Winter 2025 Programs
Dairy Luncheon
This series brings in experts once a mouth on topics relevant to the dairy industry. The program beginning at 11:30 am with provided lunch and continue with a 1 hour lecture and Q&A from 12:00 to 1pm. This service runs thru the winter mouth winter months from November thru March on the third Wednesday of the month in the Basement meeting room of the Southside restaurant in Coldwater (490 South 2nd St, Coldwater)
Upcoming Dates and topics
January 15th, 2025 - Incorporating In-Season Manure with the 360 RAIN and the Current Finding on Yield presented by Dr. Scott Shearer Chair of The Ohio State University Department Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
February meeting will be canceled due to conflict with Dairy Farmers of America’s regional meeting
March 19th, 2025 - Starting Family Conversations About Farm Transition with Mercer County ANR Educator Ryan McMichael
2025 – 2026 topics will be announced in the fall of 2025.
Cover Crop Roundtable
Join local famers and learn more about utilizing winter cover to help your operation. This program goes over new research for all our mid-west extension partners and is open to all farmers interested in cover cropping. This group meets the first Thursday at The Ohio State Extension Office in Wapakoneta (208 South Blackhoof Street, Wapakoneta).
Upcoming Dates
January 9th 2025
March 6th 2025
February 6th 2025
(Summer Break April - September)
November 6th 2025
December 11th 2025
Topics for these meeting are sent out in the weeks prior to the posted time by messenger. Contact Jocelyn Ruble by email [ruble.74@osu.edu] or by calling [(419) 910 - 6057] to be added on this meeting alert list.
Fertilizer and Pesticide Applicator Recertification Trainings
February 11th 2025 at the Auglaize County Administration building basement meeting room. (209 South Blackhoof street, Wapakoneta). Fertilizer training will be 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm and Pesticide Training from 6 to 9 pm.
Cost
Pesticide recertification class fee is $35.
Fertilizer recertification class fee is $15.
Cost for both classes $50.
Auglaize County Agriculture by The Numbers…
1012 farms
Average size of these farms is 229 acres
231,815 acres are in Farm Production
106,450 acres in Soybeans
76,230 acres in Grain Corn – 2407 acres in Corn Silage
14,056 acres in Wheat
6,094 acres in Forages
29,091 Cattle & Calves
102,949 Hogs and Pigs
979 Sheep and Lambs
401 Goats
44,500 Turkeys
206 Meat Chickens
2% of Ohio’s total Agriculture comes from Auglaize County