About Crawford County Extension

Welcome to OSU Extension - Crawford County

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112 East Mansfield Street, Suite 303
Bucyrus, OH 44820

419-562-8731
419-562-3677 (Fax)

Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

 

We gratefully acknowledge the support of our local county commissioners.

Crawford County Commissioners

Gary Miller
Mo Ressallat
Doug Weisenauer

OSU Extension embraces human diversity and is committed to ensuring that all educational programs conducted by Ohio State University Extension are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, disability, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, or veteran status.

Keith L. Smith, Associate Vice President and Director, OSU Extension
TDD #(800)589-8292 (Ohio only) or (614)292-1868

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OSU Extension Agricultural Policy & Outlook Meeting
Ohio State University Extension Erie Basin EERA has scheduled a "2009 Agriculture Policy and Economic Outlook” meeting to be held Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Featured speakers are Agricultural Economic Specialists from OSU Extension. Topics include: Grains and Biofuels, Farm Policy, Land Rent/Prices, Farm Input Costs, and Food Prices & Markets.
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Flexible Cash Rent
Flexible-cash rent usually pertains only to cropland, with fixed rents for buildings, farmstead facilities, and relatively minor acreages of pasture, hay, or woodland. Both parties need to agree on the amount of these "non-flexible" rents prior to start of the lease period. In addition, the flexible-cash rent keeps the landowner eligible for potential "windfall profits" should they happen.
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Marestail
Marestail continues to be a problem in no-till soybean fields throughout Ohio. This weed can require almost a full year to complete its life cycle, and is considered to be both a winter and summer annual. Two broad periods of emergence result in plant populations that become problematic in soybeans. Plants that emerge in late summer and fall will overwinter as rosettes (plants with elongated stems in fall do not survive winter), and these will be present at the time of crop planting.
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Ohio State University Extension embraces human diversity and is committed to ensuring that all research and related educational programs are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or veteran status. This statement is in accordance with United States Civil Rights Laws and the USDA.

Keith L. Smith, Associate Vice President for Agricultural Administration; Associate Dean, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; Director, Ohio State University Extension and Gist Chair in Extension Education and Leadership. TDD No. 800-589-8292 (Ohio only) or 614-292-1868.