Kernels with Ohio Corn & Wheat

Have you wondered how the Ohio Corn Checkoff and the Ohio Wheat Checkoff supports the next generation of agriculture? One of the many ways is through the Ohio FFA Foundation. Most (not all, but most) of the future agricultural workforce are in FFA programs right now. On this episode of Kernels Marlene Eick sits down with Amy Jo Baughman, the new Executive Director for the Ohio FFA Foundation, to talk about how the investment from teh Ohio Corn Checkoff and the Ohio Wheat Checkoff is used.   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

We've got an energetic episode for you today. Hosts Luke Crumley and Marlene Eick are here to update you on the work of the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association at the state and federal level. Tell the Ohio Senate that it's time for lower fuel prices. Click here to make your voice heard! https://p2a.co/S6ZqsUz   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

What are the two words you never want to hear on the two-way radio? This episode is all about some funny and fond memories our Corn Checkoff Board of Directors have from planting season of years passed. Send us some of your favorite planting memories on social media!   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

Do you have your planting dream team ready to go for this year? We do. On this episode of Kernels, Luke Crumley, Marlene Eick, and Producer Jessy Woodworth are drafting their picks. The only rule: they have to pick fictional farmers. Who will get to claim Mark Watney, Mulan, Joseph Cooper, or Old McDonald? Find out by listening now!   The Whole List: Race Against the Harvest - basically everyone Men of Honor - Carl Brasher Old McDonald The farmer's daughter in the song She Thinks My Tractors Sexy Mulan Mary, from Mary had a Little Lamb Aunt Em and Uncle Henry - Wizard of Oz Courage the Cowardly Dog's owners Luke Skywalker  Interstellar - Joseph Cooper Star Wars - Galen Erso Captain Picard - French winery  Admiral Kirk Superman's parents Field of Dreams - Ray Kinsella The Martian - Mark Watney A League of Their Own - Gina Davis Billy Bob and Charlene in John Deere Green Dwight Schrute Chicken Run - Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy Barnyard - Mr. and Mrs. Beady The Ranch - Beau, Colt, and Jameson Bennett Little House on the Prairie - Ingall Family Babe - Farmer Hoggett The Patriot - Benjamin Martin The couple in American Gothic (counts as one, pitchfork included) Mr. Green Jeans Green Acres - Oliver Jolly Green Giant Colonel Sanders Jimmy Dean   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

Spring DC Mission... but the CPA Version! Landon Hollopeter, Morgan Evans, and Mackenzie Ott all share their experiences with all things advocacy, D.C., and policy. Listen in to what they have to say about their time with policy makers and growers on the Hill.   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

Luke isn't superstitious, but is he a little 'stitious? In this Episode of Kernels, Marlene Eick and Luke Crumley go through some common rural superstitions you may have heard on the farm. Do you believe in any of these?   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

Ohio Corn & Wheat is headed to Washington, D.C.! Why are we heading out to the nation's capitol? To tell your elected officials about what matters to you and your farm. Much to Marlene Eick's dismay, this episode of Kernels is "Luke's Episode." Link to the 2024 Policy Priorities Brochure: https://ohiocornandwheat.org/policy-priorities-2024/ Link to the current call to action: https://p2a.co/GdnWwHB   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

Even though Commodity Classic is in the rear view mirror, you should know what you missed. Board members of Ohio Corn & Wheat are here to fill you in on the details, while hosts Marlene Eick and Luke Crumley have the commentary.  About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

We all know that farm dads are uniquely qualified to have some funny sayings and phrases. Maybe funny isn't the right word, but that's what we are going with. Has your dad ever said any of these? Or are you a dad that says these things? Luke Crumley, Marlene Eick, and Producer Jessy Woodworth want to hear your favorites!   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

The 2024 Ohio Corn Yield Contest and Wheat Yield Contest winners have the secrets to high yields! Every year we have a competition between the growers in Ohio to see who can get the highest yields. This year, Corey Farrens and Kent Edwards topped out the corn and wheat categories. We caught up with our wheat yield contest winners to see if they could shed some light on how they got those numbers up so high. Hear how the winners did it on this episode of Kernels!   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

This year the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Associaiton honored U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown and U.S. Representative Max Miller with the Guardian of Ohio Corn & Wheat award! The Guardian of Ohio Corn & Wheat award is a recognition given to elected officials that have gone above and beyond for Ohio's grain producers. It's not given every year, in fact it is not normally given.  Listen to this episode of Kernels to hear from each of the recieptients about the work they are donig on behalf of Ohio's grain producers.  About Ohio Corn & Wheat  Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

Happy FFA Week! On this episode of Kernels, Marlene Eick and Luke Crumley talk about the Ohio FFA Foundation, how your checkoffs make a difference in the lives and careers of students, and one of Producer Jessy's most embarrassing moments. Were you in FFA? Send us a DM with some of your favorite memories!   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

Happy Valentines Day! Marlene Eick and Luke Crumley are the not-so-secret admirers in this episode of Kernels with Ohio Corn & Wheat. The two go through some of OCW's favorite organizations, customers, and more! Listen in to see if you're on the list. REMINDER: If you should be getting someone a gift for tomorrow, this is your courtesy nudge!   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

Did you know that the U.S. Grains Council took an Ohio grower to Japan and Taiwan to tell grain buyers about the quality of American corn? Or that those same grain buyers value sustainability so highly? Learn about that and more on this episode of Kernels. Link to the giant inflatable Whack-A-Mole: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL3PGN9N?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

Why should you care about the Suez Canal? What about the Panama Canal? Or railroads in Mexico? We all know that the grain on your farm goes somewhere after you take it to the elevator, but how does it get to where it's going? This episode of Kernels is all about how grain moves through the United States. Barges, rail cars, semis, you name it. Listen to Wendy Osborn explain how many semi loads you need to fill a train, or a barge, or a shipping vessel.   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

It's meeting season! While you're out at agronomy meetings and braving the winter weather, Ohio Corn & Wheat grower leaders and staff are traveling to work on national issues. In early January a handful of growers and staff went to the National Corn Growers Association Action Teams meetings. Action Teams are like committees, but we actually do things. Here are some updates from Ohio growers John Settlemyre, Denny Vennekotter, and Craig Downing. Producer Jessy has a little update for you, too.   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members. For more information, please visit www.ohiocornandwheat.org.

Get the confetti poppers! We are celebrating the 16th birthday of Ohio's ethanol industry in 2024! Now that the industry can get their drivers' license, we wanted to steer the conversation into the track record of high performance. On this episode we have Marlene Eick, Luke Crumley, and Brad Moffitt ready to roll and give you some backstory about how the ethanol industry came to Ohio. Did you know that your Corn Checkoff was a major reason companies like POET and Valero put their plants here? We can't take all the credit, but you'll hear about what we did to make it easier for them to swerve in our direction.   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members.  For more information, visit ohiocornandwheat.org.

2024 brings us new faces at Ohio Corn & Wheat! We would like to introduce you to Ken Swartz, Sam Boyce, and Gary Wilson (though you may remember Gary from the OSGMP Board). Ken Swartz is a farmer in Wood County and has been selected to serve on the Ohio Corn Marketing Program Board of Directors. Sam Boyce is a farmer in Richland County and Gary Wilson is a farmer in Hancock County. Both have been elected to the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association Board of Directors.    About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members.  For more information, visit ohiocornandwheat.org.

Great news for farmers in the Western Lake Erie Water Basin: The H2Ohio enrollment deadline has been extended! Contact your local Soil and Water Conservation District and enroll by February 2nd to sign up for incentives. On this episode of Kernels, Marlene Eick and Luke Crumley talk with Tyler Drewes, a farmer in the Western Lake Erie Basin, about his experience with H2Ohio and the impact it has made on his operation. Visit https://h2.ohio.gov/ for more information on the program.   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members.  For more information, visit ohiocornandwheat.org.

On this episode of Kernels, we are tackling a controversial issue: solar panels on farmland. Luke Crumley, Director of Public Policy & Sustainability, and Owen Niese, a Richland County farmer, talk about the process and potential impacts of a policy stance like this. Solar generation facilities have been popping up all over rural Ohio. We have been hearing from farmers from all sides of the issue, and knew that we had to take a stand. In June of 2023 a small group was formed of farmers with varying perspectives. Their task was to work together to create a proposed policy on the issue. The group, led by Owen Niese, drafted a policy statement, which the entire OCWGA Board of Directors adopted on November 30, 2023. Read the policy in its entirety here: https://ohiocornandwheat.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023.11.30-FINAL-Solar-Strike-Team-Policy-Recommendation-distribution-UPDATED-2.pdf   About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability. It is a strategic alliance of two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members.  For more information, visit ohiocornandwheat.org.