A Marketing Assistance Loan is available for producers who share in the risk of producing an eligible commodity. To be eligible, a producer must maintain continual beneficial interest in the eligible commodity.

COLUMBUS — The Wyandot County Farm Bureau honored for outstanding programming over the past year during the 99th annual meeting of Ohio Farm Bureaus from Wednesday through Friday in Columbus.

COLUMBUS — Helping beginning farmers get a start, protecting landowners’ rights and coping with rural drug problems were among the priorities set by delegates at the Ohio Farm Bureau’s 99th annual meeting.

BUCYRUS — The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its long range planning meeting from 2-4 p.m. Thursday in the lower level conference room of the Crawford County Courthouse Administration Building in Bucyrus.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa — The 40th annual National Farm Toy Show was held in Dyersville, Iowa, early in November. The show is considered the ideal event to explore the farm toy world.

Farm Service Agency County Committee advisers are a valued voice for underrepresented groups and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. County committee members and their county executive directors actively reach out to producer groups who are underrepresented on county committees.

2018 Reporting of Fall Seeded Crops All producers are reminded that the acreage reporting date for fall seeded crops has changed and the acreage reporting date is Dec. 15.

Starting Nov. 1, farmers with base acres in the Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage safety net program were able to enroll for the 2018 crop year. The enrollment period ends Aug. 1. Because shares and ownership of a farm can change year-to-year, producers must enroll by signing a contract each program year.

WASHINGTON — The National Farmers Union joined a coalition of 82 farm, rural and consumer groups last week in sending a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to implement the Farmer Fair Practices Rules via executive order.

BUCYRUS — Leaves are abundant this time of year, and for many, that means time spent raking and removing nature’s fall bounty from yards and gutters. It is important to remember that these leaves, just as they can plug your home gutters and downspouts, also can plug storm drains creating flooding issues in storm drainage systems.