BUCYRUS — The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District recently presented the outstanding cooperator award to Keller Farms at its 69th annual meeting.

Wade Vaughn has been nominated in Local Administrative Area 2 in Wyandot County to serve as a committee member.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture and Ohio State University will host training courses for the new Agricultural Fertilizer Applicator Certification Program.

The Wyandot County Farm Bureau recently hosted its annual meeting in the Masters’ Building at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds with 60 guests in attendance.

Contractor Dan Thiel places riprap for a rock structure on the David Gottfried farm in Pitt Township.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is encouraging producers who have suffered eligible disaster-related losses to act to secure assistance by Sept. 30, as congressionally mandated payment reductions will take place for producers who have not acted before that date.

Changes mandated through the 2014 farm bill require producers to have a Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Certification (AD-1026) on file.

BUCYRUS — The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District will host its 69th annual meeting today at the Crawford County Fairgrounds youth building in Bucyrus.

FINDLAY — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife is inviting trappers to participate in a special drawing Oct. 25 for public landbeaver and river otter trapping opportunities.

The Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of metal from a rural Wharton barn that was valued at $3,000 and as much as 1,000 pounds. A rural Wharton man reported Monday morning someone stole weights from the front of his tractor. He estimated the metal weighed anywhere from 900 to 1,000 pounds, according to a report by the …