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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Aug 29 2006 : 10:40:22 AM
The NCOH farmgirls (so far, a chapter of one! me!) will be attending the Farm Science review in September in London, Ohio (near Columbus)on September 20.
If anyone else from the area would like to come with me, contact me by email and we can arrange transportation or meet up at the FSR at a certain time and place.
Here is a schedule of lectures that are planned, and there are acres and acres of vendor booths, equipment demos, rural magazines, and on and on....
Wednesday, Sept. 20
8:00 Early Bird Outlook: Grain Markets & Energy
9:45 Wanna Be a Buckeye? (student opportunities)
10:00 "Zoning" is Not a 4-Letter Word
10:15 Livestock Outlook
10:40 Who Will Work for Me?
11:00 What Ohioans Think of Agriculture
11:15 Livestock Outlook
11:30 Cropland Values & Rents
11:45 Energy Outlook
12:00 QUESTION THE AUTHORITIES: THE GAME
(audience competes for prizes)
12:15 Grain Market Outlook
12:40 Finding & Motivating Good Workers
1:00 Is Rural Retail Dead?
1:20 Transferring the Farm to the Next Generation
1:40 Fertilizer, Fuels & Custom Rates
2:00 The Cost of Safety
2:15 Why is Free Trade So Misunderstood?
2:40 Neighbor Issues -- Fences & Drainage
3:00 Aquaculture Oportunities
3:15 Green Industry Economics
Wednesday
Aquatic Amphitheatre
10:30 Pesky Aquatic Plants -- What to Do?
11:30 Big Fish in Small Ponds
12:30 Pond Watercraft Safety
1:00 Healthy Wetlands Don't Bite!
1:30 Pond Liability
1:00 Improving Pond Health
Wildlife Amphitheatre
10:30 Myths & Truths About Coyotes
11:30 Native Warm Season Grasses
12:00 Chainsaw Safety 101
12:30 Famous Ohio Naturalists
Interpretative Center
11:00 Row Crops or Timber?
11:30 Fly Fishing & Streams
12:30 Timber Marketing
Woodland Amphitheatre
11:00 Wood Identification
12:00 Woodland Invasive Plant Control
12:30 Gypsy Moth in Ohio
1:00 Symptoms and Signs of EAB
1:30 Woodland Management & EAB
2:00 Rise and Fall of Ohio's Forest
At the "center for small farms"
Wednesday
9:00 Sustainable Cropping Systems for Soybeans and Wheat
10:00 Developing Aquaculture Enterprises in Ohio
11:00 An Introduction to Paw Paws
12:00 Pasture Raised Poultry Production
1:00 Raising Fish in Old Farm Buildings
2:00 Meat Goat Production
3:00 Branding Your Farm Products to Increase Profit
At the "Utzinger Memorial Garden"
Wednesday
10:00 Backyard Tree ID
11:00 Biting and Stinging Insects and Innocent Look-Alikes
12:00 Layered Composting (Lasagna Gardening)
1:00 Raspberries and Blackberries for the Home Garden
2:00 Perennial Garden Maintenance
At the Trotter Field Demonstration Area
Wednesday
10:00 Corn Harvest
1:00 Corn Harvest
1:30 Soybean Harvest
1:45 Manure Application Equipment
2:00 Tillage
2:15 GPS Technology/Strip-Till
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| Libbie |
Posted - Oct 03 2006 : 10:14:46 PM
Wouldn't that be wonderful?!?!?!? I can just tell that I am going to have to become a better "budgeter," and quickly!
XOXO, Libbie
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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Oct 01 2006 : 06:10:46 AM
Next year you can plan ahead and come - stay with us for a few days!
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
| Libbie |
Posted - Sep 30 2006 : 11:16:53 PM
That looks like there was SO much information there! I really wish I lived closer and could have gone with you. What fun!!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
| brightmeadow |
Posted - Sep 28 2006 : 4:10:02 PM
Here's a video link I stumbled across where the hosts of the event talk about what is there. I think I might even be in the video (but just out of camera range)! http://www.osu.edu/features/2006/fsr/
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
| brightmeadow |
Posted - Sep 21 2006 : 12:51:11 PM
I attended the Farm Science review yesterday and learned a lot. The weather was just a little bit cold, as there was a chill in the air, and my jeans jacket was just not quite enough. I picked up lots of literature and will be looking through it for quite a while. I'll try and share some of it with you all as time goes on.
I missed the session on coyotes (sad, because I think we have some at our farm in Michigan, a neighbor found two deer in the field) but attended the one on raspberries, the one on goats, and the one on branding your farm products for direct marketing.
They were all quite interesting. Lots of equipment on display, and lots of displays on bio-diesel and E-85, as well as corn seed vendors and fertilizer vendors, but also small farm info and organic grower information. There were thousands of high-school and college-age kids there (not sure if they were there because they want to go into farming or because they got a free pass to get out of school for the day.) I went to the rural electric cooperative tent and had lunch after the ladies demonstrated how to cook with a microwave (and picked up a free cookbook) also picked up a recipe book featuring Ohio Proud products in the Ohio Proud building. I also got a free yardstick and 10% off coupon from TSC, and a visor pocket for documents from the Ohio Oil and Gas Association... The Ohio EPA had a display with free coffee - I picked up free newspapers and magazines, talked to a man about Johnny Appleseed and apple varieties. All in all it was a good trip.
This whole 3-day event is sponsored by the Ohio State University and Cooperative Extension Service and they've been doing it for many years. It has grown into a huge event. Hope next year to have some interest from some other farmgirls! Maybe even a booth!
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
| brightmeadow |
Posted - Sep 01 2006 : 6:11:32 PM
OK, I did a search on Ohio and sent an email to farmgirls I found whose profile or posting indicates they live in Ohio. If I missed anyone I am sorry, you are also invited!
Here is a link to the OSU FSR page http://fsr.osu.edu for more information, if you are interested.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com, web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
| Libbie |
Posted - Aug 30 2006 : 1:58:59 PM
Wow - I sure wish I lived closer to you - that schedule looks so interesting and valuable - you'll have to let us know how it goes and what you learn!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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