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12-03-2004 - Egg Processor Makes Plea For Organic Grain - [Cached Version]
Published on: 12/3/2004 Last Visited: 12/4/2004
"You want to select a durable hybrid with good disease resistance, stalk strength, good yield potential that will jump out of the ground," said Bob Yoder, Marshall County Purdue Extension educator.

Purdue is transitioning some grain fields to organic production.The university has an extensive publication on organic vegetables.

"You cannot use urea or ammonia, commercial pesticides, GMO crops.You must adjust soil fertility and use crop rotation," Yoder said.

For organic certification, soil tests are mandatory and the farmer focuses on building soil quality.Because of the high phosphorus and potash rates of some manure, Yoder suggested using potassium and potash-hungry crops before planing corn, which is a heavy nitrogen feeder.

"We're in a learning process.Go out and play with it a bit before you are certified," he said.

Yields might be cut as much as 25 percent in organic acres, Yoder cautioned, although most farmers experience a 5 to 15 percent reduction in yield.

"Seek out mentors who have been farming organically for 10 years or more," he said.
AgriNews - [Cached Version]
Published on: 12/18/2006 Last Visited: 12/20/2006
And: Knox - Staceye Johnson, (812) 882-3509 and Chad Pfitzer, (812) 254-8668; LaGrange - Steve Engleking, (260) 499-6334; LaPorte - Gene Matzat, (219) 324-9407, Todd Hutson, (219) 465-3555 and Stan Sims, (219) 755-3240; Marshall - Bob Yoder, (574) 935-8545; Newton - Dan Ritter, (219) 285-8620; Orange - Andy Boston, (812) 723-7107; Parke - Mark Spelbring, (765) 569-3176; and Perry - Margie Zoglmann, (812) 547-7084 and Phil Schmidt (812) 649-6022.
Committees - [Cached Version]
Published on: 4/14/2006 Last Visited: 3/8/2008
Chair Marci Marsh Dan Schultz, Bob Yoder
Fox 28 - [Cached Version]
Published on: 2/12/2006 Last Visited: 2/12/2006
Bob Yoder: "Out in that area is where the facility will be built".

These 500 acres in Marshall County may soon be the home to a new, modern swine farm... housing eight-thousand of these guys.

pigs oink-oink

Bob Yoder is the agriculture educator for the Purdue University Extension Office.He says... a farm like the one being proposed, would be strictly regulated.

Bob Yoder: "There's a lot of records to be kept and state officials to monitor it to stay in compliance".
OFARM - Desperate for Organic Grain - [Cached Version]
Published on: 12/6/2004 Last Visited: 7/3/2008
"You want to select a durable hybrid with good disease resistance, stalk strength, good yield potential that will jump out of the ground," said Bob Yoder, Marshall County Purdue Extension educator.

Purdue is transitioning some grain fields to organic production.The university has an extensive publication on organic vegetables.

"You cannot use urea or ammonia, commercial pesticides, GMO crops.You must adjust soil fertility and use crop rotation," Yoder said.

For organic certification, soil tests are mandatory and the farmer focuses on building soil quality.Because of the high phosphorus and potash rates of some manure, Yoder suggested using potassium and potash-hungry crops before planing corn, which is a heavy nitrogen feeder.

"We're in a learning process.Go out and play with it a bit before you are certified," he said.

Yields might be cut as much as 25 percent in organic acres, Yoder cautioned, although most farmers experience a 5 to 15 percent reduction in yield.

"Seek out mentors who have been farming organically for 10 years or more," he said.
South Bend Tribune - [Cached Version]
Published on: 7/16/2006 Last Visited: 7/16/2006
Bob Yoder, Purdue Extension educator, said the auction will be conducted in two arenas, rather than one, from 9:30 a.m. until noon that day.

"We're hoping to shorten the day," Yoder said of the event which sees payoffs for all the hard work of the 4-H youngsters who've raised their livestock for sale at the fair.

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The two morning auctions will see rabbits, goats and dairy in ring one, with poultry and loins in the second.

Beginning at 12:30 p.m. that day, the auction routine returns to the single ring, Yoder said, with sheep scheduled at 12:30 p.m., followed by swine at 2 p.m., beef at 4:30 p.m., and dairy beef capping off the afternoon at 5:30 p.m.

And, Yoder said, the anxiously-awaited ice cream crank-off flavor this year will be black cherry.
SouthBendTribune.com: Ag educator thrives on challenges - [Cached Version]
Published on: 10/11/2008 Last Visited: 3/25/2004
Bob Yoder joins Marshall County Extension Office.
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Looking on are Randall Dickson, left, 4-H and youth development educator, and Bob Yoder, agriculture and natural resources educator for the office.
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PLYMOUTH -- Whether you need help with pesticide or with perennials, Bob Yoder is now your man.

Yoder is the new agriculture and natural resources educator with the Marshall County Extension Office.As such, his duties include helping pork and dairy producers, running the Master Gardeners program, and providing certified help on pests and pesticides.

Though he's new to this county, Yoder has been with the extension office system for 16 years.Formerly of Daviess County, Yoder said he moved to the area to be closer to his parents in Nappanee.

Yoder adds he's a NorthWood graduate.

Though many of his duties will remain the same, Yoder says he is working to evaluate the needs of his clients here.For example, he says Marshall County is fifth in the state in dairy production.He also is looking forward to heading a growing Master Gardeners program, with a goal of educating more garden enthusiasts.

A completely new role for Yoder will be political: He says he will be sitting on the Plymouth Planning Commission starting this summer.
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Yoder adds that many of his duties will revolve around agriculture awareness.He says as people build houses in more rural areas, there are more opportunities for misunderstandings between homeowners and farmers.
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Yoder says homeowners need to understand that sometimes, work late at night cannot be avoided as farmers try to get a timely yield.

For the young, Dickson and Yoder are teaming up to plan this year's Marshall County Ag Day.
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April 1 in Centennial Park, Plymouth, Yoder says the event teaches young people where their food comes from.
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Yoder, Dickson and interim director Karen Richey all say they enjoy working with people and all their varied needs.
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Yoder says that in the short time he's been there, already he's been asked questions ranging from the best way to manage 120 acres for the long haul, to poultry management, to identifying invasive weeds.

"Every day's a new adventure," Yoder says.
SouthBendTribune.com: County fair an economic boon - [Cached Version]
Published on: 7/29/2004 Last Visited: 7/29/2004
The fair also helps provide young people with scholarship money, says Bob Yoder, the county's Purdue Extension educator for agriculture.

Groups that generate income at the fair often channel much of it into scholarships for local youth, he says.
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Traffic is high for business because it's high at the fair, Yoder says.He estimates that 6,000 to 8,000 people visit the fairgrounds each day of the fair.
SouthBendTribune.com: Farmers' Market opening in June - [Cached Version]
Published on: 3/30/2005 Last Visited: 3/30/2005
Vendor fees are among the items to be established by the new advisory council for the farmers' market, but Bob Yoder with the Purdue Extension Office said the fees are to be kept minimal to encourage greater participation.
SouthBendTribune.com: Today's Spotlights - [Cached Version]
Published on: 8/10/2005 Last Visited: 8/11/2005
Bob Yoder is the extension educator for the Marshall County Cooperative Extension Office.A native of Nappanee, he has bachelor's and master's degrees from Purdue University.

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