4-H kicks off in Wyandot County Hundreds of people poured into the dining hall at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds on Sunday to celebrate the start of the 2016 4-H season, learn about potential student projects and have pancakes and sausage. Proceeds from the donation-only breakfast go back to the Wyandot County 4-H program, and sunny, spring-like weather brought 4-H supporters from throughout the county to Upper Sandusky. Read More
Crawford SWCD reorganizes BUCYRUS — The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors recently reorganized for 2016. Rose Hartschuh was chosen as chairwoman, Nathan Brause as vice chairman, Andrew Eichhorn as secretary, Tom Miller as treasurer and Kent Stuckey as fiscal agent. Read More
Lowery scholarship available The Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District is offering a scholarship to Wyandot County youth who have been accepted or currently are enrolled in an accredited college for fall 2016 and hold a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Read More
Wyandot SWCD surpasses goals The Wyandot County Soil and Water Conservation District had a busy year in 2015 and already is planning just as much or more activity over the next 12 months. Read More
USDA begins 49th enrollment period for conservation prog. The Wyandot County Farm Service Agency is reminding farmers and landowners that the next general enrollment period for the Conservation Reserve Program has started and will end Feb. 26. As of September, 24.2 million acres across the nation were enrolled in CRP. Read More
ODA recognizes 114 historic farms REYNOLDSBURG — In 2015, the Ohio Department of Agriculture recognized 114 new century or bicentennial farms owned by the same family for at least 100 or 200 consecutive years. There now are more than 1,200 farms registered across the state in the Ohio’s Historic Family Farms program. Read More
Schmidt Machine offers USHS FFA scholarship DULUTH, Ga. — Schmidt Machine Company has announced it will sponsor a $1,000 national FFA scholarship for the 2015-16 scholarship year for an Upper Sandusky High School student. The scholarship, which is being offered in cooperation with AGCO, is available through a program introduced in 2011 that provides more that 115 scholarships through more than 50 Massey Ferguson and Gleaner dealers across the United States. Read More
ODNR reports number of deer checked COLUMBUS — Hunters checked 12,505 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s muzzleloader season Jan. 9-12, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. During last year’s muzzleloader season, 13,724 white-tailed deer were checked. Read More
Upper FFA students compete in state parli pro contest Two teams from the Upper Sandusky High School FFA recently competed in this year’s state parliamentary procedure competitions. The advanced parliamentary team is reserved for older members and consisted of the Upper Sandusky FFA officers. Read More
Riverdale FFA chapter hands out discovery, greenhand degrees MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale FFA chapter recently hosted a ceremony for its first- and second-year members, recognizing 10 eighth-graders who earned discovery degrees and nine freshmen who earned greenhand degrees. Read More