshe is buying meat that hascome from a humanesource, said Daniel Hauff,an animal rights activistwho has worked for Mercyfor Animals and PETA.Maxwell agreed with Hauff

that the majority of animalsproducts currently comefrom factory farm models.The HSUS associates

the rise of factory farmingwith increased abuse andthe decline of the familyfarm. According to the or-ganization, an increase inindustrial animal produc-tion over recent decadescorresponded with the lossof 95 percent of the na-tion’s egg farmers, 90 per-cent of its pig farmers, and40 percent of its cattlefarmers. In Fayette County,the total number of farmsfell from 1,120 in 1970 toonly 600 in 2008, even asthe average size of eachfarm grew from 231 acresto 370 acres, according todata from the NationalAgricultural StatisticsService.“At some point opera-

tions get so large and they

lose the simple focus on theanimal,” said Maxwell. “Ilike to reinforce on myfarm that I’m a pig pro-ducer, not a pork producer.”Maxwell said that al-

though larger corporate-controlled farms may findit more difficult to makehumane decisions, it is pos-sible for all farming opera-tions to transition to morehumane methods.Townsend said she wouldcertainly be open to bring-ing some larger producersonto the council and is es-pecially seeking hog andpoultry farmers to join.“There are good animal

practices for all species,and for someone to be onthe council they wouldneed to be willing to abideby those standards,”Townsend said. “Size is notthe issue as much as the ac-tual practices.”

For grass-fed beef pro-ducers like Townsend, shesaid the operation didn’t re-quire very many changes tobe in line with what theHSUS recommends, andthe council’s efforts to con-nect producers with enthu-siastic consumers maybring better prices for thoseproducts and help motivateother farmers to make theswitch.“If other producers want

to join with us, that’s great.If not, the free marketrules,” she said. “All farm-ers need to make tough de-cisions about theirproduction methods, nomatter what animal you’reraising, and it’s alwayshard to change your pro-duction methods.”Schrader is optimistic

about how the councilcould transform animalagriculture in the state.“I’m hoping that this

board will help to highlightthe good practices of themembers of the council andwill allow us to see thatthere is another way ofraising animals,” saidSchrader. “As a civilizedsociety, it’s our moral obli-gation to prevent unneces-sary suffering. I would loveto see a basic change in theway that farm animals areraised.”Animal Scientist Dr.

Francis Fluharty of OhioState University stronglydisagreed with the premisethat large-scale or industri-alized operations lead toanimal abuse. In fact, hesaid, large-scale feedlotsoften have excellent animalwelfare practices becausethey are under scrutiny andoften have veterinariansand nutritionists on staff totend to animal health.“I get very concerned

when divisiveness starts inagriculture, where one typeof production makes itseem as if another type ofproduction is less ethical,less humane or less safe,”he said.Fluharty helped estab-

lish guidelines for beefsubcommittee the OhioLivestock Care StandardsBoard and worked to createOhio Signature Beef, anantibiotic-free and hor-mone-free beef productraised in Ohio on familyfarms. He said that animalwelfare is dependent uponthe management of an op-eration, and checks andbalances in the systemoften catch animal abusers.A consumer’s decision tobuy certain meat productsis a personal decision influ-enced in part by brand mar-keting, and not an ethicalissue, he said.“There are a variety of

consumers who want tobuy things for a variety ofreasons,” Fluharty said.“But it concerns me whenwe scare consumers and wepublish things that makethem think that one type ofproduct is superior to an-other, especially superioron some moral ground,which I do not believe.”Fluharty said that

smaller producers use landless efficiently and smallprocessors often have tocharge more to take advan-tage of every part of an ani-mal. He said the countrywould not be able to feedits growing population if allproducers used the lesstechnologically-advancedmethods of the past, andfood would become a mustlarger portion of our dis-posable income.“I understand the desire

of people for nostalgia -that’s one of the reasons forthe growth of farmers mar-kets and alternative produc-tion - but that’s a personalchoice for everyone,” hesaid. “We better be carefulwho we’re pointing fingersat, because a lot of timeswhat we think doesn’t fol-low the science or the logicof animal health.”

(Mark Fahey is a staffwriter for The Record-Her-ald in Washington CourtHouse.)

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ers attended the auction,organized by Hess Auc-tioneers. During the auc-tion, Bissantz sold off themajority of his farm equip-ment, including 36 piecesof machinery and numer-ous smaller items. Theauction was also filmed by“Machinery Pete,” who at-tends many local auctions.Bissantz said he believesthe footage from his auc-tion will be aired on televi-sion sometime this fall.“He called out there a

week before the sale andsaid he was looking on theinternet for something likethat and wanted to come into film it,” Bissantz said.“They’re going to put it onRFD TV in the fall, one ofthe premiere programs. It’sa new program they’restarting out this fall, Iguess. He goes out to allthese auctions all over theUnited States.”Bissantz said he has no

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(Bryan Peck is the edi-tor of the News Democratand Ripley Bee in George-town.)

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The landscape atWilmington College ischanging.A modern, multi-mil-

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addition, the college hassecured a loan for $19.7million from the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture(USDA) Rural Develop-ment.Kettering Hall, which

was built in 1960, housesthe college’s agricultureand STEM (Science,Technology, Engineeringand Math) programs. WCis one of just two institu-tions in the state whichoffer a degree in agricul-ture, with the other beingThe Ohio State Univer-sity.Tammye Treviño, ad-

ministrator for housingand community facilitiesprograms with the USDA,traveled from WashingtonD.C. for the announce-ment. She spoke aboutthe importance of invest-ing in rural America.“If rural America is to

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of food for the rest ofAmerica, and for largerportions of the world, andif we are to continue toinvest in our country’s en-ergy source and energyneeds, then there is a nat-ural investment in thoseprojects that enhance op-portunities, especially op-portunities that areafforded by state-of-theart facilities in educationin rural America,” shesaid. “And, as educationis a critical component ofworld prosperity, theUSDA’s partnership withyou today signifies ourfaith in you and in ruralAmerica.”As part of the project,

about $2.2 million is ex-pected to be infused intothe local economy viaconstruction. The collegealso expects to increaseenrollments and new fac-ulty hires.“This is especially

good news for ClintonCounty - the synergy hereamong the members ofthe community is impres-sive,” Treviño continued,referencing the economy.“This is the genuinephoenix rising from theashes kind of story. Whenyou consider the focus ofthe 2009 episode of ‘60minutes’ called ‘Eco-

nomic Storm Batters OhioTown,’ we think ‘60 Min-utes’ needs to come backhere now and do anotherstory now.”Kettering Hall, with its

lack of air conditioningand asbestos-laden floortiles, has not been im-proved since its construc-tion, officials noted. Aspart of the project, theoriginal part of the

34,000-square-foot build-ing will be renovated,which includes the instal-lation of LEED-certifiedefficiencies like a reflec-tive roof.The new, two-story,

15,000 square-foot addi-tion will boast more class-rooms and laboratoriesand will be built into oneof the college’s grassyareas. It will be designedto blend in with the archi-tectural design of theoriginal part of KetteringHall as well as the neigh-boring Boyd Auditoriumfor Performing Arts.At completion, the

building will be ADA-compliant and include afood production kitchenand meeting space de-signed to be shared withthe Wilmington Commu-nity at large.About one-third of the

total USDA loan, $6.5million, will be used torefinance the college’s

capital debt. The USDAloan has an interest rate of3.125 percent, said Ran-dall Sarvis, WC directorof public relations. Offi-cials declined to commenton the current interest ratethe college is paying forits capital debt.“The USDA rate of

3.125 percent is signifi-cantly more favorablethan our current rate,”stated Jim Reynolds, WCpresident.The rest of the loan

will be used to constructthe $12 to $13 million fa-cility.Reynolds said the proj-

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today with goosebumps,”he told the crowd. “Thereason for that is I’mlooking at a bunch of stu-dents and some of ouralumni and I think aboutour traditions and some ofthe things we will do in

the future because of whatwe can accomplish bystarting this project andbuilding this building.”The college’s ag pro-

gram is one of its mostpopular majors, with en-rollment nearing a 55 per-cent increase inyear-over-year throughoutthe past four years. Withsociety growing andchanging, now is the timeto invest in agriculture ed-ucation, said Dr. MonteAnderson, WC agricultureprogram director.“The reality is we as a

society are going to befeeding a lot more mouthsin the next 20, 30 or 40years and we have to havethe technology in place tosustain our resources tofeed the demands of ourgrowing world,” he said.“We’re an integrated, notan applied, science. With-out agriculture, it’s a dif-ferent world.”Groundbreaking on the

addition is expected tobegin before the end ofthe calendar year and offi-cials hope to have theconstruction finished byspring of 2015, Sarvissaid.Referencing the col-

lege’s motto, “Not by aleap but by many steps,”Wilmington MayorRandy Riley said thisagreement is not the firstprivate/public effort withthe college.“We have taken a lot of

steps together and we’vebeen smacked in the heada lot and,” Riley said witha laugh. “Tammye is rightwhen she talks about ‘60Minutes’ coming back.Bring them on - we’ve gota lot of great things goingon here.”

(Andrea Chaffin is astaff writer at the Wilm-ington News Journal.)

Contributed photo/Randy SarvisOfficials gather around an artist’s rendering of the new addition to Kettering Hall, whichwill be financed with a USDA loan, Wilmington College announced Thursday. From left,Anthony Logan, USDA Rural Development state director; Tammye Treviño, USDA admin-istrator for housing and community facilities; Jim Reynolds, WC president; and AshleyKelly, USDA community programs specialist.

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Dow AgroSciences’ newEnlist™ Weed ControlSystem herbicide-toleranttrait for use in field corn.Dow AgroSciences will li-cense Monsanto’s thirdgeneration corn root-worm technology, CornRootworm III, which ispresently under develop-ment by Monsanto andoffers a new mode of ac-tion for rootworm control.The agreement paves theway for introduction(pending regulatory ap-provals) of next-genera-tion products that buildoff the current Smart-Stax® platform, which in-cludes Dow’s Herculex®and Monsanto’s insect re-sistance and herbicide-tolerance traits. Financialterms of the agreementwere not disclosed. These technologies are

expected to be introducedin each company’s re-spective elite, proprietarygermplasm and soldcompetitively by bothcompanies as next-gener-ation weed and insectcontrol products. Theagreements build on thecompetitive standard setby SmartStax®* forstacked-trait corn offer-ings in providing addedvalue for farmers in theirongoing need to securehigher yields despitewide-ranging pressuresfrom damaging pests.This creates the opportu-

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are particularly valuablefor combating pest resist-ance and preserving traitdurability. Weed resist-ance is also a challengefacing agriculture, andEnlist is a next-generationsystem that combines in-novative traits providingtolerance to 2,4-D andFOPs, novel herbicidesand stewardship, offeringtwo modes of action forweed control to deliverperformance that farmersneed now. Monsanto isthe first licensee of theEnlist trait in corn. “This agreement takes

the outstanding value of-fered by SmartStax tech-nology to a new level,allowing growers in-creased flexibility withhighly effective newmodes of action for weedand insect management,”said Antonio Galindez,Dow AgroSciences presi-dent and CEO. “Addingadvanced new traits toSmartStax – including ourEnlist corn trait – deliverson our company’s busi-ness objective of provid-ing better solutions forthe growing world.” “This agreement builds

on the success we hadwith the original Smart-Stax agreement, showingthat as both companiesinnovate, we’ll continue tobring the best products tofarmers,” said Brett Bege-mann, Monsanto’s presi-dent and chiefcommercial officer. “Wecontinue to look for addi-tional modes of actionthat offer benefit to ourfarmer customers andcomplement our existing

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By TRACY TURNEROSU Extension

COLUMBUS – Grow-ers who want to get theircorn crop out to a goodstart this year should makesure they get it plantedduring the optimal cornplanting time, which insome parts of Ohio typi-cally starts as early thisweek, an Ohio State Uni-versity Extension expertsaid. Getting corn planted in

southern Ohio betweenApril 10 and May 10 andin northern Ohio betweenApril 15 and May 10 —the optimal planting timesfor corn in Ohio — is justone of several key meas-ures growers can take tobetter ensure they avoid ir-reversible mistakes thatcould result in lower yieldpotential, said PeterThomison, an OSU Ex-tension agronomist. OSU Extension is the

statewide outreach arm ofOhio State University’sCollege of Food, Agricul-tural, and EnvironmentalSciences. “We encourage plant-

ing at the recommendedtimes because this is his-torically when you get thebest yields,” Thomisonsaid. “Planting later thanthese times historicallyhas resulted in yield loss,in some cases a 30-bushel-per-acre reduction inyield. “Growers historically

could see a loss of abushel to a bushel and ahalf in yield loss for eachlate planted day.” But some growers may

be hesitant to plant earlythis year based on experi-ences many growers hadwith planting delays anddrought the past twoyears, he said. For exam-

ple, wet weather condi-tions caused planting de-lays for many growers in2011, but many were stillable to produce good and,in some cases, bettercrops. And for some growers

who planted early in 2012,their crops were at criticaldevelopment stages whendrought conditions were attheir most severe, with nu-merous 100 degree orhigher days in early Julywhen crops were pollinat-ing and at their most sen-sitive point, Thomisonsaid. That compares togrowers who, because ofplanting delays, got theircrops in later and had bet-ter crops. “As a result, some

growers may be a littlegun shy at planting earlythis year or may be morecareful and not plant asearly as they typicallywould because of whathappened the last twoyears,” he said. “It’shuman nature to reflect onwhat’s transpired in thepast couple of years ver-sus the historical perspec-tive because of concernsmany may have that we’reexperiencing moreweather extremes.”But the generic recom-

mendations are that ifgrowers have fields thathave good soil conditions,are dry and suitable forplanting, with warmingtemperatures over the nextweek to 10 days, it be-hooves them to start plant-ing, Thomison said. “Mistakes made during

crop establishment areusually irreversible andcan put a ceiling on acrop’s yield potential be-fore the plants have evenemerged,” he said. “Fol-lowing these recommen-dations can help growers

minimize their risk.” In addition to planting

at the proper time, Thomi-son said growers can min-imize risk by:Performing tillage opera-tions only when necessaryand under the right soilconditions. It is importantto avoid working with wetsoil and to reduce second-ary tillage passes whichcould cause shallow com-paction and reduce cropyields. The best time ofyear for a deeper tillage isduring the late summerand into fall on dry soil,and only when a com-pacted zone has beenidentified. Adjustingseeding depth accordingto soil conditions. Cornshould be planted between1.5 to 2 inches deep,which provides protectionagainst frost and allowsfor adequate root develop-ment. Seed depth shouldbe adjusted for weatherand soil conditions. Ad-justing seeding rates byfield. For example, high-yield potential sites withhigh soil-fertility levelsand water-holding capac-ity can benefit from higherseeding rates, while lowerseeding rates work betterwith droughty soils or inlate-planted crops. Plant-ing a mix of early-, mid-and full-season hybridsbetween fields, which re-duces damage from dis-eases and environmentalstress at different growthsstages. Using this methodalso spreads out harvesttime and workload. Plant-ing full-season hybridsfirst, followed alternatelywith early-season andmid-season hybrids,which allows the late-sea-son hybrids to get themost benefit from maxi-mum heat unit accumula-tion, Thomison said.

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PIKETON – Strawberrygrowers can learn about newproduction methods andtechniques during an OhioState University strawberryplasticulture workshop May16 that can help them extendtheir growing season andboost on-farm profits.The workshop will be

held from 6 to 9 p.m. at theOhio State University SouthCenters in Piketon, 1864Shyville Road. Registrationis $5. The centers are part ofOhio State’s College ofFood, Agricultural, and En-vironmental Sciences(CFAES).The workshop will fea-

ture Brad Bergefurd, a horti-culturist with Ohio StateUniversity Extension andthe Ohio Agricultural Re-

search and DevelopmentCenter (OARDC). Berge-furd will discuss the plasti-culture production method,in which strawberries areplanted in September andgrow over the winter usingplastic to keep the soil warmand suppress weed growth,which results in larger,sweeter berries during anearlier growing period, hesaid.OSU Extension and

OARDC are CFAES’s out-reach and research arms, re-spectively.Thanks to the relatively

new production method,Ohio consumers now canhave access to locally grownstrawberries as early as thefirst week of May and as lateas October, according to the

results of an ongoing OSUExtension research trial con-ducted by Bergefurd. “The crops look good so

far, and we expect about 50to 100 people to be able tocome out and learn in theclassroom before headingout into our field trials togain hands-on learning andinstruction,” he said. The OSU Extension plas-

ticulture trial includes abouta half-acre of strawberryplants at the OSU SouthCenters and about 100 acrestotal on at least 25 farmsstatewide this season. Thetrial includes evaluating newstrawberry varieties, withnew selections being testedfrom Florida, California,Cornell University and NorthCarolina, Bergefurd said.

In addition to touring theplasticulture trials, partici-pants will also learn about:Variety evaluations, includ-ing day-neutral (summer-bearing) strawberries. Theuse of white and black plas-tic mulch to modify soiltemperature. Winter rowcover management study re-sults for freeze and frost pro-tection. Drip irrigation.Fertigation management,with row covers, bed shap-ing, plastic laying and trans-planting equipment ondisplay. Registration includes the

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By MAURICIO ESPINOZAOSU Extension

COLUMBUS — Theprofessional Master inPlant Health Management(MPHM) degree, devel-oped by Ohio State Uni-versity’s College of Food,Agricultural, and Environ-mental Sciences (CFAES),has become the first grad-uate program at the uni-versity to achieveaffiliation in the NationalProfessional Science Mas-ter’s Association.The first of its kind at

Ohio State, the degree is ajoint effort of the depart-ments of plant pathologyand entomology whoseaim is to provide hands-ontraining that includes bothtechnical and professionalaspects of plant healthmanagement, as the needfor qualified individuals inthe field increases.The demand is huge

and growing for studentsand people trained in planthealth management be-cause of the increasing de-mand for global foodproduction, said AnneDorrance, a professor ofplant pathology and co-chair of MPHM.“By 2050, there will be

nine billion people on theplanet that we’re going tohave to feed, which meanswe’re going to have todouble and triple theamount of food productionon the same number ofacres,” she said. “We’regoing to need all the toolsin the toolbox and the peo-ple skilled in the plantmanagement industry tomeet this demand withoutruining the planet in theprocess.”The MPHM is de-

signed for individuals whoare going into the industryrather than pursuing thosewho want to pursue a re-search path, said Jeff Hat-tey, assistant dean foracademic programs in the

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on preparing folks for theprofessional world, com-bining science, businessand technology skills,”Hattey said. “When welook at what’s going on inthe marketplace, compa-nies need highly skilledworkers who can stayabreast of technologicalrequirements and changescoming down the pike, butwho are versed enough inthe sciences to understandthose changes.”Combining classroom

and e-learning delivery,the program is geared to-ward recent graduates andworking professionalssuch as Extension educa-tors, agriculture educators,crop advisers, turf/land-scape managers and natu-ral resource managers, aswell as professionals inbusiness and law whowish to specialize in regu-latory, environmental orintellectual property is-sues.Full-time students can

complete the degree in 1-1.5 years, but the programis designed to be pursuedpart-time and may becompleted in 2-3 years.Multidisciplinary in na-ture, the program’s cur-riculum includes coursesfrom six different OhioState departments, com-bining life sciences withbusiness, education andcommunication courses.“The courses that stu-

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COLUMBUS – TonySeegers has been nameddirector of state policy forthe Ohio Farm BureauFederation (OFBF).Seegers will advocate

for OFBF members beforethe Ohio General Assem-bly and state agencies anddepartments. He also willprovide analysis of legisla-tion and regulation that im-pacts Farm Bureaumembers and the state’sagricultural industry.Seegers most recently

was a policy director at theOhio Chamber of Com-merce. Previously, he wasan attorney with WrightLaw Company, and an as-sistant attorney general andlegislative aide in both theOhio Senate and House.He is a graduate of OhioState University and Capi-tal University Law School

where he was a member ofthe Law Review. He andhis wife, Kristin, reside inWesterville.“Tony’s experience in

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By STEPHANI DUFF

As corn planting seasoncomes to an end for localfarmers, soybean plantingis quickly becoming thepriority. Similar to factorsthat help determine howmuch acreage to corn willbe planted, the decision onacreage to beans is decidedlargely on the farmers’ par-ticular rotation; Tom Smith,a Logan County farmer ex-plained that his rotation in-cludes soybeans, wheat andhay.John Smith, Auglaize

County Ohio State Exten-sion officer explained therotation as well.“A lot of times farmers

will base their acreage tosoybean decision on theamount of corn that wasplanted previously; theyalso often alternate theplanting schedule everyother year.”A lot of farmers use no-

till when planting soybeansand Tom Smith explainswhat the preparations forsoybean planting look likefor his farm.“Because we are no-till

the only preparation we re-ally do is to spray burn-down to take care ofweeds; part of the spray isresidual to take care ofweeds until they reachcanopy,” Tom Smith said.

John Smith further ex-plained what goes into theno-till planting process.“Farmers that are no till

will often go back into theold corn crop and plant thesoybeans,” he said.“Farmers typically plant

170 to 170,000 soybeanseeds per acre, according toan Ohio State Universitystudy, and most will plantthose in 7- to 8-inch rows,”John Smith said of theplanting process.There aren’t as many

risks with planting soy-beans too early as the Ohioweather is usually warmeraround soybean plantingtime, but Tom Smith ex-plained the few risks in-volved.“My brother sows the

soybeans around the twen-tieth of April; we usuallywait until that date becauseif we plant too soon and thetemperature of the groundgets too cool or too wet, wewill lose a percentage ofour stand,” Smith said.“The ideal ground tempera-ture for soybean planting isbetween 50 and 60 degreesand it is helpful if we canreceive several sunny dayswith temperatures up intothe seventies. What you dowant to stay away from,however, is damp ground.”Tom Smith explained

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Tom’s statement.“Soybeans are the No. 1

money producer inAuglaize County and cornis No. 2; this may not betrue in every county or inall of Ohio, but it would beaccurate for counties withheavy livestock,” he said.

(Stephani Duff writesfor the Troy Daily News.)

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COLUMBUS — Justabout everyone agrees thatfood and health are inextri-cably linked.But Yael Vodovotz goes

well beyond that standard:the Ohio State Universityfood scientist focuses oncreating new functionalfoods that potentially couldprevent and treat chronicdisease without demandingthat consumers make majorchanges to their diet.Among the products

under development: Soy-based bread that containsenough soy to approachwhat’s typical in the soy-rich Asian diet. Soy-basedsoft pretzels with a lowglycemic index to fight di-abetes and weight gain.Black raspberry confec-tions and nectar packedwith polyphenols to battleprostate and oral cancer.The idea is to formulate

foods with specific healthbenefits that can be easilyincorporated into the typi-cal American diet, saidVodovotz, a professor offood science and technol-ogy and scientist with theOhio Agricultural Researchand Development Center,the research arm of OhioState’s College of Food,Agricultural, and Environ-mental Sciences.“Yes, people could eat

more soy now. But howmany people would reallyeat tofu for an extended pe-riod of time? That’s what itwould take to offer a pre-ventive effect.“What we try to formu-

late are things that you nor-mally would eat anyway. Itwould be a no-brainer thatinstead of buying yourstandard everyday bread,you buy a soy-based bread.That way, with no changein your habits, you’ll begetting the benefit. We

want to offer alternativesthat require no change inlifestyle, because for mostpeople, changing yourlifestyle is harder to dothan anything else.”Vodovotz arrived at

Ohio State’s Department ofFood Science and Technol-ogy in 2000 after workingwith NASA, developingnovel foods for a mannedmission to Mars. Her ex-pertise lies in understand-ing the material propertiesof foods. By closely exam-ining the physical andchemical properties, shehelps unlock the mysteriesof how certain componentscontribute health benefits,and how they act withinthe product itself — affect-ing a product’s flavor,quality, stability and safety.“If you change the ma-

terial, the properties of allthese components canchange,” Vodovotz said.“Understanding that is crit-ical. Everything dependson these properties.”With collaborators

across the college and uni-versity as well as a half-dozen graduate students

and post-doctoral re-searchers, Vodovotz workssimultaneously on a multi-tude of projects. A few ofthem include:

SOY BREADVodovotz first began

working on a soy-basedbread while with NASA. Inher time at Ohio State, sheand her team have donesome fine-tuning to createa product that tastes goodand has enough soy tocarry the U.S. Food andDrug Administration’s“heart-healthy” food claim.The bread’s commer-

cialization is under devel-opment, Vodovotz said, butin the meantime, she hasworked with Dr. SteveClinton, a medical oncolo-gist with The Ohio StateUniversity ComprehensiveCancer Center - Arthur G.James and Richard J.Solove Research Institute,and Steve Schwartz, OhioState’s Carl. E. Haas En-dowed Chair in Food In-dustries, to conduct clinicaltrials to examine the prod-uct’s benefits againstprostate cancer.

They have even testednew formulations — onewith almond powder as aningredient, and a sour-dough version — and havefound that they make thebeneficial isoflavones fromsoy more easily absorbedby the body and may offerbenefits for men diagnosedwith prostate cancer.Next on tap: combining

the soy bread with vitaminD and assessing its healthbenefits in a human clinicaltrial.

SOY-BASED SOFTPRETZELS

In a project similar tothe soy bread work,Vodovotz developed a soy-based soft pretzel, whichdoesn’t cause blood sugarto spike.Pretzels and snack

foods available at movietheaters, ball parks andother venues often have ahigh glycemic index,which means they causeblood sugars to spike sud-denly. Choosing foods witha low glycemic index is en-

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OSU food scientist Yael Vodovotz is working to produce new foods that potentially couldprevent and treat diseases and illnesses.

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COLUMBUS —Professionals who man-age parks, farms, trees,wildlife, landscapeplants and more can geta detailed look atOhio’s invasive species— both what has ar-rived and what may becoming — at a work-shop May 17.Called “Ohio’s Non-

native Invasives,” theevent goes from 8:15a.m. to 4 p.m. inFounder’s Auditoriumin Ovalwood Hall onOhio State University’sMansfield campus,1760 University Drive.The program fea-

tures 14 sessions ontopics such as feralpigs; emerald ash borer;Asian longhorned bee-tle; white-nose syn-drome in bats; newAsian carp species, es-pecially the silver carpand the bighead carp;and new threats to hem-locks, walnuts andviburnums.Mississippi State

University foresterAndy Londo will givethe keynote talk on thefast-growing kudzuvine, which is now inOhio.The sessions will

also cover identifica-tion, management, post-invasion woodlandrenovation, economicand ecological impacts,and how to involvestakeholders infighting invasivespecies.Invasive species

are species thataren’t native to aplace but have gottenthere through humanactivity, either by acci-dent or on purpose.

They escape, tend tospread fast, and can re-duce or eliminate nativespecies by eating, shad-ing, crowding, damag-ing, infecting oroutcompeting them.The workshop’s

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couraged for people withdiabetes or pre-diabetes tobetter control their bloodsugar, which plays a role incontrolling appetite andweight gain.“There are really no

healthy snack alternativesin these venues availablenow,” Vodovotz said.Now, in a new collabo-

ration with Martha Belury,the Carol S. Kennedy Pro-fessor in the human nutri-tion program in theCollege of Education andHuman Ecology, Vodovotzis developing a soy-basedsoft pretzel made with saf-flower oil, which Beluryhas previously shown canreduce fat in the midsec-tion, reduce blood sugarand increase muscle tissuein women with controlledType 2 diabetes.“We’d like to get these

pretzels to high school stu-dents as an alternativesnack to what they’re eat-ing now,” Vodovotz said.“It could help preventchildhood obesity.”

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NECTARVodovotz has been

working with a large multi-disciplinary team for sev-eral years to study theanti-cancer properties inconfections and nectarmade from freeze-driedblack raspberries. The prod-ucts have a high concentra-tion of polyphenols, a typeof antioxidant found natu-rally in black raspberries.Currently, the team is

analyzing results of a clini-cal trial of prostate cancerpatients. During the threeto four weeks while theparticipants awaited sur-gery, they consumed differ-ing amounts of theconfections or the nectar.Researchers are studyingwhether the compoundsfrom the solid confectionor the liquid nectar are bet-ter absorbed, and they’re

also studying other aspectsof the participants’ diets —coffee, tea and chocolateconsumption — to deter-mine if antioxidant com-pounds in those foodsaffected the black rasp-berry absorption.“Out of all this, we

hope to find which diet isbest, which dosage is best,and which form of delivery(nectar or confection) isbest,” Vodovotz said.“What we’re looking for,through blood work andpost-surgery tissue sam-ples, is a therapeutic ef-fect” — that is, whichmethod of introducing thecompounds into the bodyhas a stronger benefit.In a related project, this

one funded by the Peloto-nia Research Award Pro-gram, Vodovotz andcolleagues are examiningthe best method to deliverblack raspberry compoundsto fight oral cancer.“We had formulated

three different types ofconfections for this — astarch-based gummy, apectin-based gummy and ahard candy. When tested inartificial saliva, the threematrices release the berrypolyphenols very differ-ently. It’s sort of like whatyou might see with med-ications — is it fast releaseor slow release and does itmake a difference?”For now, the three con-

fections are being tested inhealthy individuals. “We’relooking very simply at themetabolites to see howthey are being absorbed inthe mouth.”Results from this study

and others like it couldpave the way to a clinicaltrial for oral cancer pa-tients in the future,Vodovotz said.That’s just a small taste

of the projects onVodovotz’s plate. Othersinclude: In collaborationwith Abbott, Vodovotz hasbegun looking at alterna-tives to foods that couldcombat malnutrition inHaiti. “We looked at what

the people are given now— a peanut-butter-basedproduct — and I workedwith Matt Kleinhenz (a re-searcher in Ohio State’sDepartment of Horticultureand Crop Science) on whatthey could grow in Haitithat we could add to theproduct or could use to de-velop something new.What we’re looking at isthe product developmentside of fighting malnutri-tion. We just had one yearon this project — phaseone — but hope we’re ableto continue it in the fu-ture.” Working with OhioState anthropologist ScottMcGraw, Vodovotz is ex-amining one of the primaryconstituents of the diet ofsooty mangabeys — largemonkeys that live in theUpper Guinea forests ofWest Africa. The nuts fromthe tree Sacoglottis gabo-nensis “are very, very hardto crack, like an unpoppedpopcorn seed or a cherrypit,” Vodovotz said. “Butthese monkeys will go out

of their way to find and eatthem.” McGraw first ap-proached Vodovotz to seeif she had a method to testthe hardness of the nuts,but the project grew fromthere. “Since these nuts are

hard to find and hard tocrack, I suggested thatthere must be a reason whythese monkeys seek outthese nuts,” she said. Andsure enough, by workingwith Esperanza Carcachede Blanco in medicinalchemistry in the College ofPharmacy, the team iso-lated a compound in thenuts that has an anti-dia-betes effect.Interestingly, Vodovotz

said, the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Preven-tion has a colony of thesemonkeys — they are themonkeys that carry theAIDS virus but do not ex-press it. They are fed astandard monkey chow —not the hard-to-gather nutsthey eat in the wild — andthey have a high incidence

of diabetes. The diabetesconnection is still a hy-pothesis, Vodovotz said,but an intriguing one. “Inthe end, we might be ableto extract these compoundsand put them in a foodproduct to fight diabetes inhumans,” she said. In aproject not related to food,Vodovotz is working Kat-rina Cornish, EndowedChair in Bio-Based Emer-gent Materials, and KurtKoelling, professor ofchemical and biomolecularengineering, in studyingthe properties of bioplas-tics made from invasivegrasses found around LakeErie. “We’re blending hermaterial with a materialfrom microorganisms tosee if it can improve theproperties for packaging,”Vodovotz said. Vodovotzalso is assisting on the“Buckeye Gold” project,examining the propertiesof Russian dandelion,which shows promise as asource of natural rubber.Potentially, an acre of

Russian dandelion couldprovide enough rubber toproduce 500 tires.Vodovotz’s lab is helpinganalyze the physical andchemical properties of thematerial. “It’s a very strongcollaboration,” she said. The project is a good

example of taking a multi-disciplinary approach tobasic research on a cellularlevel, applying it to practi-cal uses, and getting aproduct into the market-place. It’s what Vodovotzloves about her job.“I have a great time

with my collaborators,”Vodovotz said. “It’s fasci-nating. It’s very neat seeinga project from their side,and they find it very inter-esting to see it from theway we approach it. Re-search-wise, we never failto have enough ideas.”For information on

more projects Vodovotz isworking on, see her re-search website athttp://fst.osu.edu/vodovotz/research.html.

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ADAMS COUNTYAdams County Farmers’ Market -

Dates: Every Wednesday from June toOctober (depending on seasonal avail-ability); Time: 12 to 6 p.m.; Location:Keim Family Market on the corner ofState Route 32 and Burnt Cabin Road;Contact: Cynthia Brown, 937-587-2602,[email protected] COUNTYHighland County Farmers’ Market -

Dates: Every Wednesday and Saturday(call for starting date information); Time:2 to 6 p.m., Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 1p.m., Saturday; Location: Uptown Hills-boro on the Courthouse Lawn; Contact:John Abell, 937-763-2154 and MargaretWest, 937-393-3225.Greenfield Farmers’ Market -

Dates: Every Thursday from late May toearly October; Time: 4 to 7 p.m.; Loca-tion: Downtown Greenfield next to thecity building, 300 Jefferson St.; Contact:Ellie Zent, 937-403-4790, [email protected], www.face-book.com/pages/Greenfield-Farmers-Market/190768260965370.FAYETTE COUNTYFayette County Farmers’ Market -

Dates: Every Saturday from mid-May tomid-October; Time: 8:30 a.m. to noon;Location: Municipal parking lot on thecorner of S. Main St. and East streets indowntown Washington Court House;Contact: David Persinger, 740-948-2231, [email protected];Web: fayettecountyfarmersmarket.word-

press.com,www.facebook.com/pages/Fayette-County-Farmers-Market/147233185290090.BROWN COUNTY Ripley Farmers’ Market - Dates:

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Dates: Every Thursday beginning inMay; Time: 3 to 7 p.m.; Location: SouthMain St., (2 doors north of State St.(Route 125) on the west side of Main),Georgetown; Contact: Julie Klein, 937-392-1543, www.facebook.com/George-townohiospecialevents.Mt. Orab Farmers’ Market - Dates:

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Elizabeth Carey grewup on a small farm nes-tled among wooded hillsnear Athens, Ohio. Sheloved farm life and, whensearching for her soulmate, she chose a youngClinton County farmer.Elizabeth and her hus-band Reed are each in-volved in work thatimproves the life andhealth of others.“On the small farm,

we raised pigs and had ahorse, cow, chickens, rab-bits, guineas, dogs andcats,” said Elizabeth.“Most of them were pets.We made yogurt andchocolate pudding fromgoat’s milk. I helped inthe garden and with foodpreparation. I took care ofthe animals. That was myjob.”Elizabeth’s father is as-

sistant dean in the Collegeof Business at Ohio Uni-versity. He is also a sculp-tor and artist. Her motherwas a stay-at-home momwho held a variety of jobssuch as writing a newspa-per column and workingat the recreation center.Elizabeth has two

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at college but they weremostly interested in play-ing video games,” saidElizabeth. “It just didn’tclick. I love animals and Ihoped to live on a farm.You can be outside doingthings. A friend told me Ishould go online to find afarmer. I knew somefarmers and they werejust nice people. So Iwent online towww.farmersonly.com, adating website, and foundReed’s profile and inter-ests. We both knew therewas a stigma about datingonline and were cautious.We spent a month talkingthrough instant messengerand emails and ex-changed photographs. In2007, he came down tomeet me. What attractedme to Reed was the wayhe talked about his fam-ily. He had a lot of respectfor them.”Elizabeth and Reed

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With the explo-sive Internetviral hit, “I’m

Farming and I Grow It,”the Peterson Brothers lip-synced their way in to thehearts of Americans andhave become national agri-cultural advocates for thenew online generation offarming and its progressivepractices.With its success of “I’m

Farming and I Grow It” —a parody of pop sensa-tion’s “I’m Sexy and IKnow It” by LMFAO —the Peterson Brothers ofKansas harvested theirlove of farm life and usedsocial media to show offwhat it means to those wholive it, love it and grow it.The Peterson Brothers

also have followed up theiragri-parody success with“Life of a Farmer” serieson YouTube to capture theblood, sweat and yields ofthe day in the life of afarmer from the feed lot tothe fields.The Fulton brothers –

Robert, Joseph and Josh —don’t really have the timeto make music videosabout their love of agricul-ture, but they do enjoysharing their fruits of theirlabor on the social net-working giant Facebook.Joe Fulton, 22, recently

shared his success of thefirst time he grew romainelettuce using hydroponicsat a greenhouse located onFulton Farms, located onState Route 41, outside ofTroy.“I think it’s neat way to

share all the success and

hard work that goes in togrowing our food,” JoeFulton said. “Most peopledon’t get a chance to seetheir food until they go tothe grocery store. I enjoysharing pictures with peo-ple how food just travelsfrom our greenhouse to themarket and what otherconsumers are getting isfrom a big ice box trucklosing all its nutrientsalong the way to the gro-cery store that could be100 miles away.”Fulton said thanks to

Smartphone technology,pictures from the field canhit the Internet quickly.Fulton said posting pic-tures on either his personalFacebook page, or the offi-cial Fulton Farms Face-book page is a fun way to

arming and acebook

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WOMEN ON THE FARMLove in the countryElizabeth Carey findshappiness on the farm

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Elizabeth finished school atOU and got a job.“When I graduated, peo-

ple where I worked lived inthe city,” she said. “Theycomplained about theirneighborhood rules that re-quired them to keep theirlawns mowed at a certainheight. I don’t like the cityat all. I love animals andliving in the country whereyou have a lot more free-dom to do whatever youwant.”When Reed suggested

Elizabeth find a job nearhim, she got a job at Ro-gosin Institute, a cancer re-search center, in Xenia. InDecember, 2011, Elizabeth,27, and Reed, 30, startedtheir married life together inthe nine-room farm housethat was on Reed’s property.Like most farm wives, sincemost of the profit fromfarming must go back intothe business, Elizabeth’swork helps cover expensesand provides health carebenefits.“I work in a sterile envi-

ronment where all thatshows is my eyes,” she said.“I can’t wear any make-upor nail polish.”Elizabeth said an excerpt

from the January 25, 2011Wall Street Journal story,“Novel Effect to Fight Can-cer With Cancer Cells”, de-scribes what the Institutedoes very well.“Researchers from Ro-

gosin Institute are harvest-ing tumor cells from miceand encapsulating them inbeads made of a seaweed-derived sugar calledagarose. The beads are thenimplanted into the ab-domens of cancer patients.There, cells in the beads se-

crete proteins researchersbelieve could signal a pa-tient’s cancer cells to stopgrowing, shrink or evendie….Supporting this research

is neither a big drug com-pany nor a biotechnologystartup. In a highly unusualset-up, Metromedia Co., theprivately held broadcast andTelecommunications Com-pany run by John Klugeuntil his death in September,is financially backing it.The company’s Metro-

media Biosciences unit hasput 50 million dollars intothe cancer project and in-tends to funnel the bulk ofany revenue from the treat-ment should it reach themarket into Mr. Kluge’scharitable foundation.”“It costs so little with so

few side effects,” said Eliz-abeth. “My major role is toharvest the cancer cells thatare put into the beads. Weare in stage 2B in FDAclinical trials. I don’t mindgoing to work because Ithink I’m making a differ-ence. It gives you a sense ofaccomplishment.”As an outlet, Elizabeth

likes to work outside. Sheplanted a vegetable garden,blackberry and raspberrybushes, apple and cherrytrees.“My grandmother had a

cherry tree,” rememberedElizabeth. “She made cher-ries jubilee, pies and jams. Ipicked five or six quarts ofstrawberries last year. Imade jelly. I also froze cornfrom Reed’s grandparent’sgarden.”Elizabeth also paints and

works in stained glass.“It does serve as a cre-

ative outlet for me,” shesaid. “I think Mom and Dadboth had a role in my art.My Dad taught me some

things about painting andmy Mom let me destroy thehouse. In the stained glass, Imostly make up my ownpatterns. My Mom and I areworking on one right now.”Elizabeth and Reed

share an interest in the envi-ronment, sustainability andbeing self-sufficient. Shehelps split and stack woodfor the GARN wood gasifi-cation boiler Reed installed.It dramatically reducedtheir yearly $5,000-$7,000heating bill and, in threeyears, will pay for itself. Italso heats the garage andpart of the barn.“After Hurricane Ike

went through and blewdown trees, I had a Eurekamoment just as I was push-ing up a pile of wood andburning it,” said Reed.“Why not heat this big oldhouse? But, if I’m going toburn wood, I wanted it to beas efficient as possible. Ididn’t want to pollute theenvironment with a smokedragon out there.”As most farm wives do,

Elizabeth fully supportsReed’s farming and hisquest to find a specialniche. Reed has a solidbackground. He was on thehigh school FFA agronomyteam that won the state andwent to the nationals. He at-tended Ohio State Univer-sity. Backed by education,experience and knowledgepassed on from several gen-erations of farmers, Reedbought a farm through theyoung farmer’s USDA loansystem nine years ago.USDA officials said Reedhad the most organized fi-nancial statement they hadever seen.“As land prices rise, it’s

harder to increase and to tryto expand,” said Reed. “Youhave to have courage andtruly be an individual. Myniche is to vertically inte-grate, finding things to doto generate more income.We decided to install ourown grain bins and dry ourown corn rather than hire itdone. I specialized in rais-ing non-genetically modi-fied organisms (non-GMO).I bought a semi truck tohaul corn to Cincinnati. It isdirectly loaded onto a bargewhere it goes to New Or-leans. It is loaded onto aship and ends up in Japan.The beans also go to theAsian market. I bought asprayer to utilize new tech-nologies to reduce chemicalusage. There were things Iput on the sprayer to makeit more efficient.”Reed studied, did re-

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spreader designed to applya specialty fertilizer he im-ports from a different state.He does custom spreadingof this fertilizer as well ascustom spraying for otherfarmers.“It’s a different school of

thought from conventionalagriculture and the indus-trial complex,” explained

Reed. “It’s more efficient,less toxic to the land, hasreduced chemical usage,and is better for the soil. Ithas a direct influence on theenvironment and quality ofproduct. But, it’s difficult tohandle and apply. My ulti-mate goal is to expand thefarm operation by owningmore land and experiment-ing and finding new waysto innovate.”“I admire how Reed is

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I’m sure, like me, they arevery proud of him.”Elizabeth and Reed are

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Reed and Elizabeth Carey load the GARN wood gasification boiler Reed installed. It isefficient and doesn't pollute the environment like some wood burners. The boiler loweredtheir heating bill dramatically.

Photo by Reed CareyAs a creative outlet, Elizabeth Carey paints and does stained glass work. Propped onthe table is her oil painting. One of her stained glass pieces hangs in the window catch-ing the light.

Elizabeth enjoys working outside. She likes to help splitand stack wood. She and her husband Reed arrange theiroak woodpile. The trees toppled when Hurricane Ike wentthrough the area.

By DAVE [email protected]

In 2012 there was cornplanted in March. Aftersome of the problems withearly planted corn lastyear, the common themefrom most farmers was thesame, “I am in no hurry.”That was around the firstof April, today is the lastday of April and there areonly a very few scatteredacres of corn planted inAdams, Brown and High-land Counties to myknowledge.With the month of May

starting on Wednesday ofthis week, the “I am in nohurry” might still holdtrue, but there may need tobe some changes in theplan at this point. Theremight be a need to adjust afew things from the origi-nal plan.Parts of the three coun-

ties had significant rainfallon Sunday. I had an inchand a half in the gauge athome. I have heard thatthere was less than a halfof an inch in some areas ofthe three counties. I was insome fields last Fridaypulling soil samples andfound the soil to be wetenough that it was difficultto get out of the probe, soit may still be a whilelonger before it is dryenough to plant in idealsoil conditions. This in-cludes the soil temperaturewhich is cooler than nor-mal for the first of May.So, here we are the first

of May and we may ormay not have herbicides orfertilizer applied. If burn-down is still needed youmay need to adjust yourplan especially for soy-beans. The following isfrom the recent CORNnewsletter that is put to-

gether by OSU ExtensionCounty Educators andState Specialists on aweekly basis. OSU StateWeed Specialist MarkLoux contributed this arti-cle.The weeds obviously

continue to get biggerunder warm, wet condi-tions, and what is a rela-tively tame burndownsituation in early to mid-April can become prettyhairy by early May. It’s ob-vious from the calls andemails we have received,along with observations ofour research plots, thatthere is a substantial differ-ence in weediness betweenthe fields treated with her-bicides last fall versus thelack of a fall treatment.Among other benefits, thefall treatment does defi-nitely allow a clean start inthe spring that persists fora while and ‘buys time’ ina delayed planting situa-tion. The fields that did notreceive fall herbicides aremuch more of a concern aswe try to adapt burndownprograms to a delayed startthat allows the overwin-tered weeds to create prob-lems.For many weeds, in-

creasing the glyphosaterate to 1.5 lbs ae/A orhigher in mixtures with2,4-D or Sharpen, willhelp compensate for largerweed size. This will nothelp with glyphosate-resis-tant marestail, and theother issue for marestail isthat by the time we can fi-nally plant, we will be un-able to use 2,4-D rateshigher than 0.5 lb(and thisrate still requires a 7 daywait to plant). The mixtureof glyphosate plus 2,4-Dhas become less effectiveover time in some fieldsfor marestail control. Rec-

ommendations to improvecontrol have included ap-plication to smaller plants,and increasing the 2,4-Drate to 1.0 lb/A, and so thecurrent situation will prob-ably introduce more vari-ability in marestail control.In fields with largermarestail that did not re-ceive a fall herbicide treat-ment, control could beimproved by supplement-ing the glyphosate/2,4-Dwith another herbicide thathas activity on emergedmarestail, or replacing theglyphosate with anotherherbicide.A reminder that there

are currently some extenu-ating circumstances thatlimit the extent to whichwe can modify burndownprograms. The first ofthese is the lack of labelsthat allow the addition ofSharpen to mixtures thatcontain flumioxazin(Valor), sulfentrazone (Au-thority), or fomesafen(Re-flex). The second is thedepleted supply of Liberty,with an emphasis on theuse of current stock forPOST treatments insteadof for burndown. A reviewof the soybean burndownoptions for larger weed sit-uations follows, with em-phasis on marestailcontrol.1. Where at all possible,

keep 2,4-D ester in themix, even if it means wait-ing another 7 days to plantsoybeans. Plant the cornacres first and come backto soybeans to allow timefor this. Have the burn-down custom-applied iflabor or time is short.2. To improve control

with glyphosate/2,4-D,add Sharpen or anothersaflufenacil herbicide, aslong as the residual herbi-cides in the mix do includeflumioxazin, sulfentra-zone, or fomesafen. It’salso possible to substituteSharpen for 2,4-D whenit’s not possible to wait 7days to plant, but this may

result in reduced control ofdandelion, and large dead-nettle and giant ragweed.Where the residual herbi-cide in the mix does con-tain flumioxazin,sulfentrazone, or fome-safen, and it’s not possibleto change the residual,adding metribuzin can im-prove burndown effective-ness somewhat.3. Consider substituting

Gramoxoneor Liberty forglyphosate? Gramoxone isthe less expensive andmore available choice here,but generally less effectivethan Liberty on marestail.Gramoxone should be ap-plied with metribuzin and2,4-D in a typical no-tillsituation. Use the higherlabeled rates of Gramox-one, and a spray volume of15 to 20 gpa for best re-sults. A consideration hereis that in large no-till weedsituations, high rates ofglyphosate typically havemore value that high ratesof Gramoxone or Liberty,with the exception ofglyphosate-resistant weeds.4. Among all of the

residual herbicides, chlo-rimuron contributes themost activity on emergedannual weeds and dande-lion. This is probably mostevident when the chlo-rimuron is applied as apremix with metribuzin(Canopy/Cloak DF, etc).This may not be much of ahelp for marestail control,since many populationsare ALS-resistant. Cloran-sulam (FirstRate) has ac-tivity primarily onemerged ragweeds andmarestail, as long as theyare not ALS-resistant. Wehave on occasion observedthe a reduction in systemicherbicide activity whenmixed with residual herbi-cides that contain sulfen-trazone or flumioxazin.5. It is possible to sub-

stitute tillage for burndownherbicides. Make sure thatthe tillage is deep andthorough enough to com-pletely uproot weeds.Weeds that regrow afterbeing “beat up” by tillageare often impossible tocontrol for the rest of theseason. Tillage tools that

do not uniformly till theupper few inches (e.g. Tur-boTill) should not be usedfor this purpose.6. Late burndown in

corn is typically a less diresituation compared withsoybeans. Reasons for thisinclude: 1) the activity ofsome residual corn herbi-cides (e.g. atrazine,mesotrione) on emergedweeds; 2), the ability touse dicamba around thetime of planting; 3) the tol-erance of emerged corn to2,4-D and dicamba, and 4)the overall effectiveness ofavailable POST corn her-bicides. Overall, while notadequately controllingemerged weeds prior tosoybean planting can makefor a tough season, there isjust more application flexi-bility and herbicide choicefor corn. Having said this,be sure to make adjust-ments as necessary in rateor herbicide selection inno-till corn fields.

(David Dugan is anOSU Extension Educator,ANR, Ohio Valley EERA.)

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the public how we goabout doing what we do,”Fulton said. “I can justsnap a picture and load itto Facebook to sharewhat’s going on in ourgreenhouse with friendsand public who buy fromthe market and hope it en-courages others to buylocal grown produce.”The Ohio State Univer-

sity ATI graduate studiedwith plant pathologistMike Ellis to learn newagriculture practices at theuniversity’s research centerand enjoys the finer pointsof growing produce withhydroponics as well as“traditional” growingmethods.“Ellis is a really good

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skills and agriculture prac-tices his first year at FultonFarms has been excitingand something he has beenlooking forward to.Fulton recently shared

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joys sharing the joy ofworking with his grandpar-ents, Bill and Joyce Fulton,his brothers and his motherBeverly Fulton in both thegreenhouses and aroundthe family farm.“They just have helped

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COLUMBUS — The Big 10 maynot have prevailed in the national col-lege basketball championship, but TheOhio State University was named na-tional champion in the second annualEnvironmental March Madness tour-nament.The competition is sponsored by

Enviance Inc. in partnership withGreenBiz Group and Qualtrics.Organizers said in the April 9 an-

nouncement that Ohio State’s demon-strated excellence in environmentalacademics and sustainability, as wellas outstanding student and faculty en-gagement in the tournament, were thereasons it beat out three other universi-ties in the tournament’s “Finest Four”:Colorado State University, GeorgeMason University and the Universityof Washington.“We are very excited to be recog-

nized as national champion and are es-pecially proud of our exceptionalacademic programs focusing on theenvironment and sustainability effortsat Ohio State,” said Ron Hendrick, di-rector of the School of Environmentand Natural Resources (SENR) inOhio State’s College of Food, Agricul-tural, and Environmental Sciences.Neil Drobny, director of Ohio

State’s Environment, Economy, De-velopment and Sustainability (EEDS)program, led the university’s effort inthe competition. The program is a

combined effort of SENR and the De-partment of Agricultural, Environmen-tal and Development Economics(AEDE).“In the 10 years I have been teach-

ing at Ohio State, I have seen sustain-ability go from a topic that only aniche crowd cared about and evenfewer knew the meaning of, to becom-ing an area that every department andcollege wants to work into its courses,”Drobny said. “It has been very gratify-ing to witness and support the change,and we’re thankful for Enviance’s de-cision to put together this competi-tion.”Tim Haab, chair of AEDE, said the

recognition is a tribute to the coopera-tion of faculty in developing EEDSand to Drobny’s leadership early in theprogram.“I hope this can be used to further

spread the word that SENR andAEDE are leading the way at OhioState — and in the nation — in sus-tainability,” Haab said.As winner of this year’s tourna-

ment, the EEDS Program at Ohio Statewill receive an award of $5,000, andDrobny, who is also a lecturer in sus-tainable business practices in OhioState’s Fisher College of Business, willattend and speak at the Enviance UserConference in San Diego, April 22-26.Lawrence Goldenhersh, CEO and

president of Enviance, said Ohio Statecompeted “with power” in every areaof the contest.

Ohio State University winsenvironmental competition

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Brandi Fornshell of Wash-ington C.H. was selected asone of four finalists to com-pete at the state level in thisyear’s Ohio Farm BureauDiscussion Meet.The competition is an an-

nual event aimed at showcas-ing Ohio’s agriculturalprofessionals. Participantsare given topics currentlybeing discussed within thesphere of agriculture andthey must expand upon them.

Positive lexicon, clear articu-lation, and unambiguousknowledge of the subject arecriteria in which participantsare judged.Fornshell excelled during

the preliminary rounds andwill now focus her attentionto the State Finals to be heldon June 29 at Deer CreekState Park. The winner willadvance to the NationalCompetition to be held inSan Antonio, Texas.Fornshell is a graduate of

Wilmington College and

works at Farm Credit Serv-ices of Mid America. She hasbeen a Fayette County FarmBureau member since 2012.With more than 200,000

members, Ohio Farm Bureauis Ohio’s largest generalfarm organization, a federa-tion of 87 county Farm Bu-reaus representing all 88counties. Members includefarmers, ranchers, agricul-ture professionals, and teach-ers that strive to maintain theviability of agriculture inOhio.

Brandi Fornshell (shown standing) of Washington C.H. addresses the audience during the sec-ond round of Ohio Farm Bureau’s Discussion Meet. Fornshell is one of four finalists and will ad-vance to the state finals on June 29. She will be competing to earn a trip to San Antonio, Texasto participate in American Farm Bureau national Discussion Meet.

Fayette County girl competes inOhio Farm Bureau discussion meet

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WOOSTER — Rottenproduce. Animal fat. Badsoda. Manure. The Woostercampus of Ohio State Uni-versity’s Ohio AgriculturalResearch and DevelopmentCenter (OARDC) is slowlygoing to waste. And that’s agood thing.OARDC is using those

and many other agriculturaland food-processing wastesto meet close to one-third ofthe 12-megawatt-hour an-nual electricity needs of itsmain campus. That’s 3.6MWh of green energy,enough to power 313 aver-age U.S. homes, accordingto the U.S. Energy Informa-tion Administration.Many U.S. colleges and

universities are turning torenewable energy sourcesto meet all or some of theirpower needs, as part of agrowing trend that also in-volves the implementationof additional sustainabilityinitiatives such as construc-tion of “green” buildingsand comprehensive campusrecycling.While most of these in-

stitutions, including OhioState’s Columbus campus,have turned to solar andwind to reach their alterna-tive energy goals, theOARDC campus has gone

about it in a different way— employing anaerobic di-gestion technology, whichturns a variety of organicwastes into biogas that isthen converted to electricity.This renewable energy is

produced by quasar energygroup, a Cleveland-basedcompany that built its flag-ship anaerobic digester onOARDC’s BioHio Re-search Park in 2010. The550,000-gallon digester canprocess 30,000 wet tons ofbiomass annually, keeping avariety of refuse out oflandfills and incinerators.“Our setup is very differ-

ent because we have a pri-vate company located oncampus that we partnerwith, and which producesthe biogas, converts it toelectricity and sells it to us,”said John Ott, head ofOARDC’s Facilities Serv-ices department. “Mostother schools run their ownpower-generation facilities,whether solar, wind, geot-hermal, biomass or biogas.”

Today, 74 percent of theelectricity generated by theWooster digester is sold toOARDC, according toquasar. But this public-pri-vate partnership goes be-yond energy transactions.The renewable energy com-pany has also set up its en-gineering office in theBioHio Research Park andruns a lab elsewhere onOARDC’s campus, where itcollaborates with facultyand students on several re-search projects. Together,they have attracted severalmillion dollars in state andfederal grants to Wooster.Advancing research to

transform organic wasteinto clean energy and usingthat energy to run the cam-pus are highly compatiblewith OARDC’s scientificand development missions,OARDC associate directorDavid Benfield said.“Our ideal goal is for

this campus to become car-bon-neutral,” Benfield said.“To do that, we need an en-ergy source that goesthrough the carbon cycle,which anaerobic digestiondoes. In the future, wewould like to purchase ad-ditional energy from quasarto reach 50 percent biogas-derived electricity use.”OARDC’s power-pur-

chase agreement withquasar not only makes envi-ronmental sense, but also fi-nancial sense, according toBenfield.“We are seeing 3 percent

in savings compared towhat we would pay to theelectrical supplier,” he said.Because the OARDC

campus has its own electri-

cal grid, it was relativelyeasy to put quasar’s elec-tricity right on that grid,Benfield said.In addition to electricity,

OARDC has modifiedsome vehicles in its fleet torun on compressed naturalgas (CNG), which is alsosupplied by quasar and issignificantly cheaper andless polluting than gasoline.The campus is consider-

ing converting more vehi-cles to run on CNG downthe road, Benfield said. Forthe past few years, OARDChas also been using trucksthat run partly on biodieselto transport feed to its out-lying agricultural researchstations across the state.For quasar president Mel

Kurtz, the partnership withOARDC has been impor-tant to the growth of hiscompany and the renewableenergy industry it seeks todevelop. The company nowhas 10 digesters operatingor under construction inOhio, New York and Mas-sachusetts.“The public-private part-

nership with OARDC hasbeen a major driver inquasar’s evolution,” Kurtzsaid. “Building an industryisn’t something that hap-pens in a vacuum — ittakes collaboration, innova-tion and a unique spirit ofpartnership to move fromconcept to reality.”Electricity and fuel are

not the only areas in whichOARDC is striving to bemore sustainable.Later this year, the cam-

pus will begin constructionof its first green building, aLEED Silver-certified build-ing for the Department ofFood, Agricultural and Bio-logical Engineering, whoseprevious structure was de-stroyed in a 2010 tornado.OARDC is the research

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As we counted down thefinal days of April last month,our spring progress is variabledepending on your location inthe county. We seem to be in thepattern of just enough dry daysto think about doing some fieldwork then again come the show-ers. A couple of growers foundconditions favorable to get someearly corn planted before thispattern of wet weather hit.Some corn planted on April

6, near New Holland is just nowstarting to spike through thecool wet soil. This brings up theconversation of growing degreedays (GDD) or heat unitsneeded to germination the cornand push it out of the soil.While advancements have beenmade in hybrid quality and traitsthe method in which we calcu-late the GDD’s for the corn re-mains the same. Past researchfrom numerous sources indi-cates that corn growth nearly

stops at temperatures above86oF and temperatures below50oF. With those figures in mind

the formula we use to calculateGDD’s is the 86/50 cutoffmethod. In order to determinethe number of GDD’s we haveaccumulated on a given day weneed the two following values:the maximum and minimumtemperature for the day in ques-tion. Once we have those tem-peratures we look to make surethe maximum temp is at orbelow the 86oF mark and thatthe minimum temperature is ator above the 50oF mark. If thetemperatures are above 86oF orbelow 50oF we simply use 86oFfor the high and 50oF for thelow.

So now that we have the for-mula to calculate GDD’s, whywould we want to? Utilizingspecific hybrid information pro-vided by your seed company orthe GDD accumulation chart inthe Ohio State UniversityAgronomy Guide we can deter-

mine when our corn will reachspecific growth stages. For ex-ample the situation that somegrowers are experiencing rightnow is reaching the number ofGDD’s to get the corn crop togerminate and emerge. Lookingat the chart in the AgronomyGuide we know that it takesroughly 100 GDD’s to get acorn crop to emerge. So if wecan look back from the date ofplanting and research the dailymax and min temps that wehave encountered since plantingthe grower can calculate to seeroughly how many GDD’s havebeen accumulated and estimatewhen he/she could expect to seeemergence.Another example GDD’s

could be helpful is during timesensitive applications of herbi-cide or fungicide. Specificallythe calculation of GDD’s to de-termine tassel of the corn fieldcan be very helpful to schedulethe airplane for optimum timingon fungicide application at tas-sel. Often times when we deter-

mine that the corn field hasreached the tassel timing recom-mended for application the air-plane is at least one or two daysout. By the time the plane isavailable the optimum windowfor application may be closingor passed. If we can use GDD’sand weather forecasting to de-termine three or four days in ad-vance of tassel to schedule theairplane we could get better re-sults out of our application.Weather information for

your area including specificdaily max and min temps can befound on the National WeatherService websitewww.weather.gov and type inyour zip code. If you are locatednear one of the OSU OARDClocations the GDD accumula-tion is located on the OARDCwebsite athttp://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/newweather/.

(Adam Shepard is Ohio StateUniversity Extension educationspecialist for Fayette County.)

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23 S. Main St., Jeffersonville, OH 43218Farm Location: 13299 Reid Rd., Jeffersonville, OH, 43128 at Bookwalter Community; 2 miles southof Fayette-Madison County Line; 3 miles northeast of Jeffersonville, Ohio; 11 miles north of Wash-ington C.H., Ohio, 13.5 miles south of London, Ohio, and 30 miles southwest of I-270 and ColumbusMetropolitan area.

Tract 1: 26.141 acres with 2 story farm home in Bookwalter. Home has 3 bedrooms 1 bath and 1,668sq ft. Home is currently occupied by long time tenant on month to month lease. Fronts 363 feet onReid Rd.. 11.5 +/- good tillable acreage with balance in woodland, home site and grass area.Additionalacreage could easily be cleared to add tillable acreage. Nice mini-farm for your enjoyment.

Tract 2: 40.074 acres predominantly woodland east of Hidy Rd. Small tillable area at northern edgeof tract. Very attractive & hard to find wooded site with creek that is 30 miles from Columbus area. Sitehas gradual slope from road to Paint Creek. Great opportunity for speculator to purchase & further di-vide into smaller residential tracts as currently this tract features 2,556 feet of road frontage. Other usescould be recreational hunting land, or cleared for farm use. New buyer will have their choice of useof this marketable land!

Tract 3: 62.972 acres of farmland west of Hidy Rd.. Tract 3 is almost all tillable with balance in smallwoodland, fence row and right of way. Soils are predominantly Miamian, Celina and Brookston withlarge open field. Tract 3 also has large amount of road frontage with 3,277 feet on Hidy Rd. Great op-portunity to begin investing in farmland or add to your current acreage.

Notes: This farm has been in the family for several generations but due to sellers age they feel this isthe time to liquidate their land holding. This a rare public auction of land, a very secure investment,in this region of the State of Ohio. Be sure to attend this sale as good land is not often for sale. Forsurvey maps, flood maps, soils maps, pictures and much more information go to weaderealtors.com

Terms: $5000 down day of sale each on tracts 1 & 2, $10,000 down on tract 3, balance on or beforeJune 30, 2013 with delivery of warranty deed. Sells with confirmation of owners day of sale. Sellersare motivated. New survey has been completed by McCarty and Associates in March 2013 at sellersexpense. Land will be sold using the multi-parcel method with each tract selling individually, and thenin combination or as whole to achieve highest price for sellers. Possession of tillable acreage after2013 harvest but no later than January 1, 2014. Possession of home on tract 1 subject to tenants rightsand possession of woodland is at closing. Sellers to retain all 2013 cash rents and will pay all 2013taxes, due in 2014.

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