Ohio Grain Farmers Launch “Doing Their Part” Initiative  to Announce Water Quality Efforts and Progress  Leaders from Ohio’s largest grain farming organizations recently announced that Ohio farmers are doing their part in effectively managing phosphorus and other nutrient runoff from their fields — a key to helping address the state’s complex algae issues, particularly in the western Lake Erie basin. “We have invested more than $3.5 million in water quality research and education… Read More

The Ohio Soybean Association (OSA) Board of Trustee elections are open in six districts. To be eligible for a district position, you must live in a county in the districts listed below. Districts up for election include: District 2 – Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Wood Counties District 7 – Auglaize, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties District 9 – Delaware, Marion, Morrow, and Union Counties District 13 – Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, and Warren counties… Read More

Farmers are natural innovators, always seeking a better or more efficient way to manage their farms. Work on the farm never seems to have a stopping point; tasks simply change with the seasons. With more farmers investing in on-farm grain storage in recent years, this fall season finds many farmers analyzing energy costs and the effectiveness of their grain drying systems and other heating systems, such as temperature regulated confinement buildings. Converting farm operations to… Read More

Two technologies recently developed through Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) and soybean checkoff collaborations have achieved ‘finalist’ designations for the R&D 100 Awards, with winners to be announced in November. Both technologies, Soy-PK Resin and Bio-YIELD bioreactor, leverage the natural properties of soybeans to increase the sustainability and improve health in modern industries. Since the early 1990s, OSC has engaged in public and private collaborations that encourage rapid commercialization of new commercial and industrial uses of… Read More

In an effort to promote the work that Ohio farmers are doing to protect water quality, Ohio Corn & Wheat and the Ohio Soybean Council are inviting all farmers to participate in a #ProtectingWater social media project. “It’s time to change the conversation about water in Ohio and really show what farmers are doing on their farms to protect water quality,” said Chad Kemp, Preble County farmer and president of the Ohio Corn & Wheat… Read More