Medina County Farm Bureau

Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification
2016-02-23 00:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Sprunger Building at Kidron Auction, 13071 Emerson Rd., Kidron, OH, 44636, United States
Three hours of recertification is required every three years to maintain your license.
Contact: OSU Extension Wayne & Holmes County at 330-264-8722 to register for a three hour session.
Categories Offered: Core, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
*Please call the Wayne County Extension Office to pre-register
There is a $35.00 fee paid at the training site you attend. You must also send the $30.00 fee to the Ohio Department of Agriculture. This covers your applicators license for 3 years.
Fertilizer Application Certification Training 10:00 to Noon **
(New 2 hour training for current holders of a Pesticide Applicator License).
IF attending, packing your own lunch is recommended due to time constraints.

Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification
2016-02-19 12:30 - 15:30 | Farmerstown Auction Barn, 2807 State Route 557, Baltic, OH, 43804, United States
Three hours of recertification is required every three years to maintain your license.
Contact: OSU Extension Wayne & Holmes County at 330-264-8722 to register for a three hour session.
Categories Offered: Core, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 *Please call the Holmes County Extension Office to pre-register
There is a $35.00 fee paid at the training site you attend. You must also send the $30.00 fee to the Ohio Department of Agriculture. This covers your applicators license for 3 years.

Helping Employees be Successful: Establishing and Supporting Good Communication on the Farm
2016-02-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Jake’s Steakhouse, 6655 E. Lincoln Way, Wooster, OH, 44691, United States
The February Dairy Manager Discussion group meetings will be held on Thursday, Feb. 18 at Jake’s Steakhouse located at 6655 E. Lincoln Way, Wooster. Participants will order and pay for their own meals. The “established” dairy manager group meeting is scheduled for 12:15 pm and the “dairy managers of tomorrow” group is scheduled for 7:00 pm. Gustavo Schuenemann, OSU Extension dairy veterinarian will be the speaker for both groups but presenting a different topic for each group.
For the 12:15 pm group, Dr. Schuenemann will be presenting the topic; “Helping Employees be Successful: Establishing and Supporting Good Communication on the Farm.” In his work as a veterinarian Dr. Schuenemann was finding many herd health and herd production problems could be traced back to farm employees and managers not being consistent in good management practices, not doing tasks in a timely manner, or even just plain doing the wrong thing. When he began to talk with employees and ask them about what they were or were not doing he discovered that communication problems; miscommunication, misunderstanding, language barriers and personality conflicts were the real root causes of many herd health and production problems. This will be a good session for any dairy business that employs and/or works with employees.
During the 7:00 pm meeting Schuenemann will be discussing and demonstrating a calving management app designed for hand-held smart devices. The eCalving APP was developed to capture calving-related events associated with stillbirth and calf development. Novel components of the APP include: 1) Login screen for individual herds, 2) Capture of selected calving-related events for both dam and calf (e.g., parity, breed, BCS, hygiene of perineum, calving ease, sex of calf, presentation, personnel), 3) Rolling list of active cows with an alarm to monitor calving progress and time in labor, 4) Rolling list of active calves (single or multiple) within 24 h after birth, and 5) Colostrum management practices (quality, quantity, time of administration, and personnel) as well as calf vigor and birth weights.

Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification
2016-02-12 12:45 - 15:45 | Fisher Auditorium, OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH, 44691, United States
Categories Offered: Core, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
*Please call the Wayne County Extension Office to pre-register
There is a $35.00 fee paid at the training site you attend. You must also send the $30.00 fee to the Ohio Department of Agriculture. This covers your applicators license for 3 years.

Fertilizer Application Certification Training 10:00 to Noon **
(New 2 hour training for current holders of a Pesticide Applicator License).
IF attending, packing your own lunch is recommended due to time constraints.

OFBF Annual Meeting
2015-12-02 - 2015-12-04
Contact the Medina County Farm Bureau today if you are interested in attending!
