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OSU Hardin County Extension Holding Several Virtual Meetings

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The following information was provided by Mark Badertscher
Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator:

There are many opportunities for you to attend meetings coming up online given the current pandemic. I will work to keep you up to date in case you choose to participate in any of the programs that OSU Extension has planned for the winter meeting season.

Before I share that information, I wanted to let you know that the USDA released crop reports about the 2019 crop year and I have included an article about crop yields in Hardin and surrounding counties. We have monthly Virtual Ag Coffee Hours planned with a roundtable discussion and information about timely topics each month. If you are interested in joining us either by computer or phone, see the attached article and flyer for registration details as these are normally the first Friday of the month at 8:00 am.

Several of you may have received your pesticide-fertilizer private applicator renewal notice from the Ohio Department of Agriculture in the mail if it is your year to recertify. This year with the pandemic there are different options for you to take care of this. First of all, you need to complete the form that you might of received in the mail and send it back to ODA with your $30 license renewal fee now.

After that, you can check out our Northwest Ohio Agriculture and Natural Resources Newsletter at https://hardin.osu.edu/sites/hardin/files/imce/Program_Pages/ANR/OSU%20Extension%20Booklet%2012.20%20WEB.pdfto read about the different options for recertification meetings. There are online videos, webinars, in-person meetings, and video make-up sessions planned for Hardin County but you must register to attend. This year with the COVID-19 restrictions, we have seating limitations and attendees must wear masks and be seated 6 feet apart if you attend an in-person training. You can register to attend virtual programs at http://go.osu.edu/hardinagnr or call me at 419-767-6037 if you would prefer to attend an in-person training. Like before, there is a class fee payable to OSU Extension. It is $35 for pesticide recertification and $10 for fertilizer recertification or $45 if you need both. This class fee is in addition to the fee that ODA charges to renew your license and is payed when you attend the class.

Other Hardin County programs planned for include a virtual Soil Health-Cover Crops workshop on January 22. Join the Water Quality Extension Associates to discuss soil health research and planned cover crops research for 2021 in Hardin County. Find out how to participate in on-farm research and utilize best practices for cover crops to improve soil health. There will be two sessions available Friday, January 22 at 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. There is also a virtual New Pesticide Applicator class scheduled for January 26 from 12:30-4:30 pm. This class will provide instruction in CORE, Grain, and Cereal Crops. For further study and to prepare for the test, books can be purchased from OSU Extension Publications online and shipped to your house at your expense. Online class participants for this new pesticide applicator class will not need to pay the in-person $30 class fee which includes books. See the attached news releases and flyers if you are interested in signing up for any of these local events.

As mentioned earlier, there are a multitude of online webinars that are being conducted by OSU Extension. I have included flyers for Agronomy Team Programs, Precision University, Pastures for Profit Course, and Soil Health Series for you to take a look at. Each flyer has the details, dates, and times, as well as registration information for each event. Once you register for a program, you will be sent an email with a link and because most of these programs are recorded, you can watch them later if you were unable to attend them live. I have also included a news release about the Ohio NRCS Announces New EQIP Application Deadline attached to this email. Our office does not yet have printed Farmers Tax Guides, but you can view the guide online at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p225.pdfif you are preparing your taxes and need one. As before, I have included some articles for you to read regarding the latest ag crops news from Ohio State.

Written by: WKTN Staff

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