FOSTORIA — AgCredit, one of northern Ohio’s largest lenders for farmers, rural homeowners and agribusiness, has announced the formation of the AgCredit Mission Fund. The Mission Fund will fund AgCredit’s Joe Leiser college scholarship program along with grants to organizations who meet the objective and focus of the fund.

MARYSVILLE — The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association recently awarded 16 Best of the Buckeye scholarships at the Ohio Beef Expo, including one to Alexis Watkins, of Carey. The Best of the Buckeye program is coordinated by OCA and held in conjunction with the Ohio Beef Expo and Ohio State Fair.

This spring, 32 students from the Upper Sandusky FFA competed in the State Spring Career Development Event Contests (CDEs). Upper Sandusky had seven different contest areas that students participated in: agronomy, equine management, general livestock, nature interpretation, poultry, wildlife management and dairy cattle.

With spring planting quickly approaching, the Wyandot County Farm Service Agency encourages farmers to report failed crop acreage that will not be brought to harvest to their FSA office. Failed acreage must be reported to the FSA before destroying and replanting to allow time for a field check.

BUCYRUS — The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District is holding a spring fish sale through April 26. Spring is an ideal time to stock ponds because the weather and water temperatures are cooler.

The Tractor Supply Company Mobile Fair Tour is looking for Ohio 4-H and FFA youth who showcase what it means to be a great neighbor. Originating last year, the Great Neighbor essay contest is an experiential component of the retailer’s Mobile Fair Tour, a 24-stop journey across the United States that will begin its route June 1 in Kentucky and concludes Nov. 10 in Nevada.

FFA is more than just cows, sows and plows. In class, students learn about the science involved in agriculture as well as the business side of agriculture and the surrounding environment that influences agriculture.

Agricultural producers are reminded to consult with the FSA and NRCS before breaking out new ground for production purposes as doing so without prior authorization may put a producer’s federal farm program benefits in jeopardy.

The week of March 19 was National Ag Week. The week is used to recognize and celebrate the abundance that agriculture provides.

The Wyandot County Commissioners voted Thursday to move forward with a proposed Cano-Harpster tile petition project during a public hearing at Gottfied Nature Center. Jeff Hohman of Wyandot County Soil and Water Department led the meeting.