Agricultrue & Natural Resources

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Welcome to the Noble County 
Agriculture & Natural Resources Program

Noble County is located in Southeastern Ohio.  The interstate highway I77 runs north-south through the county.  The county consists of 404 square miles and 255,360 acres of land.

The latest available statistices confirm that agriculture is important to Noble County.  In 2003, $5.9 million in farm commodities were sold by the county's 600 farms.  Cattle receipts by milk and beef accounted for $4.1 million.  Although most forage and grain is grown for livestock feed, $1.8 million of crop commodities were marketed.  106,000 acres are in farmland; however, over two-thirds of the land area is woodland and rejuvinating woodland.

Much of the agriculture in Noble County is dictated by the topography.  Most of the narrow "creek-bottom" land is tilled while much of the sloped hillsides are planted to no-till or reduced-tilled crops, meadows or pasture land.  Land stewardship to reduce erosion and increase productivity is important to Noble County farmers.

Agriculture & Natural Resources Newsletter

Connections to Web Sites

The Ohio State University Related Links
 

• The Ohio State University Agriculture and Natural Resources Web Sites 
• Farming the Net 
• Ohioline, Farm, Production Agriculture, & Commercial Grower  Publications 
• Amazing Graze Current Progress in Pasture Management 
• Buckeye Yard & Garden Almanac and Newsletters 
• C.O.R.N  Crop Observation and Recommendation Network 
• Ohio Crop Performance Trials 
• Ohio State Precision Farming Task Force
• Ohio Integrated Pest Management   
• Ohio Crop-Weather Highlights 
• Ohio Floriculture Online  
• VegNet    
• Horticulture and Crop Science in Virtual Perspective 
• Pesticide Education Programs, The Ohio State University 
• Ohio Pork Industry Center 
• Ohio State University Extension Beef Team  
• Ohio State University Extension Dairy Team 
• ManagementExcel, Ohio State University Extension 
• Agricultural Market Advisory Service (AgMAS) 
• Ohio State University Extension Agricultural Safety and Health  
• Amish Buggy Safety  
• Farm Science Review 
• Ohio State University Extension Software 
• Horticulture and Crop Science Factsheet Database Search