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The Ohio FFA state convention is underway! Members from across the state gathered at the first session of the convention to experience the famous “sea of blue corduroy” firsthand and to witness many members receive awards for their outstanding accomplishments.

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While the excitement and competition among bidders at a farmland auction cannot be matched, sometimes it is not the right option for selling land.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is extending the H2Ohio enrollment deadline for row crop producers who farm in Ohio’s 64 counties outside of the Western Lake Erie Basin. Farmers will have until Friday, May 31, 2024, to enroll.

By Jon Scheve, Superior Feed Ingredients, LLC Delays in planting across parts of the Corn Belt

By Doug Tenney, Leist Mercantile Trade expectations: U.S. soybean exports reduced, increased ethanol

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Tornados touched down across the State with damage to houses, barns, hay fields, and livestock, according to Ben Torrance, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. Topsoil moisture conditions were rated 1% short, 56% adequate, and 43% surplus. Statewide, the average temperature for the week ending on May 12 was 61.9 degrees, 3.4 degrees above normal. Weather stations recorded an average of 1.59 inches of precipitation, 0.80 inches above average. There were 2.0 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending May 12.

The first look at the 2024 balance sheet for corn and soybeans was released May 10. There were few surprises in the supply projections. The acres estimate was the same as the March planting intentions report and the yield projection didn’t change from the February economic forum.

On May 13, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and representatives from the Ohio Expo Center & State Fairgrounds broke ground on two buildings to revitalize the fairgrounds in Columbus, the Ohio Showcase Building and the new agriculture building.