Marshall County, Ag Newsletter

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Marshall County Ag Newsletter

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Marshall County, Ag Newsletter

Published by: Marshall County Extension Staff ~Maria Casbon,

Ag & Natural Resources Secretary ~Robert Yoder,

Ag & Natural Resources Educator


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GRAZING EDUCATORS

WEBINAR SERIES

Are you a grazing specialist, land

manager, or grazing educator?

Want to be involved in the

development of grazing education?

If so, please join us in our webinar

series, hosted by Green Lands Blue

Waters and The Pasture Project. The

monthly series will present topics

important to grazing, with

perspectives from scientists, experts,

and producers.

The webinars are free, and will be

designed to encourage an active and

lively discussion on issues important

to the grazing community.

Look for more information about the

series and the next webinar,

scheduled for June 5th, at our

websites. Contact Jane Jewett or

Warren King with any questions.

SCHEDULE

9:00-10:30 AM CDT

TEACHING THE BASICS OF

GRAZING

Done!

JUNE 5

Grass-based Farm Financials

JULY 10

Adaptive High Stock Density

Grazing

AUGUST 7

Integrating Livestock into

Cropping Systems

SEPTEMBER 11

Grazing for Conservation and Soil

Health

OCTOBER 9

Teaching Resources Roundtable

All sessions will be online and

archived for future use. To sign

up for upcoming sessions or to

receive reminders about future

sessions, you can register with us

here: https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com

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June

21—Father’s Day

23 & 24— 83rd Annual Purdue Farm Management Tour

(page 8)

24—Pinney Purdue Crop Diagnostic Training (pages 6&7)

25— Improving Irrigation Water Management Workshop

(pages 4&5)

30— Biosecurity: Key for Your Poultry Health Meeting

(page 9)

July

3—Purdue Extension Office closed for Holiday

4—Independence Day

12-18—Marshall County 4-H Fair

August

19—Pinney Purdue Field Day (page 3)

The 2015

Marshall County 4-H Fair

dates are:

July 12th - 18th

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Farm safety first: Take steps now to prevent accidents later

A few simple precautions and a little bit of common sense can go a long way toward helping prevent farm-related accidents and injuries, especially at harvest time, two Purdue University agricultural educators say. The biggest lesson to keep in mind is "take your time," said Bill Field, Purdue Extension safety specialist and professor in the university's Agriculture Safety and Health program. Field, along with crop storage expert Klein Ileleji, has been monitoring this year's harvest. Both analysts say a wet crop and cool weather could lead some farm workers into taking unnecessary risks this year. "Before you even get started on a job, make sure you have enough time to do it thoroughly and safely, and don't rush yourself." Field said that although the number of overall farm-related fatalities has declined in recent years, the number of entrapments, in which a farm worker falls or climbs into a grain bin or silo and cannot get out, has actually gone up. More than 1,100 entrapments have been documented throughout the country since 1964."Entrapment is one of the most dangerous situations that can arise on a farm." Ileleji, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, said the key to avoiding entrapments is to make sure the grain is adequately dried before it is stored to prevent caking from moldy grain. "Wet and moldy grain will not flow freely through a silo during unloading," he said. "Many entrapment accidents happen because people are tempted to climb inside the silo to break up clogs of wet and moldy grain then lose their footing and fall." Ileleji also advised farmers to avoid putting their hands into a drying machine to remove an obstruction caused by wet grain. "Every winter we hear about people losing fingers or worse when they stick their hands in a snow blower to clear out ice or debris," he said. "The same principle applies to farm equipment-do not stick your hand in a working machine. "He suggested using a stick to clear jams or, if the problem is serious, calling a certified repair technician. Field said motor vehicle accidents remain a leading cause of farm-related injuries and fatalities. The chief culprits are other drivers going too fast for conditions or not granting slower-moving farm vehicles an adequate right-of-way on narrow county or local roads, Field said. "People need to learn how to share the road," he said. Farmers also need to be cautious behind the wheel, Field said. Last year, eight of the 18 farm fatalities reported in Indiana involved a tractor, mower or all-terrain vehicle rollover or similar mishap. "Older tractors are especially dangerous because they typically don't have rollover protection like the newer ones do." Field said farming overall is becoming a much safer occupation due in part to better technologies and practices, as well as a growing awareness of the safety issue. By Darrin J Pack, Ag Answers Editor/Writer

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Inside this issue… Grazing Educators Webinar Series………………….…..………………………..2 Pinney Purdue Field Day………………………….…………………………….….…3 Improving Irrigation Water Management………….………………...…....4 Improving Irrigation Water Management Continued………….…….5 Pinney Purdue Crop Diagnostic Training ………………………...…..…...6 Pinney Purdue Crop Diagnostic Training Continued………..………..7 83rd Annual Purdue Farm Management Tour…………………………..8 Biosecurity: Key For Your Poultry Health……………………...….….…….9 Farm Safety…………..…………………………………………………….………………..10 Calendar of Events & Fair………………………….…………………..……………..11

Save the Date:

Pinney Purdue Field Day

Plans are well underway for the 2015 Pinney Purdue Field Day to

be held on Wednesday, August 19, at the Pinney Purdue Ag

Center near Wanatah, IN. Put it on your calendar now so that you

don’t forget.

A full line-up of Purdue Extension specialists will provide

information on the latest issues with raising agronomic crops.

Pesticide applicators will be able to obtain credits for private and

commercial applicator licenses. And everyone will be able to

enjoy a delicious meal featuring local foods at lunch time.

https://engineering.purdue.edu/ABE/People/ptProfile?resource_id=1616

https://engineering.purdue.edu/ABE/People/ptProfile?resource_id=42965

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Improving Irrigation

Water Management

Uniformity Evaluation & Irrigation

Thursday, June 25, 2015

1:00—4:00 p.m.

Location: Red Hen Turf Farm

29435 Darden Rd, New Carlisle, IN 46552 (this is just a

few miles southwest of intersection I-80 and US-31)

This workshop will teach a method of “Irrigation Center Pivot

System Uniformity Evaluation”. Those attending will see the data

gathering system for evaluating system uniformity, irrigation

run-off observation techniques and an excel spreadsheet to

create a report back to the irrigator. Recent additions to our

training offer a method for creating updated percent timer

tables.

An overview of irrigation scheduling methods will provide

participants with background in irrigation scheduling tools

currently available.

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Biosecurity: Key for Your Poultry Health Meeting June 30th

A growing trend is to raise poultry at home to have a locally raised source of meat and eggs. This can be a very productive animal project that provides quality protein, while providing fertility for your soil.

A concern in 2015 is poultry being exposed to H5 Avian Influenza Virus from wild and domestic birds. In fact, Indiana Board of Animal Health (BOAH) has adopted an emergency rule to stop all bird movements to events that allow commingling of birds from different locations. This came as a response to a back-yard flock testing positive to H5N8 Avian Influenza.

A key to protect your poultry is practicing biosecurity

with your flock. BOAH’s emergency rule was their step to help limit flock exposures to outside risk. What is the proper way to introduce new birds into your flock? Should you mix different species of poultry? How do you keep wild birds away, which could have been the source of infection in our one identified flock?

A meeting will be held at the Marshall County Extension

Office on Tuesday evening, June 30th. The office is located in room 304 of the Marshall County Building at 112 W. Jefferson Street, Plymouth. The north doors will be open. The meeting will start at 7:00 pm with an hour discussion on this topic and addressing other disease of concern and symptoms.

Due to timely action by BOAH, the Indiana infected flock

has been depopulated and other potentially exposed flocks tested negative. The concern remains that particularly wild water fowl like Canadian Geese could still spread the disease to domestic flocks. They request that if you have unusual bird deaths report them to 866-536-7593 or if you find five or more feeder-type wild birds dead in a small area report them to 812-334-1137.

The key management tool for disease in Back-Yard

poultry is to follow good biosecurity. Avian Influenza is not the only disease this applies. If interested in learning about some basics on poultry disease and keep disease out through good biosecurity, please come to Purdue Extension meeting at the Marshall County Extension Office. If you have any questions about this meeting and to preregister for handouts and seating, please call Marshall County Extension Office 935-8545 or e-mail [email protected].

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83rd Annual Purdue Farm Management Tour

Jay and Adams County; June 23rd & 24th

The 83rd Purdue Farm Management Tour will be held in Jay and Adam Counties on June 23rd and 24th. For detailed information on this event and pre-registration please visit: https://ag.purdue.edu/commercialag/Pages/Programs/Farm-Tour.aspx . Though there is no fee, pre-registration is required to participate in the farm tour lunch on June 24th. On Tuesday, June 23rd, the tour will start at Jay County Fairgrounds, BUPB, 806 E. Votaw St., Portland, IN at noon. Information will be provided to coordinate the days event. The tour will move on to IOM Grain with an interview at 1:00 pm. IOM Grain specializes in providing high-quality non-GMO food grade soybeans to domestic and international markets. At 2:30 pm the tour will be at Johnson Family Farms for their interview. This farm is a diversified crop farm operated by Tom (father), Matt (son) with grandson Zachary. They focus on value-added crops including popcorn, seed soybeans, and seed wheat. On Thursday, June 24th, the tour starts at Sommer Farms/Beer Farms with an interview at 8:00 am. Sommers farms manages a diversified crop and dairy cow operation. Operators include David Sommers, son-in-law, Kevin Girad, and son Lance. Crops produced include corn, corn silage, soybeans, alfalfa, sorghum, silage, and wheat. The farm recently enlarged dairy farms, installed automatic calf feeders, and purchased five robotic milking machines. Beer farms manages a diversified crop and dairy heifer replacement operation. This farm is located by Sommer Farm, so the general session and mini-tour discussions will involve both farms. Max Beer and sons, Keith and Craig operate the farm. Crops and forages produced include corn, corn silage, soybeans, alfalfa, and sorghum silage. Dairy calf barn features automatic calf feeders and captures sunlight through panels. The tour will end at Nidlinger Farms, 8822 N. 300 E., Decator, IN with a tour lunch and interview and mini-tours at this farm. Christ Hurt will provide an agricultural outlook. Nidlinger farms raise grain crops utilizing latest technologies production, grain storage, and marketing. At this stop you will learn about their approach to merchandising grain, crop management, and integrating crops records with financial records.

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Topics to be covered:

Irrigation system inspection and repairs

Center pivot irrigation system uniformity evaluation procedure

and In field example

Tools and system for other irrigation system types

Create reports using MSU Extension irrigation system

uniformity evaluation spreadsheet

Identifying and suggesting improvements

Creating updated percent timer tables

Avoiding Irrigation runoff

Replacing sprinkler packages, when and How

Brief review of irrigation scheduling tools available

NRCS irrigation related programs and requirements

Speaker: Lyndon Kelley, MSU/Purdue Extension

Irrigation Educator

Irrigators, crop consultants, irrigation

industry professionals and agricultural

agency personnel can all benefit from

learning the center pivot irrigation

system uniformity evaluation.

To Reserve a Spot Contact by June 19, 2015:

Phil Sutton, ANR Educator, St. Joseph County

E-mail: [email protected] or call: 574-235-9604

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Pinney Purdue Crop Diagnostic Training

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Pinney Purdue Ag Center, 11402 S. County Line Road,

Wanatah, IN

(All times are Central Daylight Savings Time)

The Pinney Purdue Diagnostic Training will provide a “hands-on” approach for teaching the art and science of accurately diagnosing crop problems for Northwest Indiana. Together with a late summer training (September 9), the sessions should help those who work with field crops to fine-tune their season-long problem trouble-shooting skills and evaluate new and alternative management strategies. These sessions will provide pertinent information on interacting factors (nutrient, pest, and environmental stresses) that impact corn and soybean growth and development.

9:00 am Registration, Refreshments and Welcome Except for the Herbicide Plot session, morning and afternoon sessions will be repeated and participants will rotate to the other morning or afternoon session.

9:30 am Session 1: Early Season Corn Growth & Development (Bob Nielsen) or Early Season Soybean Growth & Development (Shaun Casteel)

10:30 am Break

10:45 am Session 2: Early Season Soybean Growth & Development (Shaun Casteel) or Early Season Corn Growth & Development (Bob Nielsen)

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11:45 am Lunch

12:15 pm Session 3: Soil Fertility Issues in Corn and Soybeans (Jim Camberato) Corn and Soybean Nematode Diagnosis (Jamal Faghihi)

1:15 pm Break

1:30 pm Session 4: Corn and Soybean Nematode Diagnosis (Jamal Faghihi) Soil Fertility Issues in Corn and Soybeans (Jim Camberato)

2:30 pm Session 5: Herbicide Performance Plots (Area X ANR Educators)

3:30 pm CCA CEU and CCH Sign-Up

Registration: $50 and includes Corn & Soybean Field Guide, lunch and other information. Please complete and send registration by Wednesday, June 17, to Purdue Extension-La Porte County, 2487 W. State Road 2, Suite A, La Porte, IN 46350

All workshop participants will be awarded:

Continuing Education Units* (CEUs) for Certified Crop

Advisors (CCAs) and/or

Continuing Certification Hours (CCHs) for Indiana

Commercial Pesticide Applicators

Topics covered at the workshop will determine the categories and hours awarded.

*The CEUs are only applicable to the ASA/CCA Continuing Education Program.

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