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Mar. 11, 2021
Now that the spotted lanternfly has been identified in Jefferson County, the Ohio Department of Agriculture Division of Plant Health has drafted new rules in Chapter 901:5-56 to address the invasive insect. On March 10, 2021, the rules were submitted to stakeholders. The stakeholder comment period will remain open until March 24, 2021.
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Jan. 25, 2021
Since there is now an established Spotted Lanternfly population in Jefferson County, be on the look out for quarantine procedures for the area in the near future from the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Once the rules are publicly available, we will post them here on our county website and Facebook page.
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Oct. 14, 2020
An update on Spotted Lanternfly is this coming Monday (October 19th) at 1pm.
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Aug. 24, 2020
Farm Science Review will come to you on your laptop or smartphone this year, and for free, you can watch livestreamed talks and recorded videos featuring the latest farm equipment and research to pique your curiosity.
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Aug. 13, 2020
It's fair time! Due to activities and meetings during the week of the jr. fair, our physical office will be closed starting tomorrow (this includes office appointment hours). However, we will still be available by phone or email through the week - if we don't answer right away, we will call you back as soon as we can. If you are in need of soil test kits or fact sheets, let us know and we will get them mailed to you.
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Jul. 30, 2020
***UPDATE - UNSOLICITED SEEDS: If you have received unsolicited packets of seeds with Chinese writing on the label, please don't open them, plant them or throw them out! Our office is now serving as a drop off location for ODA for these seeds. Stop by during office hours Mondays or Fridays 8AM to noon or Wednesday afternoons to submit samples - please call ahead. See the press release below for more information...
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The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is asking Ohioans to please send in unsolicited seeds.
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Jul. 02, 2020
The Jefferson County office will be closed tomorrow, July 3rd, for the holiday. Have a great 4th of July!
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Jun. 29, 2020
The temporary online trainings during the COVID-19 Pandemic allow applicators and fertilizer certificate holders to meet their continuing education requirements.
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May. 29, 2020
Across the state of Ohio, landowners are receiving offers to lease their property for the development of oil and natural gas wells, pipelines or utility-scale solar projects. While the state is regionally divided between the two, with shale development primarily occurring on the eastern side of the state and solar development being concentrated in southwestern Ohio (with some exceptions), the questions about legal agreements, construction and oversight of both are similar.
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May. 29, 2020
COVID-19 has hit the agricultural industry hard. Market prices for major commodities have fallen sharply since COVID-19 reached the United States back in early January. Milk and cattle prices have declined over 25 percent and corn and hog prices are down 19%. At one time during the pandemic, these prices had dropped over 40 percent. Early projections suggest total net farm income could be down 20% or more over in 2020.
