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Wyandot County FSA election ballots being mailed next month

Election ballots will be sent Nov. 5 by mail to all eligible voters who have farming operations in Local Administrative Area No. 1, consisting of Ridge, Crawford, Tymochtee and Sycamore…

Sycamore Run Farms to honor the Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary with corn maze

Sycamore Run Farms to honor the Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary with corn maze

SYCAMORE — Sycamore Run Farms in Sycamore has unveiled its 2012 corn maze design honoring the Girl Scouts of the USA’s 100th anniversary this year. The 7-acre corn maze features…

Students take part in soil judging contest

Students take part in soil judging contest

Agriculture students from Carey, Mohawk, Riverdale and Upper Sandusky high schools recently competed in the annual Wyandot County Soil Judging contest at the David Courtad farm in Crane Township. The…

Latta receives a Friend of Farm Bureau Award

Latta receives a Friend of Farm Bureau Award

COLUMBUS — The American Farm Bureau Federation, in conjunction with Ohio Farm Bureau, has recognized Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) as a recipient of the Friend of the Farm Bureau…

Local residents enter national livestock exposition

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Coby Frey, of Upper Sandusky, has entered three head of boer goat in the junior market goat division of the 39th annual North American International Livestock Exposition,…

Carey FFA plans dodge ball tourney

CAREY — The Carey FFA chapter will sponsor a dodge ball tournament beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Carey High School gymnasium. All proceeds from the tournament will be…

Wynford FFA members take shot at forestry contest near Bucyrus

Wynford FFA members take shot at forestry contest near Bucyrus

BUCYRUS — Freshmen and sophomore Wynford FFA members recently participated in a forestry contest at Camp Michael near Bucyrus. Participants completed tree identification, a chain saw safety test and a…

Crawford SWCD honors area producers at annual banquet

Crawford SWCD honors area producers at annual banquet

BUCYRUS — The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District presented its outstanding cooperator and Lake Erie buffer awards during its 67th annual meeting held recently in Bucyrus. Kevin Schmidt, of…

Bulldozing and riprap

Bulldozing and riprap

Contractor Dan Thiel, of Thiel Excavating and Drainage, uses his bulldozer to make the initial cut on a newly constructed waterway on the George Rellinger farm in Marseilles Township. Four…

FSA stays hard at work this fall

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency will issue 2012 payments in early October for the direct payments on Direct and Counter Cyclical and Average Crop Revenue Election…