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Agriculture and Natural Resources
Welcome to the Ashland County
Agriculture & Natural Resources Program
Julia Nolan Woodruff
Extension Educator
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Community Development
OSU Extension, Ashland County
Ashland County is located in north central Ohio. Contiguous counties are Wayne, Holmes, Knox, Richland, Huron, Lorain and Medina. According to the 2003 Ohio Agr. Statistics, the county has 1090 farms with an average size of 153 acres. Total land in farms is 167,000 acres. Major crops include corn, soybeans and hay. The major livestock enterprises include dairy and cattle and calves. 2002 cash receipts from marketing of farm commodities totaled 50.9 million. Major commodities include milk, cattle, corn, Hay, oats, and soybeans contributing 38%, 12%, 11%, 10%, and 10% respectively to the total farm income Statewide. Ashland County ranks 6th in the number of cattle and calves, 9th in dairy cows and 9th in sheep numbers. Commercial grain storage in the county is 2.4 million bushels.
Connections to Web Sites
The Ohio State University Related Links
- Agricultural Market Advisory Service (AgMAS)
- Amazing Graze Current Progress in Pasture Management
- Amish Buggy Safety
- Buckeye Yard & Garden
- C.O.R.N Crop Observation and Recommendation Network
- Farm Record Keeping with Quicken 2006
- Farm Science Review
- Farming the Net
- Horticulture and Crop Science Factsheet Database Search
- Horticulture and Crop Science in Virtual Perspective
- Management Excel, Ohio State University Extension
- Ohio Ag Manager
- Ohio Crop Performance Trials
- Ohio Crop-Weather Highlights
- Ohio Enterprise Budgets
- Ohio Farm Custom Rates - 2006
- Ohio Field Crop Disease
- Ohio Floriculture Online
- Ohio Integrated Pest Management
- Ohio Pork Industry Center
- The Ohio State University Agriculture and Natural Resources Web Sites
- Ohio State University Extension Agricultural Safety and Health
- Ohio State University Extension Beef Team
- Ohio State University Extension Dairy Team
- Ohio State Precision Farming Task Force
- Ohio State University Extension Software
- Ohioline, Farm, Production Agriculture, & Commercial Grower Publications
- Pesticide Education Programs, The Ohio State University
- VegNet
