MARYSVILLE — The 2017–18 Ohio Cattlemen’s Association Beef Exhibitor Show Total program wrapped up May 5 with its annual awards banquet held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus. “The banquet is a time to celebrate the many achievements of our BEST participants, both in and out of the show ring,” said Stephanie Sindel, OCA Director of Youth Programs.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency encourages dairy producers to consider enrolling in the new and improved Margin Protection Program for Dairy, which will provide better protections for dairy producers from shifting milk and feed prices.

Each county Soil and Water Conservation District in Ohio is governed by a board of five local supervisors. One supervisor will be elected at the Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual banquet on Aug. 16 and will serve for three years beginning in January 2019.

BUCYRUS — The Wynford FFA chapter held its annual FFA banquet April 12. The banquet began with a potluck meal in the high school gymnasium.

On April 19, the Upper Sandusky FFA hosted its 81st annual parent-member banquet to celebrate the achievements of the FFA and its members over the past year. More than 400 members, community figures and parents came to support the program.

On May 3, more than 500 4-H and FFA members from 33 states competed in the 67th annual National Land and Range Judging Contest in Oklahoma, and the Upper Sandusky FFA was one of them.

Conservation Reserve Program participants are responsible for ensuring adequate, approved vegetative and practice cover is maintained to control erosion throughout the life of the contract after the practice has been established. Participants also must control undesirable vegetation, weeds (including noxious weeds), insects and rodents that may pose a threat to existing cover or adversely impact other landowners in the area.

A total of 43 teams from across Northwest Ohio competed in the 2018 Area 1 Envirothon competition recently at the Blue Creek Conservation Area in Whitehouse. The Area 1 Envirothon consists of Allen, Auglaize, Crawford, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Lucas, Marion, Morrow, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert and Wyandot counties.

Each year, the area’s agricultural community and area businesses celebrate National Agriculture Week during the month of March. This year, National Ag Week was held on March 19-23. The Wyandot County Ag Week Steering Committee sponsored a poster contest for the fourth graders in Wyandot County.

In order to comply Farm Service Agency program eligibility requirements, all producers are encouraged to visit the Wyandot County FSA office to file an accurate crop certification report by the applicable deadline. The following acreage reporting dates are applicable for Wyandot County: