GEAUGA COUNTY FARMING

 A Profile of Geauga Agriculture

   According to the Ohio State University Extension Service, the county had 73,000 acres divided among 710 farms in 1992. The average farm was 103 acres in size.

   Livestock generated roughly two thirds of farm income, with dairy products leading the way, followed by cattle and calves. The remaining one third was generated by a variety of crops, chiefly in a category entitled "other crops" which includes vegetables and greenhouse production.

   Over the 19-year period from 1973 to 1992, the number of farms in the county increased from 580 to 710 while the average size of farms decreased slightly from 114 acres to 103 acres. The county's total farm acreage went up from 66,000 to 73,000 in that time.

   More than 35 percent of Geauga County farm operators are 55 years of age or above. Approximately 37 percent are full-time farmers having no other occupation. Approximately 39 percent of the county's farm operators work more than 200 days per year off the farm.

Turn to Geauga Ag Bulletins



Geauga Livestock Commission
15848 Nauvoo Road
Middlefield, OH 44062
632-1920

Mondays:
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Consignment Auction
9:00 a.m.
Poultry and Egg Auction
10:00 a.m.
Hay Auction
Noon

Sunday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Free entertainment on the grounds!

Upcoming Auctions

Schedule for the Monday auctions is as follows:
9:00 a.m.  - Miscellaneous Consignment Auction
10:00 a.m. - Poultry, Egg and Rabbit Auction
Noon     - Hay

Saturday, November 7
Maple Leaf Auction


Geauga Grower's Association
Geauga Wholesale Produce Auction
15864 Nauvoo Road
Middlefield, OH 44062

Jack Smith
Manager
Representative to Northeast Ohio Growers
632-0499

Mark Kauffman
Manager
Day-to-Day Operations
Auction open: Mondays and Thursdays
9:30 - noon

Anticipated opening: Tuesdays and Fridays

For further information call Smith at 632-0499, or Ohio State University Extension Agent Dave Dyke at 834-4656, 285-2222 or 564-7231, ext. 5260.

Also see Growers


Geauga County Farm Bureau
53 E. Main Street
Orwell, OH 44076
437-8700
Kevin O'Reilly, President

Ohio State University Extension

Barbara H. James, CFCS
Extension Agent
14269 Claridon-Troy Road
P.O. Box 387
Burton, OH 44021

834-4656;
285-2222 (526)
FAX 216-834-0057

For further information: Ohio State University Extension

Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District

14269 Claridon-Troy Road
Burton, OH 44024
834-1122

District Conservationist: Allen J. Bonnis
Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Natural resource conservation, erosion and sedimentation control, specifications for drainage systems and ponds, waste management, wind breaks, tree packet sales, and educational services.

For further information: Geauga SWCD


Ashtabula-Geauga-Lake Farm Service Agency

33 Grand Valley
Orwell, OH 44076
(216) 437-6330

Darlene Weyer, administrator

Geauga/Lake County Committee
James Timmons
Les Ober
Charles Koritansky
Robert Rought
William Timmons

Emergency Farm Loans Available
Geauga County is one of 26 counties eligible for Farm Service Agency emergency loans to make up for losses caused by last year's drought from June 1 to Sept. 18.

Farmers have eight months to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. To be eligible, producers must have suffered at least a 30 percent loss of normal production in a single enterprise, be able to repay the loan and any other loans, be unable to obtain credit elsewhere and have adequate security.

For more information, call Jack Barthels with the Farm Service Agency at (330) 297-2187.

On the World Wide Web

For updates on harvesting, crop reports, soil reports, USDA-NASS reports, planting advice, weather, news and more, click here for: Traderivers

Click here for USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service


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