The Farm Service Agency has announced people nominated in Local Administrative Area 1 in Wyandot County to serve as a committee member. LAA No. 1 consists of Crawford, Ridge, Tymochtee and Sycamore townships. Ballots will be mailed Nov. 5 and need returned to the Wyandot County FSA office by Dec. 3.

The Carey FFA chapter held its annual officer retreat over the summer in Loudonville. All officers were able to attend the retreat. During the three-day retreat, the officers participated in leadership and team building activities.

When you plan to sell farmland that’s enrolled in CRP or you have changed the owner of the land from an individual to an entity (trust, limited liability company or corporation) or to other family members, our office would like to remind you about the terms and conditions of your contract.

Awards, elections and family fun highlighted the Wyandot County Farm Bureau’s 2018 annual meeting held recently at Ellis Lake. Continuing President Kayla Weaver presided over elections, resulting in two new members for the board of trustees, Travis Kimmel and Ethan Smalley, as well as Nate Bair and W. Kyle Brown being elected as delegates for next year’s Ohio Farm Bureau annual meeting.

BUCYRUS — The Crawford Park District will hold its hunting lottery for the Sandusky Wildlife Area, Sears Woods State Nature Preserve and Carmean Woods State Nature Preserve at 7 p.m. Aug. 28. The Sandusky Wildlife Area is located at 2035 River Road, west of Bucyrus.

Wyandot County 4-H members were judged for the 2018 animal and garden projects Saturday inside the Arena at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds. Over 200 youth with well over 200 animal projects including horse, rabbit, poultry, goat, sheep, swine, dairy, beef and garden were judged in the biggest pre-fair event.

MARYSVILLE — The Ohio State Fair is the summer’s highlight for many youth livestock exhibitors, and this summer was no exception for Ohio’s youth who won top honors at the Ohio State Fair from July 25 through Aug. 5. The Ohio Expositions Commission awards scholarships to junior beef exhibitors looking to further their education.

The 70th annual meeting of the Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District is Aug. 16 at the Masters Building at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds. Voting begins at 5:45 p.m., and the meal will be at 6:30 p.m.

BUCYRUS — The Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission will cause an election of supervisors of the Soil and Water Conservation District to be held in accordance with Chapter 940 of the Ohio Revised Code. The election will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 30 at the Crawford SWCD office and at the annual meeting from 5:30-6:45 p.m. Aug. 30 at The Pickwick Place, 1875 N. Sandusky Ave., Bucyrus.

As part of a 33-year effort to protect sensitive lands and improve water quality and wildlife habitat on private lands, the USDA will resume accepting applications for the voluntary Conservation Reserve Program. Eligible farmers and private landowners can sign up at their County FSA office.