REYNOLDSBURG — A team representing the Wynford FFA chapter recently took second place at the 2017 Ohio Envirothon competition June 12-13 at Ohio Christian University. The team of Luke Scott, Aaron Hand, Ethan Stuckey, Annika Gerlach, Kymber Sand and Kathy Bash competed against 19 other teams after winning the Area 1 Envirothon Contest in May.

Corn along CH 95 south of Kirby soaks in the morning sunlight. Despite an abundance of rain and flooding during a large part of planting season in May, farmers are beginning to see corn crops grow to noticeable size in Wyandot County.

REYNOLDSBURG — The Ohio Department of Agriculture will begin aerial treatments designed to disrupt gypsy moth mating on 8,380 acres in Wyandot and surrounding counties. To help protect Ohio’s diverse habitat, the Ohio Department of Agriculture operates multiple programs aimed at managing the gypsy moth in Ohio.

The nomination period for local Farm Service Agency county committees begins Thursday. It is important for county committees to reflect America's diversity, all eligible farmers and producers, including beginning farmers are encouraged to get involved in this year's elections.

Two Upper Sandusky High School students received scholarships through the National FFA Foundation. Mackenzie Myers was awarded $1,000 and Jonathan Lewis was awarded $6,670 through the program.

DELAWARE — Tickets now are on sale for the Delaware County Farm Bureau’s Benefit in the Barn, A Symphony on the Farm. The celebration of agriculture, food and music Aug. 19 with all proceeds benefiting partners of the Delaware County Hunger Alliance.

COLUMBUS — Wyandot County turkey hunters tagged 108 turkeys during the spring turkey season this May, an increase from the 103 harvested in 2016. Ohio hunters checked a total of 21,015 wild turkeys during the combined 2017 spring wild turkey south zone hunting season, northeast zone hunting season, and the youth wild turkey hunting season, April 22 through May 28, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

MARYSVILLE — The 2016-2017 Ohio Cattlemen’s Association Beef Exhibitor Show Total Program wrapped up on May 6 with its annual awards banquet held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus.

ST. LOUIS — Upper Sandusky farmers had the opportunity to win a $2,500 donation to direct to a local eligible nonprofit organization beginning Aug. 1. As part of the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, more than $3 million of financial support will be provided to nonprofits across rural America in 2017.

INDIANAPOLIS — The National FFA Foundation awarded a $750 grant and an official FFA jacket to the Riverdale High School FFA chapter. Legacy Farmers Cooperative together with Syngenta participated in the FFA Blue Jacket program as a special project of the National FFA Foundation, to make the award possible.