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Ohio will continue to be spared thedevastating drought conditions that havepersisted since the summer in large partsof the country, according to a new Sea-sonal Drought Outlook release.

Most of the western half of the UnitedStates is still experiencing a severedrought, but Ohio has been protected bybursts of moisture entering the Ohio Valleyfrom the Gulf of Mexico, said BrianConiglio, a National Weather Service me-teorologist in Wilmington.

“Right now we’re probably going to beokay until the spring,” said Coniglio.“Based on rainfall, we’ve been pretty closeto normal the last couple months. By theend of the summer, something could de-velop, so we’re going to have to monitor itthrough the summer and see how it goes.If we get normal rainfall we should beokay.”

The large-scale drought has been af-fecting the country’s western states since2010, and is projected to continue into thissummer. Ohio suffered similar watershortages in 2012, but has returned to nor-mal precipitation levels.

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It was just two minutes. It was just a com-mercial. It was just … wonderful.

Tucked calmly, almost casually, intothe kinetic clamor of Super Bowl excess, be-tween the beers and the beautiful bodies,there was a familiar voice with an unex-pected message, a message so improbable,many couldn’t believe what they were hear-ing. It was a message so welcome, theywon’t forget what it meant.

On Super Bowl Sunday, when Paul Har-vey began his distinctive intonation, “Andon the eighth day…” many of the 111 mil-lion Americans watching recognized thevoice. By the time Harvey had finished with“So God Made a Farmer” at least 2% ofthem, the number of Americans that claimfarming as their livelihood, realized he wasspeaking directly to them.

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Although no improve-ments are expected forlarge parts of the West pastthe Mississippi River, partsof the Midwest and south-eastern states struck by thedrought may see some ad-ditional rainfall in thecoming months. Increasedrainfall and snowfall inthose areas led to slightlybetter conditions lastweek, according to theU.S. Drought Monitor.

The drought reducedagricultural yields acrossthe country in 2012 anddrove up prices for cropsand other related com-modities, such as beef. Ac-cording to the U.S.Department of Agriculture,the overall U.S. corn yieldwas stunted by 13 percentin 2012 compared to theyear before, but Ohio re-ceived rain in the fall thatreduced the damage to thestate’s crops, said EricaPitchford Hawkins, com-munication director for theOhio Department of Agri-culture.

“If you had asked lastJuly what kind of cropyield it was going to be, wewere not optimistic at all,”said Hawkins. “We got

lucky that we started get-ting some rain in October,that helped quite a bit.”

The timing of rainfall inOhio revived the soybeanyield more than it helpedcorn crops, which needwater in June and Julywhen the state was facingthe driest conditions, saidHawkins.

Ohio’s soybean produc-tion was down about 5 per-cent from 2011 while cornproduction was down 12percent, said Adam Shep-ard, extension educator foragriculture and natural re-sources at the Ohio StateUniversity Extension inFayette County.

Although there wassome drought-related dam-age to local crops, the ex-treme drought conditionsin other parts of the coun-try increased the value ofthe crops that did survive.

“Commodity pricingfor this area remainedstrong as areas to the west

and south suffered moresevere effects of thedrought,” said Shepard.“Although crop yields inthe area were lower thanwe would have liked, fa-vorable prices at the grainelevators helped producerssurvive the effects of thedrought.”

The reduced impact ofthe drought in Ohio andthe market changes causedby having widespread dryconditions helped manylocal farmers report a suc-cessful growing season de-spite some damage tocrops, said Shepard.

“Rain and snowfallover the winter periodshelped to replenish soilmoisture, but dependingon the location soils maystill be slightly below opti-mum moisture levels,” hesaid.

Shepard said that tech-nological advances couldreduce the risk thatdroughts pose to crops in

the future, and severalcompanies are working to-wards producing newseeds that operate more ef-ficiently and function bet-ter in dry weather. Thedrought can also teachfarmers how to preventlosing crops to dryweather in the future.

“One thing we also no-ticed from harvest last yearwas the advantage to re-ducing risk by varyingplanting date,” said Shep-ard. “Corn planted earlierin the season had more ex-posure during criticalgrowth stages than thecorn planted later in theseason. Spreading outplanting dates, rotatingcrops, careful hybrid se-lection, and selecting mul-tiple hybrids or varietieswill help growers spreadrisk.”

Hydrologist Jim Noelof the Wilmington Na-tional Weather Servicecenter and Corn GrowersExecutive Director TaddNicholson will speak atthe event, which will alsogive participants an updateon how agriculture-relatedlegislation is proceeding atthe state and federal levels.A free meal will be pro-vided and non-membersare welcome to attend.

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“Commodity pricing for this area remained strong as areas tothe west and south suffered more severe effects of the drought.”

— Adam Shepard

By DAVE [email protected]

The OSU ExtensionOffices, Farm Bureau, andSoil and Water Districts inAdams, Brown, Clermontand Highland Countieswill be sponsoring an up-coming program that willdiscuss some important is-sues for producers onMarch 18 at 10 a.m. Theprogram will be held atthe Banquet Center at thePonderosa Steak House inHillsboro.

The concern with waterquality continues to be anissue in Ohio. Differentparts of the state have beendealing with algae issuesin lakes, and some of thishas been linked to phos-phorus issues. Phosphoruscould be from manure orcommercial fertilizer.

We will have two OSUExtension Field Special-ists on the program. GlenArnold will discuss ma-nure application guide-lines and other issuesdealing with manure. GregLaBarge will discussstrategies for raising soy-beans and corn with ma-nure and commercialfertilizer.

The program is free forthose who pre-register atthe Adams County (544-

2339), Brown County(378-6716) or HighlandCounty (393-1918) Exten-sion Office prior to March14. After March 14 youcan still attend if space isavailable, but you will beresponsible for buyingyour own lunch.

Beekeeping Class onMarch 27

There are several activebeekeepers in Adams,Brown and HighlandCounties. There are meet-ings within each countyon a regular basis, andthere are annual eventslike the Bee School that isheld in Loveland eachMarch. The school fills upquickly each year, and isalready full this year.

On March 27 we willhave the OSU ExtensionSpecialist, DeniseEllsworth, Program Direc-tor, Honey Bee and NativePollinator Education, herefor the program. The pro-gram begins at 6 p.m. atthe Appalachian GatewayCenter at the SouthernState Community Col-lege’s South Campus inFincastle.

There is no charge forthe program, but pleasecontact your local OSUExtension Office byMarch 25 so we have acount on how many peo-

ple to be prepared for.With the number of peoplethat often attend beekeeper programs, you maywant to register ASAP, asspace is somewhat limited.

Dates to RememberPesticide License Test-

ing: Private and commer-cial testing for applicatorlicense will be offered onMarch 11, April 8 andMay 13 at the Old YRestaurant. You are re-quired to pre-register bycalling the Ohio Depart-ment of Agriculture at(800) 282-1955 or onlineat http://pested.osu.edu.Space is limited so registersoon. Study materials arealso available at the sameaddress or phone number.

Cattle Meeting: March5 at the Union Stockyards.Meal will start at 6 p.m.and the program is at 7p.m. Program will discussa long term parasite con-trol program. RSVP Janetat 393-1958.

Southwest Corn Grow-ers: Annual SouthwestCorn Grower’s Meetingwill be held on March 6 at6:30 p.m. at the FayetteCounty Fairgrounds in theMahan Building, in Wash-ington Court House.

Adams County Cattle-men: Adams County Cat-tlemen Annual Banquet

will be held on March 8.Contact Michael Bihl.

Small Farm Confer-ence: Wilmington Collegeon March 8 and 9. Go tohttp://adams.osu.edu,http://brown.osu.edu orhttp://highland.osu.edu forthe printable flyer or callfor details.

Farm and FamilyNight: Maysville Commu-nity and Technical Collegeon Tuesday, March 12.Tickets are available at theOSU Extension Offices.

Business Plan Work-shops Thursday, March14, 1 p.m. WashingtonTownship Building, 2238SR 756, Moscow

Thursday, March 146:30 p.m. Brown CountyOSU Extension Office,Fairgrounds, Georgetown

Monday, March 25, 1p.m. Southern State Com-munity College, GatewayCenter, US 62, Fincastle

Tuesday, March 26,6:30 p.m. OSU Extension,Courthouse Annex, N.Cross St., West Union

Pork Quality Assur-ance: Producer’s Stock-yards in Hillsboro, March14 at 7p.m. Animal Com-posting starts at 5 p.m.Call Tony Nye at (937)382-0901 to register.

Water Quality Pro-gram: March 18 beginningat 10 a.m. at the Pon-derosa Banquet Center inHillsboro. Call the Adams,Brown or HighlandCounty Extension Officeto register.

Highland County Cat-tlemen: Applications aredue for Queen’s Contestand Scholarships byMarch 18. Applicationsare available on March 1.

(David Dugan is anOSU Extension Educator,ANR, Ohio Valley EERA.)

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No one is really sure howmuch Ohio corn, wheat,soybeans, dairy and

meat products end up in China.But it is a safe bet that more

will go there this year than wentthere in 2012. And more Ohiofarm products will go to Chinain 2014 than this year.

Every year, the need for foodin the world’s largest country in-creases as quickly as the popula-tion. That fact isn’t lost on manyAmerican farmers.

And while politicians mayrail against the oppressive Chi-nese government, that doesn’tstop American businesses fromdoing what is in its best interest- to sell as much American prod-ucts to China as they can. Andthat includes the most importantAmerican product of all - food.

American agriculture experts,including many at Ohio StateUniversity, regularly travel toChina to observe their farmingmethods and advise the Chinese

on how we do what we do.In last month’s ACRES, one

of the biggest topics coveredwas yield. How much of whatcrop was being produced perbushel per acre - and what canbe done to increase that yield.

The same holds true inChina.

But according to people likeretired OSU agriculture profes-sor Dr. Allan Lines, the Chineseare still well behind Americanfarmers in productivity.

They are just now beginningthe agonizing transformation toa more corn and soybean-basedagronomy.

In the past, you have to un-derstand, economy of effortwasn’t such a big issue for a na-tion with an unlimited supply ofcheap labor. Cheap and fre-quently involuntary labor.

But the Chinese governmentis starting to face reality. Theirendless supply of people alsohas an endless need for food.And China just isn’t producingenough of it to feed all its citi-zens. They are working to boosttheir yield, but they just aren’tproducing more food fastenough.

Perhaps the biggest little se-cret of all is an even greater rea-son for Chinese agriculture’sneed to change - the Chinesepeoples’ tastes are changing.Rice may still be the staple foodin China, but the nation has in-creasingly been “Westernized”in its cultural desires.

Did you know there are morethan 3,200 KFC chicken fast-food restaurants in China today?

And more than 500 Pizza Huts?There are more that a thousandMcDonald’s in China and thatcompany hopes to hit 2,000restaurants this year!

The fact that images of “TheColonel” are more prominent inBeijing and Shanghai than thelate Chairman Mao shouldn’t belost on American farmers. TheChinese consumer’s tastes havechanged for good, and there isno going back. Chinese con-sumers will no longer be satis-fied with rice and tofu.

So farmers in Ohio are export-ing to China more and more corn,chicken, soybeans and other foodto a nation not just hungry formore food, but hungry for OURfood. Animal protein.

How much Ohio produce andmeat makes its way to Chinaeach day? No one is sure. Dr.Lines tells me that it is very dif-ficult to harness Ohio exports ofagricultural products to China,since most of what moves out of

Ohio becomes combined withfarm products from other states.

But what we do know is thatOhioans are sending a lot ofproduce to the world’s largestnation. And that will only in-crease in coming years.

The fact is the world’s largestnation, for a number of reasons,is limited in home much food itcan produce, now and in the fu-ture. They can’t feed them-selves, so we in Ohio andAmerica will.

NEXT MONTH: Acres looksat what Ohio farmers need toknow about Chinese agricultureand what it will mean to them inthe future. How can Ohio farm-ers capitalize on the growingChinese-Ohio Connection?

(Gary Brock is Editor ofACRES of Southwest Ohio andEditor-in-Chief of all fiveACRES products in Ohio, circu-lating more than 55,000throughout the state.)

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www.acresmidwest.comfeatures the complete PDFversions of each print edi-tion, viewable for one monthon the website. The websitealso features links to manyof the columnists that makeACRES worth reading. Dur-ing the past year, we havediscussed how to bring aliveour digital coverage of Agra-business and Ag-related sto-ries that directly affect andinfluence landowners.

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The “Opening Doors to Suc-cess” conference and tradeshow is designed to help pro-ducers learn more tips, tech-niques and methods and toincrease their awareness tomake their small farm opera-tions more successful, whichcan lead to increased farm prof-its, said Tony Nye, an OhioState University Extension edu-cator.

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portunity to choose from a di-verse variety of seminars thatcan help their farming opera-tions be successful,” he said.“The conference is a great op-portunity to network and learnfrom other producers, Extensionexperts and representatives fromthe U.S. Department of Agricul-ture.”

The conference kicks offwith a panel discussion of Ohioproducers who will talk about“Opportunities and Challengesto Running a Successful SmallFarm Operation.” The groupwill address issues surroundinglabor, financing, deciding on afarm specialty, dealing withcustomers, and whether or notto add agritainment or educa-tion components to a farm.

The conference, which willbe held at Wilmington College,Boyd Cultural Arts Center,1870 Quaker Way in Wilming-ton, will feature 25 sessions

from Ohio State and industryexperts and a trade show forsmall farmers that will offer in-formation that can benefit a va-riety of growers, Nye said.

About 250 people are ex-pected to attend the conference.The overall goal of the event isto teach farmers, producers andgrowers how to connect withbuyers and to know the impor-tance of marketing to make surethey understand what it takes tobe successful in marketing theiragricultural products, he said.

Some of the topics to be ad-dressed include: Beekeeping,Vermiculture, Vegetable Nutri-ent Management, GeneratingEnergy for the Small Farm, Uti-lizing Maps and Apps Technol-ogy to Market Your Business,Christmas Tree Production,Cover Crops, Grafting of Trees,Lavender Production, RaisedBed Production, Pasture Man-agement, Selecting a LivestockEnterprise for a Small Farm,Fertigation of Tomatoes, Green-house/Tunnel Production, FoodSafety, Agricultural Law Con-siderations, Developing WaterSystems for Pastures, GrowingHops, Marketing, Financial

Management, Disease Manage-ment of Fruits and Vegetables.

The conference is an out-growth of the Ohio New andSmall Farm College, an eight-week program created by OSUExtension that offers an intro-duction to the business of smallfarming for those who are newto the industry. The program of-fers information on budgeting,business planning and how todevelop a farm structure, amongother issues.

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The conference starts at 8:30a.m. and runs until 4:15 p.m.Registration is $20 for theMarch 8 session and $50 for theMarch 9 session, or $60 forboth days. The deadline to reg-ister is March 1. For more infor-mation or to register, go tohttp://clinton.osu.edu or contactNye at 937-382-0901 or byemail at [email protected].

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WOOSTER — Ohio StateUniversity’s Fruit and Veg-etable Safety Team will holdgrower workshops in Zanesvilleand Newark on March 11. Thetopic of both programs is pre-venting microbial contamina-tion on fruit and vegetablefarms, including the use ofGood Agricultural Practices, orGAPs.

Speaking will be specialistsfrom Ohio State University Ex-tension, the outreach arm ofOhio State’s College of Food,Agricultural, and Environmen-tal Sciences.

The times and locations: 1-4p.m. in OSU University Exten-sion’s Muskingum County of-

fice, 225 Underwood St.,Zanesville.6-9 p.m. inHopewell Hall, Room 53, onOhio State’s Newark campus,1189 University Drive, Newark.

Participants will receive aresource workbook, paperhandouts and a certificate ofparticipation as verification fortheir customers that they havereceived GAPs training.

The workshops don’t pro-vide formal certification inGAPs, however. That insteadrequires a farm audit conductedby the U.S. Department ofAgriculture or a third-partycompany.

“Not all farms are requiredto be GAPs-certified by a third-

party audit,” said Ashley Kul-hanek, an OSU Extension edu-cator in Medina County and amember of the team. “Manysmall farms will be exemptfrom federal regulations re-quiring audits, but customers ofsmall farms or managers offarmers markets may havesome expectations for farmersto have been trained in GAPsor to have some food safetymeasures in place, if not fullyaudited.

“GAPS training in generalcan benefit growers by increas-ing their competitiveness in themarketplace by showing theirefforts to cut the risk of food-borne illness.”

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COLUMBUS – Ohio growers can in-crease yields by some 20 to 35 percentfor rotation corn with proper subsurfacedrainage, according to research fromOhio State University’s Ohio Agricul-tural Research and Development Centerconducted at the Northwest AgriculturalResearch Station in Hoytville.

And overall average yield can in-crease up to 6 percent for corn and 3.5percent for soybeans with controlleddrainage, according to research con-ducted on demonstration farms in north-west Ohio, said Larry Brown, anagricultural engineer with joint appoint-ments with Ohio State University Ex-tension and OARDC.

OSU Extension and OARDC are theoutreach and research arms, respec-tively, of Ohio State’s College of Food,Agricultural, and Environmental Sci-ences (CFAES).

“Improved drainage is quite benefi-cial on Ohio’s poorly drained soils forincreased and sustained crop yields,”Brown said. “With improved corn andsoybean prices the past five years, thepotential for yield increases to cover thecosts of new or improved subsurfacedrainage is much greater than, say, 10 to20 years ago.”

Farmers, land improvement contrac-tors, soil and water conservation techni-cians and engineers can learn moreabout agricultural drainage as well aslearn about construction and manage-ment of soil and water conservation sys-tems during the annual OverholtDrainage School March 11-15, led byOhio State and other industry experts.

The program, held at the AgriculturalEngineering Building, 590 WoodyHayes Drive, on Ohio State’s Columbuscampus, is open to anyone interested inadvancing their knowledge of basic con-cepts, principles, and skills related tothe purpose, design, layout, constructionand management of soil and water con-servation systems, with emphasis onwater management and water quality,said Brown, who is also a professor inOhio State’s Department of Food, Agri-cultural and Biological Engineering(FABE).

“The emphasis for this educational

program is proper water management onexisting cropland, with a focus thesepast 10 years on balancing food produc-tion, economic and environmentalgoals,” he said.

New this year, the surveying sessionwill focus on GPS to conduct topo-graphic mapping, system layout and in-stallation, Brown said. The sessionpreviously focused on laser surveying,he said. And many of the sessions in-clude fieldwork, classroom instructionand evening work sessions, he said.

The conference topics include: Ses-sion 1: Topographic mapping with GPS,March 11-12. Session 2: Agriculturalsubsurface drainage design, layout andinstallation, March 12-14. Session 3:Drainage water management: controlledsubsurface drainage design, layout andinstallation, March 15.

The Overholt Drainage School issponsored by OSU Extension, OARDC,Overholt Drainage Education and Re-search Program, FABE and CFAES; incooperation with the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture’s Natural Resources Con-servation Service, USDA’s AgriculturalResearch Service, Soil and Water Con-servation Districts, the Ohio Departmentof Natural Resources, and the OhioLand Improvement Contractors and As-sociates.

The full schedule and registration in-formation can be found athttp://agcrops.osu.edu/specialists/soil-and-water-management. Participantsshould mail the register form by March7 to Brown at OSU Food, Agriculturaland Biological Engineering, 590 WoodyHayes Drive, Columbus, Ohio, 43210.Registration for the full conference is$637 (or $365 for session 1, $555 forsession 2 and $145 for session 3).

Registration includes tuition,lunches, refreshments, materials, sup-plies, manuals, guides, design note-books and certificate of completion.Participants should bring a calculator,warm clothes and work boots for fieldwork on March 11-12.

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When you meet some-one from BrownCounty, the first tid-

bit of information they tellyou — and with greatpride — is that BrownCounty is the home ofOhio’s best county fair:the Brown County Fair,also known as the LittleState Fair.

It is at this fair thatyears of accumulatedknowledge, months ofhard work, weeks of sit-ting in classrooms, andendless beads of sweat payoff when local FFA and 4-H members are finallyjudged on their projects.

Here, we catch up withthree members of the 2012Brown County Fair Courtas they reflect on their ex-periences in the FFA and4-H now that their time inthe programs is almost up,and listen as they remi-nisce about why theyjoined and what they havelearned through theprocess.

“I got more involvedmy freshman year,” saidCaty Fussnecker, a seniorwith the Georgetown FFA.

FFA programs are usu-ally divided by school, andinterested students usuallyjoin their first year of highschool.

Justin Cluxton, seniorat Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High Schooljoined the RULH FFAchapter as a freshman dur-ing the 2009-2010 schoolyear.

But the life experiencesthat lead someone to jointhe FFA usually begin longbefore high school.

“I live on a farm so I’vealways been interested inagriculture,” Fussneckersaid. “I’ve been in 4-Hsince I was tiny and I’vebeen showing cows since Iwas nine. My sister was inFFA and I was just inter-ested in the program.”

Fussnecker plans topursue a degree in agricul-ture. She currently studiesagriculture economics andmanagement.

“With that, I can be agrain merchandiser, doloans, and anything relatedto the marketing and busi-ness side of agriculture,”Fussnecker said.

Sydney Gibson, a jun-ior with the WesternBrown FFA who alsojoined as a freshman, hada similar upbringing.

“I decided to join boththe FFA and 4-H becauseI’ve always had a back-ground in agriculture — Ilive on a small familyfarm,” Gibson said. “I loveanimals and everythingthat surrounds them. 4-Hand FFA help me grow notonly agriculturally, butalso as a person throughspeaking skills and peopleskills — they both help meprepare for college andlife.”

Gibson also plans tostay in the agriculture in-dustry after high school.

“I most definitely doplan on having a career thatis agriculturally-related,”

Gibson said. “I would liketo pursue being a veterinar-ian once I graduate.”

According to the FFA,44 percent of members arefemale, making member-ship relatively even be-tween male and femalehigh school students.

“I decided to join FFAbecause it appealed to me— I live on a big cattlefarm and love beingaround agriculture,” Clux-ton said.

Cluxton said severalstudents who participate inthese programs go on tohave careers in agriculture,but it depends on the inter-est of the student.

Cluxton plans to attendthe Ohio State Universitythis fall and will major inProfessional Golf Manage-ment, which is a major inthe College of Food, Agri-cultural, and Environmen-tal Sciences.

Members participate inthe program through theirhigh schools and exit theprogram when they gradu-ate, or they can submitprojects through theirplace of employment.

“You have to take anFFA class and have anS.A.E. — that means a su-pervised agricultural expe-rience — and that’s theshowing cows, or taking agrain to the fair everyyear,” Fussnecker said.

Fussnecker shows cowsand beings her fair projectin June, but students haveall year to work on theirprojects, depending onwhat they show at the fair.

Students can choose todo the same or differentprojects every year, but notall projects are necessarilyanimal-related.

Gibson says she has notdone the typical projectslike most people her do:she owns beef cattle,chickens, and dogs, buthas never shown them.

“I have done photogra-phy projects through 4-H,”Gibson said. “In FFA, myprojects are my C.D.E.’s(career developmentevents) and my S.A.E.’s.My C.D.E.’s are my publicspeaking contests, job in-terview contests, dairy cat-tle judging, andParliamentary Procedurecontests.”

Gibson does the samecontests every year, butmay show chickens at thisyear’s Brown County Fair.

Besides helping withher future career, Fuss-necker said there are addi-tional benefits she hasreceived by participatingin these programs.

“You take the FFA classwhile you’re at school,”Fussnecker said. “It’s of-fered at our school as anelective, so it’s more fun— not your typical mathor science. They have lotsof good trips and it’s agood chance to meet newpeople and to get involvedwith agriculture — itteaches you good lifeskills, management, lead-ership.”

Fussnecker is also amember of the Calves andCompanions 4-H Club andsays the program is quite

similar to the FFA in termsof what the students takeaway from it.

“4-H teaches you all thesame things — the recordkeeping — but it starts at ayounger age and it’s notjust your school, it’s moreregional,” Fussnecker said.

Gibson agreed.“There are many bene-

fits of being in FFA and 4-H,” Gibson said. “Not onlydo they help you growclose to agriculture andlearn much more about it,they give you the opportu-nity to learn things youmay never have learnedwithout it. My publicspeaking skills have growntremendously through bothof these organizations — Iknow that this is some-thing that will help me inmy future.”

She has even gonethrough practice job inter-views through the FFA,which she says taught herwhat to expect when goingin for a real one.

“Parliamentary Proce-dure — which I have donein both organizations —has shown me how toproperly run and hold anofficial meeting,” Gibsonsaid. “Also, both of thesegroups give kids a chanceto show off their hardwork. Things like thiswould include kids show-ing their animals, photog-raphy, painting, crops,etc.”

People can join 4-H aschildren since it’s more ofa club and not run throughlocal schools. Gibsonjoined the Trailblazers 4-Hwhen she was in the fifthgrade.

“FFA is a school-basedprogram and it’s taught inschool, while 4-H is agroup outside of school,”Gibson explained. “Therearen’t many differencesbetween them. Kids eithershow their projectsthrough their FFA chapteror through their 4-Hgroup. At Western Brown,quite a few kids participatein FFA — some start tak-ing it because they think it

is an easy grade, and endup falling in love with it. Iwould figure that morekids are involved in 4-Hthan in FFA just becausethe FFA classroomamounts are limited, sosome kids do not get in. 4-H groups are outside ofschool, which means anyage can be involved, so alot of families go to 4-Hinstead of FFA.”

Other local school dis-tricts show trends of stu-dents beginning stronglyin 4-H and ending stronglyin the FFA.

“I believe that morestudents participatethrough RULH’s FFAchapter simply becauseyou can be involvedthrough the school,” Clux-ton said. “With 4-H youhave outside clubs andmeetings during times

when kids either don’twant to or don’t have thetime outside of school.”

“Most of the kidsaround here are in 4-Hwhen they’re younger butwhen you’re in highschool more kids just taketheir projects to the fairthrough FFA,” Fussneckersaid. “I would say around100 people at Georgetownare in FFA.”

Fussnecker’s 4-H proj-ects have been more di-verse than those shesubmitted through theFFA. She has shown cook-ing projects, sewing proj-ects, home-ec projects,soybeans, cows, and morewhile showing her 4-Hprojects at the fair.

Cluxton has also showncattle, one of the mostcommon animals used infair projects.

“Throughout my show-ing career through 4-H andFFA I have shown cattlefor six years and marketedlambs for four years,”Cluxton said.

All 4-H projects areshown at the fair, but FFAprojects aren’t required tobe shown at the fair. Aproject submitted for oneorganization cannot besubmitted to the otherwhile at the fair.

Fussnecker said thetime frame for projectsalso differs for 4-H, withproject times usually last-ing from April to fair time.

“4-H is a lot of work,but it teaches you how towork with others,” Fuss-necker said.

It’s not only hard work,but very time-consuming,but some don’t considerthat a drawback.

“I feel that there are lit-tle to no drawbacks in par-ticipating in these,” Gibsonsaid. “Many people willargue that they both are foronly people who live onfarms or own animals,which is not true. Anyoneand everyone can partici-pate, learn, and grow thesame amount as the other.”

“From being a memberof my local FFA chapter, Ihave learned leadershipqualities and responsibili-ties that I believe couldn’thave been learned in anyother organization,” Clux-ton said.

Whether you’re a 4-Hperson or an FFA person,clearly both of these or-ganizations are wildlypopular in our rural region— and for good reason.

Keep an eye out at thisyear’s Brown County Fairto see what Cluxton, Fuss-necker and Gibson are upto now.

(Carly Tamborski is astaff writer for the George-town News Democrat.)

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April 13: Guided BirdWalk, 9-11 a.m., SeamanOrientation Plaza. Led bymembers of Greater Mohi-can Audubon Society. Free.

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Doug Barton of ClintonCounty was so impressedwith the sentiment, he to-tally missed the sponsor.He doesn’t mind admittingwiping his eyes at the end,and he had plenty of com-pany all across the country.At 58, he says, “It lookedmore like farming backwhen I first started farm-ing. My dad raised hogs,my father-in-law raisedbeef cattle. The typicalfarm had a little livestockgrain and hay.” After thegame, Doug told his wifeall about the ad, but, hesays, “When she askedwhat it was for, I couldn’t

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Jim Carr is a fourthgeneration farmer with adegree in animal science.He raises corn, beans,wheat and has a smallcow/calf operation nearMowrystown. Jim says,“The pictures might havebeen a little dated — we’rea lot more automated now— but they did a nice joband I really liked it. I rec-ognized Paul Harvey’svoice right away.”

The ad is part of aDodge Ram partnershipwith the National FFA Or-ganization aimed at “high-lighting and underscoringthe importance of farmersin America,” according toChrysler. In a collabora-tion with the FFA, Dodgeagreed to donate $100,000for every 1,000,000YouTube views the videoof the ad received, up to$1,000,000. The goal wasreached in less than fivedays. Harvey delivered the“So God Made a Farmer”speech at the Future Farm-ers of America conventionin 1978 and in 2011,Farms.com made aYouTube video of thecommentary with less pol-ished production values.Though Paul Harvey gen-erally wrote his own es-says, he claimed creditonly for embellishing thisone, but his unique, struc-tured delivery made it es-pecially memorable.

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COLUMBUS – Educa-tors, farmers, food produc-ers, businesses and anyoneelse interested in creatingor expanding a Farm toSchool program can learnfrom the experts on how todo so during a Farm toSchool conference March13.

Ohio State UniversityExtension, with the sup-port of the Ohio depart-ments of education, healthand agriculture, will hostthe Farm to School confer-ence as part of its goal tocontinue to expand thesuccessful program, whichworks to increase students’access to healthy foods andto help them learn moreabout food, health, nutri-tion and agriculture, saidJulie Fox, director of theOhio Farm to School pro-gram.

Farm to School is a na-tional program, which inOhio is led by OSU Exten-sion and is supported bynumerous agencies, foun-dations and industry organ-izations. OSU Extension isthe outreach arm of OhioState University’s Collegeof Food, Agricultural, andEnvironmental Sciences.

The conference themeis “Let’s Grow! Farm toSchool,” and will featurethree keynote presenta-tions, 10 panel sessions, acurriculum showcase, asalad bar showcase andother displays designed toillustrate opportunitiesfarmers, schools and com-munity leaders have towork together to increasestudents’ knowledge andaccess to healthy foods,she said.

Keynote speakers in-

clude Anupama Joshi, ex-ecutive director, nationalFarm to School Network;Deborah Kane, national di-rector of the US Depart-ment of Agriculture Farmto School Program; andDebra Eschmeyer, directorof policy and partnerships,FoodCorps. OSU Exten-sion Director Keith Smithand other leaders in Ohiowill also join in the day ofinformation sharing, net-working and fun.

“This event is going tobe something special,thanks to so many dynamicspeakers, generous spon-sors and a strong statewideExtension network,” Foxsaid. “It’s inspiring whenfood providers, school per-sonnel pre-K though col-lege; and communityleader join together tomake a difference forOhio’s youth and econ-omy.

Panel sessions will in-clude: Local Food Procure-ment, Opportunities forFood Service Buyers andOhio Farmers, ServiceBuyers and Farmers,Hands-on Farm to SchoolEducation, It Takes a Vil-

lage—Farm to SchoolPartnerships, Finding Farmto School Funding and Re-sources, Students Grow:Classroom Containers,School Gardens, StudentFarms, Food Safety isEveryone’s Business,Telling the Story, Farm toSchool Communications,World Café Roundtable:Student Health and LocalFood Access.

Registration for theOhio Farm to School Con-ference, which will be heldat the Nationwide andOhio Farm Bureau 4-HCenter, 2201 Fred TaylorDrive, is now open to thefirst 250 registered partici-pants, Fox said.

The conference runsfrom 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Reg-istration is $50 and in-cludes conferencematerials, jump drive withFarm to School resources,breakfast, lunch, free park-ing and more.

Registration can be doneonline athttp://go.osu.edu/F2SRegis-tration. For more informa-tion on Ohio’s Farm toSchool program, visithttp://farmtoschool.osu.edu.

By TRACY TURNEROSU Extension

ZANESVILLE — Small farmowners who want to learn more abouthow to make their farms work betterfor them or expand their operations,or those new to agriculture who arelooking for ways to utilize acreage,can attend workshops and presenta-tions on these and more issues duringa small farm conference March 23 inZanesville.

The “Living Your Small FarmDream” conference and trade show isdesigned to help participants learnmore tips, techniques and methods fordiversifying their opportunities intosuccessful new enterprises and newmarkets as a way to improve eco-nomic growth and development ontheir farms, said Mark Mechling, anOhio State University Extension edu-cator in agriculture and natural re-sources.

“It may be a person who is new toagriculture, or someone that may haveacreage that they aren’t using to thefullest, or even someone who hasnewly acquired land and may notknow what to do with it,” he said.“What we try to do with this confer-ence is to give participants a smorgas-bord of ideas that may interest themby offering a wide variety of sessionsin which they can learn more in-depthabout an issue, gain resources andlearn how to finance a new venture.”

The conference, which will be heldat the Muskingum County Conven-tion and Welcome Center, 205 N.Fifth St. in Zanesville, kicks off witha keynote address on “Planning andGoal Setting,” presented by MikeHogan, an OSU Extension educator.

OSU Extension is the outreacharm of Ohio State University’s Col-lege of Food, Agricultural, and Envi-ronmental Sciences.

Following Hogan’s address, partic-ipants can choose from over 20 ses-sions from Ohio State and industryexperts on issues related to smallfarms and a trade show for smallfarmers that will offer informationthat can benefit a variety of growers,Mechling said.

The overall goal of the event andthe mission of the OSU Small FarmsProgram is to provide a greater under-standing of production practices, eco-nomics of land-use choices,assessment of personal and natural re-sources, marketing alternatives, andthe identification of sources of assis-tance, he said.

“Participants will gain awarenessand knowledge of different enter-prises that they can venture into andhow to begin the process of becomingan entrepreneur by exploring some ofthe different ideas that are out there,”Mechling said. “Participants willlearn some of the basic informationneeded to get started and leave theconference with the knowledge ofsome of the resources of how to starta new venture and what other help orsources are available.”

Some of the topics to be addressedinclude: Maple syrup Sheep produc-tion Goat health and production For-ages Livestock nutrition Directmarketing of meat Social mediaChristmas trees Legal issues for smallfarms Soil basics Brambles High tun-nels Beekeeping Vegetables Financ-ing/loans Tax issues

The conference is an outgrowth ofthe Ohio New and Small Farm Col-lege, an eight-week program createdby OSU Extension that offers an in-troduction to the business of smallfarming for those who are new to theindustry. The program offers informa-tion on budgeting, business planningand how to develop a farm structure,among other issues.

The conference is co-sponsored byOSU Extension’s Small Farm Pro-gram, Farm Credit Mid-America,USDA’s Farm Service Agency, theNatural Resources Conservation Serv-ice and the National Agricultural Sta-tistics Service and RuralDevelopment.

The conference starts at 8:30 a.m.and runs until 4:15 p.m. Registrationis $50. The deadline to register isMarch 18. For more information or toregister, go tohttp://muskingum.osu.edu or contactMechling at 740-454-0144 or [email protected].

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LONDON – At more than100 years old, the London StateFish Hatchery is thriving on acolorful past and looking to abright future.

The oldest of Ohio’s six statefish hatcheries is slated for anupgrade, beginning in the springof 2014. A $2.1 million projectto improve electrical service, in-stall back-up generators and addalarm systems to monitor dis-solved oxygen in the water isproposed in the state’s new bien-nial budget, according to ScottHale of the Ohio Department ofNatural Resources (ODNR) Di-vision of Wildlife.

ODNR’s engineering divisionis working through pre-con-struction details, Hale said.

Improvements are welcome at83-acre London facility that cur-rently produces both rainbowand brown trout, as well asmuskellunge (muskies), forstocking in Ohio’s public waters.

Historically, its natural coldsprings and the presence of OakRun Creek made it an attractivesite for growing fish. But, theproperty had other uses in theearly 1800s.

It was once the site of a dis-tillery and a grist mill. Settled in1812 by John and GeorgeSutherland, it was acquired byJacob Garrard in 1823, accord-ing to a history compiled in1978.

ODNR’s predecessor, theOhio Fish & Game Commis-sion, obtained the hatchery’soriginal 7.8 acres in 1896 from aGarrard descendant.

George Morcher was hired asthe first superintendent in 1898

and held the job for the next 39years.

In those days, the “fish farm”(as it was called) produced largeand smallmouth bass, crappies,rock bass, bluegills and marblecatfish for stocking in centralOhio waters. A sanctuary forbirds and a wildlife display drewvisitors who often picnicked onthe grounds. The neighboringRoberts family held annual re-unions on the grounds.

Widespread drought in theearly 1930s reduced the hatch-ery’s natural water supply andforced the facility to close in1940.

ODNR reopened the facility20 years later and began restor-ing drains, dikes and ponds inorder to raise muskies on a lim-ited basis.

Inmate laborers from the ad-

jacent London Correctional In-stitution reconstructed pondsand installed a new drainagesystem in 1962.

Abundant supplies of coldspring and sub-surface watermade the hatchery ideal forgrowing coho salmon. In thelate 1960s, ODNR drilled wellsand constructed a raceway — aman-made canal with rapidlyflowing water — for salmonproduction.

In 1969, ODNR began anambitious improvement project.New buildings, including a newhome for the superintendent,went up. A new dam with floodgates spanned Oak Run Creek.

In the years since, state biol-ogists used the facility to experi-ment in raising a variety of fishspecies, including walleye, bassand saugeye.

Seven wells now pump 600to 1,000 gallons of cold waterper minute into nine indoor rear-ing troughs, 34 ponds and theoutdoor earthen raceway.

Until recently, the hatcheryraised trout from its own broodstock. However, that proved fi-nancially unfeasible.

London’s technicians nowbuy rainbow trout eggs from

hatcheries in the Pacific North-west. Those eggs are hatchedand grown to fingerling size,then transferred to state hatch-eries at Kincaid in southernOhio and Castalia near LakeErie. It takes about a year for theteenage fish to reach a stockablelength at those facilities.

Brown trout eggs come froma federal hatchery in Wyomingand are grown to stockable sizeat London.

Muskie eggs are collectedfrom female fish in state reser-voirs in April, hatched andreared at London, then stockedin public lakes and reservoirs inSeptember. Forage minnows tofeed the growing muskies arealso grown at London.

In the past, fish hatchery staffalso cultivated hybrid stripedbass. Efforts to expand this pro-gram will continue, Hale said.

Doug Sweet, the current su-perintendent, said hatcherieslike London improve outdoorrecreation in Ohio and are finan-cially self-sustaining.

“All fish stocked — espe-cially trout — return revenue tothe state in the form of fishinglicense sales,” Sweet said.

(Jane Beathard is a staffwriter for The Madison Press.)

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The farm boasts a pondstocked with fish, paddleboats and canoes, naturewalks and trails, a creek bedfull of fossils, thousands ofwildflowers, bird watching,campfire programs, a shel-ter house for family eventsand group gatherings, a coypond and wildlife plantings.However, HorsefeathersFarm is most known for itsAustralian wildlife. It is cur-rently home to nine walla-bies.

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wallaby, named Matilda,about 18 years ago. Heyobsaid that he is now about fivegenerations deep in her genepool. Wallabies live about 12years, and the farm currentlyhas three joeys (babies) inthe pouches of the flyers (fe-male wallabies).

The Heyobs work to ac-climate the baby wallabiesto people so that they do notfear humans when they aregrown. This is done prima-rily by bottle-feeding thebaby wallabies when theyare merely weeks old. TheHeyobs also carry the babywallabies in pouches thathang around their necks, en-abling the wallabies to reston their chests and becomefamiliar with the humanheart beat.

“People don’t realizethat a wallaby raised by itsmother will be like a wildwhite-tailed deer. If you ap-proach it, it will throw itselfinto something trying to getaway,” said Heyob.

Through bottle-feeding,the wallabies get used tohuman touch, enabling chil-

dren and adult visitors to thefarm to interact with the an-imals during their visit. In a“wallaby encounter,” visi-tors are able to pet and feedthe larger wallabies, andeven hold the small animals.

In addition to the tamewallabies, HorsefeathersFarm is home to Abby theMuntjac deer, who likes to“mooch Teddy Grahams,”according to Heyob. Munt-jac deer are native to south-east Asia. There are alsoseveral mules, rescueswans, and Mu the emu.“He’s a 6-foot-tall bird al-ways looking to behugged,” described Heyobwith a laugh.

Though the Heyobs pri-marily raise Bennett walla-bies, a species native to thesouthern climates of Aus-tralia, they also care for aParma wallaby named Par-mageddon. The Parma wal-laby is an endangeredspecies.

According to Heyob, heand his wife focus heavilyon education.

“Our goal is to bringkids back in touch with na-ture, whether it’s throughholding a fossil that datesfarther back than they canfathom, getting to pet alarge animal that enjoysbeing touched, or taking amoment to sit on a beauti-ful, quiet path and listen tothe creek,” he said. “Wewant to reconnect childrenand adults with the naturalworld. That’s what we do.”

A retired school princi-pal with a masters degree incurriculum, Heyob’s wife,Julie, designs most of theeducational programs forthe farm. These include atree identification walk, inwhich the children learn totell trees apart based ontheir bark, leaves and fruit; acreek exploration and fossil-

ing adventure, in whichchildren learn what kind ofanimals lived in ClintonCounty when it was anocean hundreds of millionsof years ago; and the historyof wallabies, including howParmageddon’s ancestorsbecame instinct when thefox and rabbit populationswere introduced in Aus-tralia; and an investigationof plants, in which childrensee how Native Americansused bloodroot to makedyes.

“As educators we’veseen a total disconnect fromthe natural world,” saidHeyob. “Parents think tak-ing their kids to soccer prac-tice is playing outside, andit is, but playing outsideused to be climbing trees,hunting snakes, going fish-ing and catching frogs in thecreek.”

Heyob said that when heobserves children on a soc-cer team, he witnesses inter-actions between severaldistinct cliques. However,when the same group ofchildren are able to go to acreek and play and reactand catch crawdads andminnows, the cliques disap-pear.

“We’re becoming moreand more of an urban soci-ety, and these chances arenot available,” he said.“This is our chance to letkids experience the won-der.”

In addition to wallabyencounters and general funin the sun, HorsefeathersFarm also offers a glimpseat a variety of local birds,including bluebirds, hum-mingbirds, Black CatChickadees, Tufted Tit-mouse birds, White ThroatSong Sparrows, AmericanSong Sparrows, woodpeck-ers, Purple and GoldFinches, Scarlet Tangers,Baltimore Orioles and agroup of red-headed ducks.

The area contains localfossils, including threeunique to the region that ac-tually have Clarksville intheir names. If a child canwrap their hand around thefossil, they are allowed totake it home.

Heyob said that schoolgroups are the largest sourceof visitors to the farm,bringing thousands of chil-dren for educational outingseach year. The farm is alsoavailable on weekends as alocation for family reunions,

birthday parties, church pic-nics and other social gather-ings. Heyob said theyschedule only one group ata time so as to offer everygroup a the full experience,including time to have apicnic and explore the lake.

When the baby wallabiesare about nine months oldand weigh about threepounds, they move to theCincinnati Zoo for its ZooBabies program. Thoughthe zoo benefits from theHeyobs’ hobby, it does notoffer any financial incentivefor them to raise and carefor the wallabies. Heyobsaid the farm is his and hiswife’s retirement businessand that the revenue theyraise “pays the expenses tokeep the passion going.”

Horsefeathers Farm iscurrently booking appoint-ments for the 2013 season.The average cost is $5 perperson for a wallaby en-counter.

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Atop a hill on Buck-ley Road in High-land County lies

“Heavenly Gardens,” whichin a couple of months’ timewill likely look just as thename implies.

In mid-February, thelandscape all blends to-gether. Everything is brown,along with last year’s leavesthat blanket the ground, andbroken only by little rectan-gular signs scattered aboutacross the grounds that tellof the plant that lives nearby.

But, if you look closelyat the seeming sticks pokingout of the ground, sur-rounded by a mound of oakleaf mulch and micro-nutri-ents, you can begin to seethe shape of a tree peonyand if you look closer youcan see the buds that havealready formed on parts ofthe core structure, on one

plant nearly twenty.A tree peony, distin-

guished from its herbaceouscounterpart by the fact that itretains a woody “habit”above ground, essentially atrunk, can live to extendmore than one generation,with some reports saying thattree peonies have lived pastthe century mark and more.

Donald Rothwell hasmarked most of his plantswith signs in his gardensthat range from tulips, lilies,and daffodils to his belovedtree peonies.

Rothwell really began hisgardening with tulips, ofwhich he has about 700bulbs planted that will likelybe on display by mid-April,and some of them waisthigh.

About 15 years ago,Rothwell bought a treepeony bush out of a cata-logue because he liked howit looked and “just wanted tosee what it was like.” He

said he wanted to try some-thing different, somethingnot common in HighlandCounty and that helped hischoice along too.

After purchasing thebush, his research has car-ried him to the variety oftree peonies he has today,which includes the Imperial,Chinese and Japanese vari-eties, that bloom in a rangeof colors.

Within the last five years,Rothwell has begun to raisehis own from the seeds ofhis existing plants. It is theplants that he has raised thathe has sold in the last fewyears.

The first he raised wasplanted about four years agoand last spring had nineblooms, he said.

About 100 tree peoniesare planted on Rothwell’sproperty. What are now butwoody stems shooting upfrom the earth and a gener-ous layer of oak leaf mulchand micro-nutrients, by thefirst weekend in May will befull of green leaves and,hopefully, big and full peonyblooms.

Rothwell planted thatfirst bush in 1999, a Seidiand light pink in color.Nearly a decade later, Roth-well began pollinating theflower heads in an effort toget more seeds. He alsobegan raising his own fromthese seeds.

In January, after soakingthe seeds in a special solu-tion containing aspirin, heplanted 25 seeds fromChina, where the tree pe-onies originated centuriesago, and said these are a

solid blue. Now, he is wait-ing to see if any of themspring forth from the potthey share.

This pot of hopefulseedlings sits next to twobags of already spoutedseedlings, nestled securelyin a cut out bag of top soilawaiting their turn to beplanted in the earth.

Two years ago, Rothwellput together a book, “TheHistory and Growth of TreePeonies,” that details theplant and includes many col-orful photographs of hisown plants.

“I really baby them,”Rothwell said.

When the tree peoniesare in bloom, Rothwell cov-ers each with an umbrella toprotect them from the directsun and any rain that mayfall. The blooms, which canbe several inches in diame-ter, will only last a shorttime and by protecting them,the life of the blooms is ex-tended a bit, he said. Also,every two years he addslime to the soil to help keepthe pH balanced.

In August, the bushesstart to build buds which laydormant until the spring.Also in August, Rothwellwill strip the bushes of theirfoliage but he does notprune any of the woodygrowth of the main trunk butcuts the shoots near to themain trunk. The buds, whichappear in August, remainand are the signs of ahealthy plant and an indica-tion of where new growthwill be occurring.

The main thing, Roth-well said, is to be patient.

Some of the bushes havebloomed a year after plant-ing. Others, he said, havetaken up to five years to givetheir first bloom and some-times those blooms may notbe numerous, but he said itis worth it.

In the warmer months,Rothwell said he will spendan average of five hours aday outside tending hisplants. He loves to talk topeople and his gardens haveattracted numerous gardenclubs within the state as wellas some out-of-state visitors.He welcomes all who justwant to have a look.

A path of pavers windsdown a gentle slope towardsa small creek, over which awooden bridge is perched.While the tree peonies arenearer the front of the prop-erty, along the path are tulipsand daffodils and lilies thatcome spring will likely pro-vide the observer with a

plethora of flora to enjoy.This year, Rothwell an-

ticipates the flowers to be infull bloom by mid-April andthe tree peonies in the firstweek of May. Visitors arewelcome to take a strollthrough the gardens or topull up and look out over thecolorful bounty.

The best idea for thoseplanning a visit is to callahead and see what isblooming.

“I enjoy talking to peo-ple,” Rothwell said addingthat he welcomes anyone in-terested to visit his gardens.

Rothwell’s “HeavenlyGardens” are located at hishome at 7966 BuckleyRoad, just off SR 247 out-side Hillsboro, in HighlandCounty. He can be reachedby calling 937-509-2606.

(Angela Shepherd is astaff writer for the HillsboroTimes Gazette.)

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Donald Rothwellis shown with oneof his many treepeonies.

When the tree peonies are in bloom, Rothwell coversthem with umbrellas to protect them from sun and weath-er which extends the life of the blooms.

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MARTINSVILLE– Operation: ThankYou and Your Father’sSoup Kitchen willnow be able to betterserve the communitythanks to the supportof local farmer CoreyBrock and America’sFarmers Grow Com-munities.

Sponsored by theMonsanto Fund, thephilanthropic arm ofMonsanto Company,Grow Communitiesprovides farmers ineligible counties thechance to win a$2,500 donation for alocal nonprofit organi-zation of their choice.To further supportcounties declared nat-ural disaster areas bythe United States De-partment of Agricul-ture (USDA) due todrought this year,winning farmers inthese counties are ableto direct double dona-tions, a total of$5,000.

Clinton Countywas declared a disas-ter area by the USDA,giving Brock the op-portunity to choosetwo organizations toreceive $2,500 dona-tions. He selected Op-eration: Thank Youand Your Father’sSoup Kitchen. Opera-tion: Thank You willuse the funds to pur-chase and ship spe-cial-requested itemsfor troops servingoverseas, such as mi-crowaves, coffee pots,blankets and pillows.

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food service it runsfor the community byallowing them to pur-chase more productsto feed the needy.

“I’m a big sup-porter of troops over-seas,” said Brock.“They need all thehelp we can give themand really appreciateour efforts. As for thesoup kitchen, we havemany people strug-gling in our commu-nity, and they too,could use all the helpthey can get.” Brockmade the check pres-entation to the two or-ganizations recently.

This year, theMonsanto Fund willinvest nearly $6 mil-lion in rural Americathrough Grow Com-munities, which in-cludes doubledonations for countiesimpacted by the his-toric drought.

In Ohio $160,000is being given across64 counties.

America’s FarmersGrow Communities issponsored by theMonsanto Fund topartner with farmersin helping them posi-tively impact theircommunities. Thisprogram is part of theMonsanto Fund’soverall effort tostrengthen ruralAmerica.

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By MARCHETA GIBSON

Our featheredfriends can use allthe help we can

give them during the coldmonths. Suet is especiallyimportant because the en-ergy from fats helps birdssustain activity levelslonger. Suet is usuallymade with animal fat, butfats like peanut butter canbe also used. There aremany recipes for home-made suet, but I like myrecipe for orange suetbowls best because it isquick and could not beeasier. A big plus is thatby putting the suet in thehollowed out orangebowls the whole feeder iscompletely biodegrad-able. Making orange-bowl suet cups is a niceactivity to do with chil-dren, just be sure to keepthe knife out of theirreach and do the cuttingyourself, for safety.

What you need:One large orange1/2 cup lard2 1/2 cups birdseed (a

general mix)Jute twine or baler

twineParing or steak knife2 small bowls or

ramekins (to support theorange shells)

SaucepanCut the orange in half

and remove the fruit with

a steak knife (or grape-fruit spoon if you haveone), leaving two orangeshells or ‘bowls’. Don’tdiscard the fruit, ofcourse; have it for asnack while you work orsave it for later.

Using the tip of thesame knife, make twoholes across from eachother in each ‘bowl’.Then thread the twinethrough the holes and tie,making handles. Set asidein small ramekins or ce-real bowls, ready to fill.

Melt lard in asaucepan on low heatuntil it is liquid. Turn offheat and add birdseed.Fill each orange half withmixture, return them tothe bowls and set them acool place until the lardbecomes solid again. Youmay need to put them inthe refrigerator. Thisrecipe made more thanthe two orange halvescould hold. I simply putthe extra in a plastic con-tainer and stored it in therefrigerator to use later.

When the lard is solidagain, you are ready to

place the finished suetcups in your favorite birdfeeding area, and enjoywatching winter birdsscarfing down their treat.How much do birds likethese orange suet cups? Isuppose that it dependson what other goodies areavailable. When I placedmine in the small crabap-ple tree in our feederarea, a chickadeewatched from a loftyperch in the nearby RiverBirch, checking out whatwas being added to itscountry diner. It did nottake long for the tinyblack bird, and otherbirds, to begin feasting.No problem, as the recipemade enough suet for acouple of re-fills.

The neat thing aboutusing jute or baler twinefor the handles is that,come spring, birds canuse it for their nests. Ifyou don’t have twine butyou have a piece of wire,pipe cleaner, or chenillestem, by all means use itinstead. See? Quick and

easy!In true ‘bowl’ tradi-

tion, having 2 orange suetcups at the feeder giveshome space for twoteams. Who will win, theCardinals or the BlueJays? Oh, wait…that’sbaseball, isn’t it? In thatcase, batter up!

(Marcheta Gibson is aphotographer, writer, andblogger who lives on 30acres in rural Galionwith her husband, Jim.The Gibson’s have ownedand operated GibsonLandscaping since 1973and also have a small or-chard. They have threegrown children, two sons-in-law, 2 3/4 grandchil-dren, and a boatload ofbarn cats. Marchetawrites about daily coun-try life, shares recipesand craft ideas, writes es-says, and profiles countrywomen on her blog OhioCountry Journalwww.ohiocountryjour-nal.blogspot.com.)

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In 1880, John Charter in-vented the first liquid fueltractor and changed ruralfarming in America forever.

Although tractors wereintroduced to the Americanfarmer at the turn of thetwentieth century, they neverreally made a huge impactuntil the 1930s when farm-ers began replacing theirhorses with tractors. In the1930s tractors in the UnitedStates average around 1,000but by the mid 1970s, thetotal jumped up to an im-pressive five million. Withso many tractors inundatedinto our farming culture, thelikelihood of a restorer find-ing the perfect tractor to re-store is a dream that cancome true.

Today, vintage tractorrestoration is an up and com-ing pastime many southernOhio farmers and restorationenthusiast alike enjoy as ahobby and pastime. The rea-sons for taking on such aproject vary - sometimes re-storers see it as a challenge,some see it has a thrill of thehunt, and some see it as agreat way to bring familiescloser together as a familyproject. Many restores see itas a way to teach themselvesthe basics of machines fromlong ago often realizing theyhave required skills theynever knew they had whenthey completed their restora-tion, others may be retiredfarmers which put aside anold tractor they used yearsago and want to restore itback to its formal glory,whatever the reason for dab-bling is this hobby, thosewho have been bitten by thevintage restoration bug findit a passion and satisfyinghobby that they have no in-tention to giving up – onethat develops a pride in aproject that challenges themto develop their skills andsolve problems.

So, why restore an oldtractor? Put a lover of any-thing mechanical in the seatof a machine and magichappens and this holds truefor the vintage tractorrestoration enthusiast. An-tique or vintage tractors arelike a time machine openingdoors to the past – a doorinto history of how far theagricultural heritage of thiscountry has come about.Restoration allows the re-

storer to travel back to acompletely different day infarming.

Charlie Ledford, memberof the Antique Power Club ofClinton County has a passionfor vintage tractor restorationand has since 1967 when herestored his first tractor – aAllis Chalmers and has beendoing it ever since. Ledfordwho lives in Clinton Countyhas restored between 25 and30 vintage tractors over theyears. “It is more of a hobbywith me,” comments Led-ford. The nicest part to vin-tage tractor restoration is thesatisfaction and connectingto the history of what farm-ing was years ago in theUnited States - where wecame from and how framinghelp not only with the agri-cultural heritage of theUnited States but how farm-ing has help formed the his-torical identity of the UnitedStates and who we aretoday.”

Many restorers find thehistory of the tractor fasci-nating like Charlie Ledford,others like the challenge ofthe hunt like Marty Quigleyalso a member of the An-tique Power Club of ClintonCounty. Quigley first startedrestoring vintage tractors in1984 and has completed atotal of 30 to 35 tractorssince then. “I would saywhat I like best about restor-ing an old tractor is the fin-ished product. To takesomething that is old, dirtyand nasty and make a totaltransformation of it is verysatisfying. The challenge ofcompleting this type of proj-ect along with the hunt offinding a tractor to restore iswhat I like most.”

Quigley continues tofarm but each winter tries torestore a tractor or two andoffers advice to the novicerestorer. “Like with any-thing, trial by error is how aperson new to tractorrestoration learns to becomean expert. If you like doingsomething, you do it overand over again- it is thesame with tractor restora-tion. The advice I wouldgive to someone wanted tostart vintage tractor restora-tion would be start withsomething small, and halfway easy. Talk to people andget advice. I spent a weekwith a friend in his bodyshop and I learned so muchin that one week. I alwaystake pictures before I take

anything apart also so that ifI am working on a particularitem that may take a fewweeks, I can refer back tothe photographs and makesure I am putting it back to-gether correctly.

Doug Darkin, anothermember of the AntiquePower Club of ClintonCounty also restores vintagetractors. As a farmer now,Darkin began his love fortractors and machinery whenhe worked in a body shop 30years ago. “Restoring vin-tage tractors is a passion ofmine and a stress reliever. Ialso have found that restor-ing vintage tractors is a goodfamily project – with mostrestorations taking anywherefrom 300 to 400 hours ofwork – restoration of a trac-

tor can bring families closertogether while sharing a bitof the family’s past. Manytimes farmers have grand-dad’s old tractor sitting in thebarn collecting dust – restor-ing an old family tractor is agreat way for families tocome together and completea project. Advice I wouldgive to anyone thinkingabout starting a project likethis is take every precautionfor safety especially purchas-ing a good respirators. Whenit comes to painting andprimers, they are toxic andyou don’t what those spraysgetting into your lungs.”

For novice restorers whoare consideration beginninga project in restoring a vin-tage tractor, first you mustask yourself a few questions:

• Do I have the mechani-cal aptitude? – If you aren’tup to par in mechanics, find afriend you can study underfor a few weeks of a bodyshop that will let you practice.

• Is the tractor worthy ofrestoration? Many restorerslike the challenge of reallybroken down tractors

• Can I dedicate space forthe restoration? The size ofthe tractor being restoredwill determine the size ofthe facility.

• Am I willing to investin the money required? Vin-tage tractor restoration canbecome expensive. “Nowa-days,” comments MartyQuigley, “vintage tractorrestoration has become veryexpensive, parts are highand so is paint, many times

you’re not making verymuch off of it.”

• Can I invest in the timerequired? “Working on arestoration can easily takebetween 300 and 400hours,” comments DougDarkin, “ and depends onhow nice you want yourrestoration to look.”

• Do I want to buy repro-duction parts of salvage yardparts? Original parts are bestbecause they will fit per-fectly

• Can I obtain the correctmanuals? Marty Quigley ad-vises to make sure you canget a copy of the tractor’smanual. “A manual will tellyou how to put every nutand bolt back into the tractorand are very helpful with therestoration process.”

• Do I have the necessarytools? “Tools for restorationare very expensive,” com-ments Doug Darkin, “some-times the tools could costthousands of dollars, how-ever, many times you canfind a body shop who willdo the sheet metal prep – toremove the dents and imper-fections out of the sheetmetal for anywhere around$300 to $400 which may bethe best answer if you arelacking the correct tools.”

• What paint should Iuse? Paint can run from $30to $40 a gallon from farmsupply stores which maylack UV protection and willcrack and fade. Some auto-motive paints can run up to$400 a gallon. Do some re-search before you decide totackle a restoration project.

• Can I find a mentor?Joining the Antique PowerClub of Clinton County is aplace to start or other An-tique Restoration clubs willhelp guide you through yourrestoration. They can be aresourceful and helpful re-source and help you dealwith problems you maycome across during yourrestoration.

The allure of this satisfy-ing hobby for some is unde-niable but be sure to keep inmind vintage tractor restora-tion is more than a oneweekend commitment. Tak-ing your time will not onlyproduce a higher qualityrestoration, but also provideyou with many hours of sat-isfaction.

(Maribeth Ulalrith is acontributor to ACRES ofSouthwest Ohio.)

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It began as an idea more than two yearsago as a special publication serving theneeds of Ohio farmers, agriculture com-

panies and those working with farmers andagriculture businesses.

Civitas Media Group Publisher PamStricker, publisher of the WilmingtonNews-Journal, had believed for many yearsthat a monthly newspaper or magazinepublication was badly needed for Ohio’sfarmers. Newspapers in the then-OhioCommunity Media Southwest Group werealready publishing successful a quarterlylifestyle-living magazine, “SALT”, a travelmagazine, “TRIP”, and many other so-called “niche” publications aimed at spe-cific segments of the community.

That is how the idea of ACRES ofSouthwest Ohio started, to serve Ohiofarmers, and last month ACRES of South-west Ohio published its 12th monthly suc-cessful issue. This March edition beginsour second year.

In a December, 2011 meeting of pub-lishers and Advertising Directors at Wilm-ington, Washington Court House,Hillsboro, West Union and Georgetown,the decision was made to launch “ACRES”in March of 2012.

What then grew from a direct mail thatfirst 2012 issue of about 10,000 copies hasgrown to what is now - a year later - morethan 55,000 issues distributed across morethan 44 Ohio counties, along with countiesin Indiana and Kentucky.

Each month, ACRES has focused on is-sues important to Ohio farmers, plus lots offun features about Ohio farmers, suppliers,upcoming events and conferences and thelatest on the “high tech” advances in agri-culture.

So far, reaction to ACRES has beenvery positive.

“I think this is a great product,” saidWilma Coulter, Vice-President of Mer-chant’s National Bank and Chairman ofBank Marketing. “It reaches a target audi-ence that we at Merchant’s National Bankvalue and find very important to us.”

When asked about ACRES, she said itis very informative. “This is agriculturecountry,” she pointed out, adding thatACRES reaches people in all the markets

they serve, including Clark, Madison,Fayette, Highland, Brown and ClermontCounties. “We are very pleased with it.”

“We received a copy of the new Acresand loved it. My husband was very upsetwhen he found out RFD (a former ruralfarm publication) was no longer printing,but you sure surprised us. Keep up thegood stories,” said David Gompf, of Mt.Gilead.

After ACRES of Southwest Ohiostarted a year ago - in 11 Ohio and oneKentucky County with about 10,000households - other newspapers in the then-Ohio Community Media family joined inthe successful monthly product. There arenow a total of five unique “ACRES”monthly farming publications, with a totaldistribution of just over 55,000 mailed di-rectly of farmers and agriculture providers.

There is ACRES of Northwestern Ohio,in 10 Ohio counties serving 12,006 house-holds. There is ACRES of North CentralOhio, in nine Ohio counties serving 12,215households. These were followed byACRES of Western Ohio, covering fourOhio and three Indiana counties, serving10,612 households. The newest addition,started last summer, is ACRES of WestCentral Ohio, covering six Ohio countiesserving 10,603 households.

ACRES also launched a website featur-ing the articles and editions from all fiveACRES publications. Readers can go towww.acresmidwest.com to read all the arti-cles and features from all the editions.

Jay Harmount, District Sales managerfor Brodbeck Seeds, said: “What I reallylike about ACRES is the local touch. It isdifferent than the other Ohio agriculturepublications that have a statewide focus.”

For his business that advertises inACRES, he said he likes that it gets hisbusiness in front of the audience that he tar-gets. “It gives us the opportunity to get ourname out there so people can get to knowus.”

He said there is “definitely a need forwhat you are doing, focusing on the localcommunities.”

Fayette County farmer Jeff Fetters saysthat what he likes about ACRES is the factthat ACRES is all agriculture-oriented.“That grabs my attention. I also enjoy look-ing at all the ads,” he said.

One of the factors that has entered into

the success of the ACRES publications hasbeen the growth and “good times” for agri-culture here in Ohio over the last few years.Farming is booming in Ohio. Fettersagrees. “These are the best times in all myyears of farming,” he pointed out.

Fetters has been farming since he gradu-ated from Ohio State in 1975, growing cornand soybeans on his 800-acre farm.

His advice for ACRES in the future?“Just keep focusing on the local farm fea-tures,” he said.

Civitas Media Group Publisher FrankBeeson, who is in charge of two of theACRES products in the West and WestCentral areas, said that reaction to ACREShas been very positive. “This past summer,while working at The Daily Advocatebooth at the Darke County fair, many visi-tors came up to our booth to express per-sonally express their appreciation for suchan outstanding agricultural publication.People would say: ‘We are Ohio’s largesteconomic resource and it’s great to see apublication that specifically addresses theag industry.’”

Here is what one agriculture educatorsaid not long after ACRES started last year:“Mr. Brock: I want to express my thanksfor the ACRES newspaper I received today.As a retired Agricultural Educator and part-time farmer, it is good to see articles aboutpeople and businesses located in the imme-diate area. Also, I notice a number of adver-tisers that are familiar, and hope theycontinue their support. …..Keep up thegood work, I will be subscribing to getACRES on a regular basis….” said DennisSwartz, retired Vo-Ag teacher and Voca-tional Administrator, in Marion County.

What are the plans for the second yearof “ACRES of Southwest Ohio?” Therewill be a number of features to help localfarmers deal with their finances, ways tosave money on equipment, and trends inyield and productivity over the next 10years and beyond.

In other words, we will continue tofocus on what farmers need to know and togrow their business.

(Gary Brock, publisher-editor of theRecord-Herald in Washington CH, is Edi-tor of ACRES of Southwest Ohio and Edi-tor-in-Chief of all five ACRES publicationsstatewide.)

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By PAT [email protected]

Connie Surber takes herpork seriously.She takes your pork se-

riously, too, because she’s notonly a pig farmer, “I’m a baconfarmer!” It’s a big job. The aver-age American consumes over 50pounds of pork each year.

Connie says, “Pork from ourpigs is served in homes andrestaurants all across the coun-try, and we’ve exported our pigsto countries including Mexico,Russia and China.” She recon-ciles the dual nature of raisingpigs with a full commitment toboth sides of it. “This is a busi-ness, an increasingly sophisti-cated one based on genetics andbiotechnology. Improving feedefficiency and , increasing mar-ket weight are parts of the busi-ness but not all of it. We’re alsocaretakers of animals that de-pend on us for their every need;we’re responsible for their well-being. And as long as they’rewith us, they get our best effortsto keep them safe, healthy andcontent.”

Working with PIC, an inter-national supplier of geneticallysuperior pig breeding stock,Connie says they’re always im-proving. “Our pigs are a blendof about five breeds. We wantthe best mothers with the bestmilk.” Most importantly, theyimplement PIC’s multifacetedprograms and protocols to en-sure healthy herds. “Our two‘mother’ barns, two isolationbarns and six finishing barns,were all established in bio-se-cure locations with the healthi-

est pigs available. Bio-securesites must be constructed acresaway from any other pig facility,so we have barns in Highland,Fayette, Clinton, and Browncounties. Every person who en-ters a pig barn, worker or visi-tor, must register, showercompletely and change clothes,inside and out, every time. Tow-els, socks and boxers are usedonce, overalls are washed daily,rubber boots are kept outside thecontrol room. We don’t even goto fairs where there are otherpigs. The protocols are essentialbio-security measures to keeppigs healthy.”

Connie and her husband Johnboth grew up on HighlandCounty farms. High schoolsweethearts, she was head ma-jorette, he was in the marchingband. They married in 1975 andJohn began selling for a localfeed business. They raised fourchildren and in 1999, bought thefeed business. Connie says,“When Airborne came to Clin-ton County, farmers sold theirpigs and raised grain and beansinstead, opting for steady em-ployment and health insurance.We scrambled for customers,going farther and farther away.John heard about this programfor raising pigs inside and pre-sented it to the farmers he knew.Finally, one said, ‘If it’s such agood idea, why don’t you do it?’So, we did. We built the firstbarn in Highland County in2001.” Connie admits her firstday was a little overwhelming.“We took in about 300 babypigs, but we learned everything

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T he race is on to get thenew U.S. crop in theground. Seed compa-

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Roger Rhonemus has hisinputs ready and is poised tostart planting come April 1.Rhonemus and his sons,Luke and Jacob, plant 1,500acres of grain and harvest400 to 500 acres of hay, pri-marily on Adams Countyfarmland.

Rhonemus had bought 90percent of his fertilizer bythe end of January, and mostof his chemicals were pur-chased in December.

“That was a savings - thecost of glyphosate (a herbi-cide) went up 30 percentsince then,” Rhonemus said.“The price of fertilizer wentup, too.”

In mid-February, Rhone-mus was fine-tuning his2013 seed order with ClientSuccess Partner JerrodeJones with Bio Gene Seeds.

Rhonemus has used BioGene’s seed for 15 years andhas been a loyal customerfor the past dozen years. Hehas been a client of Jones forsix years.

“Their seed has done wellhere,” said Rhonemus. “Wehave a different type of soil -it’s a shallow soil. Typicallyour corn yields about 150bushels per acre. With thedrought and high tempera-tures, we had 55 to 200bushels an acre in variousfields last year. Includingdouble cropped, the beansranged from the low 20s to60 bushels an acre, depend-ing on when it was planted.We usually average 50.”

Some characteristicsRhonemus looks for in seedare rate of maturity, diseaseresistance, herbicide toler-ance, insect resistance, andhe plants GMO (geneticallymodified) seed. He plantsmostly full season corn andbeans as long as there ismoisture in the soil, butabout 20 percent of his beansare mid-season so the wheat Photo by Carleta Weyrich/The People’s Defender

In February Adams County farmer Roger Rhonemus looks over seed choices for the 2013 crop year with JerrodeJones of Bio Gene Seeds.

Spring is coming! Farmers make preparationsfor the planting season

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WOMEN ON THE FARM

I DIG THE PIG!

Connie Surber (center at left) hasinspired a workforce of women onher Clinton County pig farm. Shownwith her is her daughter Traci, left;her daughter-in-law, Rebecca, right;and her granddaughter, Brooklinn,at top. Rebecca, also shown belowworking in the barn, had never evenseen a pig upclose until she joinedthis bacon-farming family.

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Germination and qualityof seed, as well as the sup-ply of certain varieties,could be issues as growersgo into the 2013 plantingseason, among other con-cerns.

“Seed availability is abig topic in the seed indus-try for 2013,” said MattCosler of Master Feed Mill,

Inc., based in Wilmington,Ohio. “The drought of 2012was not only hard on grow-ers, but also on the seed in-dustry. Certain varieties thatwere grown in droughtstricken areas could poten-tially come up a little shorton supply, and I think thatwill be found not just withone company or another,but across the industry.DuPont Pioneer has done agreat job of managing pro-

duction and inventory sothat we do not anticipatesupply challenges thisspring.

“Product availabilitymay be at the forefront ofthe many challenges grow-ers will face this season,”Cosler continued. “Thebulk of the concerns thisspring will lie within thechemical and fertilizer mar-kets, as well as varietalshortages in the seed mar-

ket. International growthand modernization in agri-culture have taxed the pro-duction capabilities ofcompanies industry wide. Ithink that it will be up tothe producers of agricul-tural inputs and their logis-tical teams to make surethat products make it to thefield on time. As always,but especially this year,communication is key inmaking sure the 2013 plant-ing season goes as smoothas is possible.”

“Availability has beensomewhat of an issue, butwe have handled it verywell,” said Jay Harmount,of Brodbeck Seeds, head-quartered in Wabash, Ind.“Since we are a part ofDowAgrosciences, we havethe ability to go to South

America to help fill in theholes that were created withthe poor growing condi-tions here in the States lastyear. Even though a major-ity of our seed crop isgrown under irrigation, itdid not make up for the ex-treme heat we experiencedwhich hurt the crop.

“As a whole, I have hadvery few changes in seedorders,” Harmount said.“Most of my changes havebeen in the earlier varietiesof 104 and 105 day maturi-ties used by my NorthernOhio accounts. We havehad some of our RefugeAdvanced productschanged to SmartStax vari-eties due to reduced germin the surrogate used forrefuge in those products.

“Soybean varieties have

been readily available asour seed production area forbeans experienced laterains, which enhancedyields and seed size,” hesaid.

“I think growers need tobe aware of what they haveordered and confirm whatthey are going to receive,”Harmount continued. “Seedsizes for corn are going tobe smaller, and soybeansmuch larger, than normal. Ibelieve farmers should beaware of soil conditions atthe time of planting. Lastyear’s early planting intocool soils created some re-plant issues with seedlingblights in corn. I’m sure theplanters will roll when it’sdry enough to plant, butmany may wait for temper-atures to be acceptable aswell. Especially those whohad to replant their corn.”

“Availability on soy-beans for Bio Gene hasbeen great,” said JerrodeJones, client success partnerfor Bio Gene Seed. “Wehave some very good localgrowers/producers for usthat have done a great job.On the other hand, corn hastaken a hit with the last twoyears of hot and dryweather. Availability is lim-ited and early ordering is amust to insure the properproduct for the specificfields of the farmer.

“Much of the U.S. soy-bean seed production areaswere devastated this yearand resulted in very poorgerminating and appearingsoybean seed,” Jones said.“It is important that farmersquestion their seed supplieron the germination andquality of their seed. BioGene’s soybean seed supplyis excellent in appearance,and more importantly, ex-cellent in quality.

“Most all of Bio Gene’ssoybean seed is higher than95 percent warm germina-tion, and cold germinationscores are in the 90-pluspercent level as well,” headded. “We supply the ger-mination report from Indi-ana Crop Improvement’slaboratory, as an unbiasedtest, to support the germina-tion score on the seed tag.”

An additional issue isweed control, especially insoybeans. A residual herbi-cide should be used onevery acre of soybeans; re-gardless of whether thefarmer is planting Roundupor Liberty resistant soy-beans, according to Jones.

can go in early.Rhonemus likes to rotate

his crops and will generallyplant 50-50 soybeans andcorn. What crop goes intoeach field depends on the ro-tation.

“Definitely no beansafter beans to preventwashes,” he said. “Cornafter corn is o.k., but it canlead to disease problems.”

This year he will beadding to his crop ground afarm that has been down ingrass for 40 years. He plansto no-till plant.

“I don’t like to use dieselfuel any more than I have towith the price over $4 a gal-lon,” Rhonemus said.

He also has the practiceof putting other grounddown in hay when fieldscome out of grass and arecropped.

“One thing I’ve learnedis don’t do what everybodyelse does. I do what worksfor me.”

Hay is a favorite crop forRhonemus. He likes tomake square bales, althoughsometimes round bales arebetter when he needs to getin and get out of the fieldmore quickly. About 40 per-cent of his hay is timothy-clover, 40 percent an alfalfamix, and the rest mixedgrass. He doesn’t likestraight alfalfa because theleaves so easily drop off. Tomake a nice, softer hay, hemixes the alfalfa with or-chard grass. He also custombales at neighboring farms.

“If my barn is full of hayin the fall, I know I will haveenough money to getthrough the winter,” he said.

Overall Rhonemus waslooking at seed varieties thatare tolerant to drought andhigh temperatures. In the2012 growing season, heand Jones agreed that thehigh temperatures weremore destructive to thegrowing crop than thedrought. The temperaturessoared when many plantswere pollinating and devel-oping their “fruit,” whichdied in the heat.

“I had one field of corn,the foliage looked great, butthere was nothing there,”said Rhonemus.

The 2010 growing sea-son was a wet year, but theshortage of rainfall in thearea has been an issue fortwo years, according toJones, so seed buyers havesteered toward the droughttolerant varieties.

“Some of the current hothybrids for 2013 are BG850V3 RIB, BG 831V2RIB, BG 80W10 RIB, andBG 79W10 RIB,” Jonessaid. “Hot soybean varietiesare BG 7384, BG 7421, andBG 7441. They are justsome of the top performingvarieties from the new classof Genuity Roundup Ready2 Yield soybeans.”

Bio Gene Seeds is a fam-ily owned business basedout of Sardinia in BrownCounty, Ohio. BioGene cur-rently sells seed in 18 states;with a large focus on South-west and South CentralOhio. Bio Gene’s main goalis to partner with their cus-tomers in order to yield fortheir customers the highestnet profit possible. Anothergoal is to place the best per-forming product for eachspecific field for all of theircustomers.

Other seed companiesare also geared up for 2013with the dry conditions ofthe past two years weighingheavily on their minds.

Matt Cosler works forMaster Feed Mill in Wilm-ington, Ohio, which is an in-dependent salesrepresentative for DuPontPioneer. They also sellchemicals, fertilizer andagricultural services, mak-ing them a full service agri-cultural inputs supplier.Master Feed Mill, based inWilmington, services Clin-ton, Warren, Greene, Fayetteand Highland counties insouthwest Ohio.

“Recently, DuPont Pio-neer has brought OptimumAQUAmax products to mar-ket,” Cosler said. “Thesecorn hybrids are drought tol-erant - and considering thegrowing conditions wefaced last year, drought tol-erance is on everyone’smind. Also new insect andherbicide traits, as well asrefuge management tools,are changing the way grow-ers make seed purchasingdecisions. DuPont Pioneer’sOptimum AcreMax inte-grated refuge allows grow-ers to plant traited corn andprotect against insect pres-sure without the worry andadded management of plant-ing separate refuge.”

According to Ric Bessin,Extension Entomologist,University of Kentucky Col-lege of Agriculture, the EPAregulates resistance manage-ment policies to be used bycommercial corn producerswhen using Bt (Bio-tech)corn seed. Initially, Bt-corntechnologies required theuse of a structured refuge(planted in non-Bt corn) to

delay the development ofpest resistance to the Bt tox-ins. However, some newlyapproved Bt-corn technolo-gies offer other resistancemanagement strategies.These include the standard20 percent structured refuge,a reduced five percent struc-tured refuge, and refuge inthe bag (a blend of Bt andnon-Bt corn).

“Popular soybean vari-eties will continue to bethose that consistently yieldwell without sacrificingagronomic traits such as dis-ease and other stress resist-ance,” Cosler added. “Newmanagement tactics, such asapplying seed treatmentwhere it was previouslythought to be unnecessaryhas allowed growers to pushsoybeans to the next level.Again, drought toleranceand moisture managementwill be popular with growersin 2013.

“Volatile markets will

weigh heavily on the mindsof growers in 2013,” saidCosler. “Everyone seems tobe hanging in limbo aboutthe direction of commoditymarkets today, and theweather will be a majorplayer in what happens. Ifthe United States plants alarge corn crop and has agreat production year, mar-kets seem to be likely to fall.But, if weather causes plant-ing delays, and if the droughtfrom 2012 continues into2013, growers may see thehighest markets in history.”

Jay Harmount representsBrodbeck Seeds, headquar-tered in Wabash, Ind. Thecompany’s sales area is fo-cused on Ohio, Indiana andMichigan. They are a seedaffiliate of Dow Agro-Sciences. Harmount hascustomers all over Ohio, buthis primary focus is south-ern Ohio.

“In corn, I have 2 vari-eties that are extremely pop-

ular,” he said. “Both areRefuge Advanced, poweredby SmartStax. The varieties53RA09 and 52RA11 haveproven themselves the pastcouple of years. Their per-formance has been verygood, with both finishingwell above average this pastyear in the Southwest OhioCorn Growers Trials.52RA11 has a two-year av-erage of 105 percent abovethe trial average.

“I find the Refuge In ABag varieties (Refuge Ad-vanced, Powered by Smart-Stax in our product lineup)being very popular,” saidHarmount. “Since they con-tain the required refuge, theyare easy to use, and thegrower is in compliancewith Refuge requirements.In Soybeans we have seenthe Roundup Ready 2 vari-eties becoming popular asthey have out preformed theRoundup Ready 1 varietiesby about 3.5 bu/ac in ourtesting.”

Beyond the spring plant-ing season, some farmers al-ready are planning ahead tothis fall. Rhonemus is look-ing forward to trying out acover crop for over the win-ter. It will really aid in con-serving soil moisture in hisfields for the following year,he said. As part of his mar-keting strategy, he has for-ward contracted somebeans. After he did, the fallprice dropped 45 cents be-cause the crop in Brazillooks good. He plans to sellhis crops locally at Winches-ter Ag Service and Tru-pointe in Georgetown.

(Carleta Weyrich is astaff writer for The People’sDefender in West Union.)

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we needed to know, andwe could always call forhelp. I did most of thedaily care; Shawn, our old-est son, helped, too. It wasa great fit. So we decidedto do another one.”

Within a year, Connie’sdaughter, daughter in lawand future granddaughterhad joined her in the barns.

Traci Surber, theyoungest daughter, isworking on her doctoratein clinical psychology atWright State University,but she worked her waythrough college, and amasters degree, as a pigfarmer. “Even when I tooknight classes, I took care ofthe pigs in the morning. Ialways liked it. Pigs aresmart and clean. And, boysand girls are so different.The girls are survivors!Other students are amazedthat I actually worked withpigs and that I found it re-warding. I’m never surethey make the connectionbetween pigs in the barnand dinner on the table.”

Shawn’s wife Rebeccawas starting a family andwanted to stay close tohome. When the secondbarn was built, Connie sug-

gested she try taking careof the pigs. Rebecca says,“I’d never even seen a pigup close before I started-and I was pregnant. Thefirst day was a little intimi-dating; adult pigs are bigand can be aggressive.They have to get to knowyou and know what you’regoing to do. That’s why wewalk each pen every day.Plus, we can check for in-jury or illness, see whoneeds extra attention orfeed.” Over the past 11years, in the finishing barnsthat house up to 2400 ani-mals, Rebecca has learnedplenty about pigs. “Theyhate having their tummiestouched and don’t likestrange pigs in their pen.Pigs have a morning rou-tine just like people. ”

With more than adecade of successfullymanaging not just pigs butalso the meticulous testing,record keeping and report-ing involved, Rebecca hasbeen selected by PIC to ad-minister a pilot boar pro-gram. Since she overseesmultiple barns, Rebeccahas been accustomed toshowering in and out sev-eral times a day. She says,“I’m the cleanest girl in thecounty!” Under the strin-gent protocols of her new

barn, however, other pigsites are off limits. “I’ll justhave to keep up by phone-and over family dinners.”

As a baby, Rebecca’sdaughter, Brooklinn hadspecial permission to be inthe barn. She showers inand out just like the adults,changing into kid-sizedoveralls and boots kept onsite. She helps baby pigsadapt to their new sur-roundings and to beingaround people. “It makesthem better mommas,” shesays. Her job is to helpthem find the water, andmake sure everyone getsplenty of the special feedthey call gruel. “They loveit, it’s a big treat for them.It’s the only time they act‘piggy’!”

Pigs deliver 3 months, 3weeks and 3 days afterthey’re bred. “So,” Conniesays, “we know how manybabies we’ll be getting andwhen. We receive about600 pigs a week. Babypigs come in weighingabout 14 pounds. They goto 260-265 in six months.

As they age, they’re sepa-rated and the number ofpigs in each pen is re-duced. Pigs go throughnine stages of digestionand feed is formulated es-pecially for their agegroup. At different growthstages, pigs have differenttemperature requirements,so barns are partitioned.Older pigs need coolertemperatures; young onesneed to stay warm. Theyall have 24 hour access tofood and fresh water-adultpigs drink up to 14 gallonsof water a day. The barnshave slotted floors andwaste is collected for ma-nure management. ”

Despite the size of theirenterprise, Connie saysthey own little property.“Farmers let us use theirland to put up a buildingand they also benefit fromthe manure managementprogram. As farmers, wewant the land to be bettertomorrow than it wastoday. People unfamiliarwith pig farming expectthe worst. One neighbor

put up a ‘For Sale’ signwhen we started construc-tion, but took it downwhen they realized therewas no smell, no noise,just a plain building withfeed bins.”

She says, “Since theydon’t have sweat glands,years ago wallowing inmud was how pigs stayedcool, but it also exposedthem to worms and para-sites. Delivering babies inthe cold, they often lost

half their litter. Here, theirenvironment is monitoredand electronically sensored,temperature-controlled,ventilated and cleaned anddisinfected regularly. Wemist them in the summer oradd fans, or drop the exte-rior curtains for more airmovement. We lose veryfew. Before pigs are trans-ported, every truck iswashed, disinfected and

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Connie offers a handful of feed to some pigs that are marked for customers with Xs on their backs. Every pig thatcomes in to the farm, will eventually go out again.

“A lot of our pigsbecome mommas, but many become ham sandwiches. That’s how it is. But under our care, they’re relaxed and comfortable.” – Connie Surber

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dried. Drivers wear cleanclothes and boots and aretrained in stress-free han-dling and to minimize tran-sit time. A lot of our pigsbecome mommas, butmany become ham sand-wiches. That’s how it is.But under our care, they’rerelaxed and comfortable.”

Every pig that comes in,eventually goes out. “Cus-tomers may want a 50pound girl or a 250 poundmother. Some request spe-cific genetic strains. And,we’re our own best cus-tomer!”

The Surber enterprisecontinues to grow andchange constantly, withnew buildings and pro-grams, new biotechnologyand genetic lines and newmarkets and customers.Connie is on the board ofthe Ohio Pork producers,the only woman, and ac-tively supports the Feed theWorld program, attendspork producer conferencesand was featured in a tele-vision commercial promot-ing pork farmers. Anenthusiastic spokesman forthe pork industry, she often

speaks publicly. “I get toshare recipes and telleveryone they don’t have toovercook pork anymore!”

The Surbers oldestdaughter, Shannon lives inOregon and works in med-ical administration, but shewears her ‘I Dig the Pig’ t-shirts with pride. Everyoneelse in the family is or hasbeen involved in the man-agement or transportationof pigs, including Traci’shusband, James, of AgHaulers. For fun, Conniesays, “We all get togetherfor dinner. I have an out-door kitchen and we love,love, love to cook. Rebeccaand Shawn are certifiedKansas City BarbecueContest judges and Shawnhas a catering business,High on the Hog. Our sonTodd used to truck pigs,now he handles mainte-nance-and he plays with abluegrass group. We lovehelping with the barbecuecompetitions or listening tothe band or watching Jamesin a truck pull. Taking careof pigs has been the bestthing for our family.”

(Pat Lawrence is a con-tributor to ACRES ofSouthwest Ohio.)

SURBERSContinued from page 1B

• Pork is the most popular meat in the world.Each market hog represents 370 servings of porkThe US hog herd consists of about 65 million ani-mals.• Nearly 21 billion pounds of pork were processedfrom about 110 million hogs in 2011. A total of2.3 million metric tons of pork valued at more than$6.1 billion was exported in 2011.• Ohio has more than 4,100 hog farms, rankingthird in the nation for the number of farms. Thestate ranks 10th in overall pork production. Thepork industry provides more than 10,000 jobs inOhio.• According to the National Pork Producers Council,in the 1950s, there were 3 million pork operationsin the US. In 1967, there were one million pigfarms in America. In 2002, there were 114,000.Today there are more than 67,000 pork operations.• Farms have grown in size; 53% of them now pro-duce 5,000 or more pigs per year. About 20% offarms account for about 90% of revenue.

• Pork production a vital part of the US economy. In2011, there were nearly 35,000 direct, full-timeequivalent pork producing jobs, which helped gener-ate an additional 515,000 indirect jobs. The indus-try produced nearly $21.8 billion in personalincome from total sales of more than $97 billionand added $34.5 billion to the country’s gross na-tional product.• Top Destinations for US pork are: Japan,493,315 metric tons; Mexico, 537,531 metrictons; China/Hong Kong, 483,323 metric tons;Canada, 206,278 metric tons and South Korea,188,307 metric tons. China is still the world’slargest producer of pigs.• A 220 lb live hog produces about 143 lbs of mar-ketable pork, including ham, pork chops andsausages, bacon, ribs, ground pork, hocks and stew-ing meat. There are about 33 lbs of by-productsthat are used whole or rendered for products likeleather, soap and cosmetics, or medicines and med-ical treatments like heart valves and insulin.

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The calendar on the wall saysthat spring is drawing near butdepending on the day the weatheroutside may give a different im-pression.

My first season of wintermeetings is rapidly concludingwhich means it is about time tofocus and plan for field opera-tions at the county farm. If youhave been by the farm lately youwill notice that we are conductingsome trials on cover crops andtillage methods. The first year atthe county farm has proven veryinformative for me: I’ve learnedthat even with an early harvest Iwas not able to complete covercrop seeding at an early enoughdate to get stand establishmentbefore winter.

That is the great thing aboutthe demonstration farm, we haveideas and we try them out. I’mquickly learning that rarely willthings go just as we plan but nomatter the end result there is al-ways something we can takeaway. For the first year in a whilewe have planted wheat at thefarm and it isn’t looking too bad.Similar to the rest of the wheat inthe area when the snow covermelted it revealed a dull brownwheat crop that is getting readyfor the spring topdress.

Producers may be tempted toget out early before greenup butstudies on the subject have seenlittle to no advantage over wheatthat was not topdressed. Produc-ers opting for a single pass ap-proach to spring nitrogen shouldwait until plants begin to greenupbefore making the application. Ifwe make our application toosoon before the plant comes outof dormancy the plant will nothave the ability to absorb the ni-trogen and we are subject to lossfrom leaching and volatilization.

Some producers may opt toimplement a more intensive man-agement plan that could call fortwo or even three applications ofspring nitrogen. In this case the

small quantities of nitrogenspread over multiple applicationswill help to reduce the salt burnon the plant tissues and alsoallow for feeding when the plantwill get the biggest benefit.

Herbicide applications may benecessary and producers shouldbe sure to scout before applica-tion to make sure the correctproduct is selected to treat theweeds that are identified in thefield. Some herbicide can be ap-plied with the nitrogen applica-tion but you should alwaysconsult the label of the productyou wish to apply for completeinstructions.

The Southwest Ohio CornGrowers will have their annualbanquet on March 6 also at theMahan Building at the FayetteCounty Fairgrounds. The speakerfor this year’s annual meetingwill be Jim Noel from the Na-tional Weather Service in Wilm-ington. There is no cost to attendthis event and a Hamloaf dinnerwill be served to those in atten-dance.

Private Pesticide Applicatorsthat have not received recertifica-tion can register March 18, 9a.m. - noon recertification thatwill take place at the ClintonCounty Extension Office. Formore information and to registerplease visit www.pested.osu.edu.As we move into March some 4-H dates that are rapidly ap-proaching are the Small AnimalQuality Assurance set for March7 at 7 p.m. at the Mahan Build-ing. Large Animal Quality Assur-ance at the Sales Arena onSaturday, March 23 from 9 a.m. -noon and the last Quality Assur-ance in Fayette County will beoffered will be April 25 at theMahan Building. You must regis-ter for the Quality Assurance youplan on attending. For more in-formation about any of the abovementioned activities please giveus a call at 740-335-1150.

(Adam Shepard is OSU Extension Educator forFayette County.)

Spring not far away,but don’t jump the gun New rules placed on moving

livestock across state lines By TONY [email protected]

A new rule establishinggeneral regulations for improv-ing the traceability of U.S.livestock moving betweenstates became final on Dec. 20and will become effective onMarch 11. The USDA has es-tablished the animal diseasetraceability rule to help targetwhen and where animal dis-ease occurs and to facilitate arapid response that should re-duce the number of animals in-volved in a diseaseinvestigation.

According to USDA Secre-tary Tom Vilsack, “The UnitedStates now has a flexible, ef-fective animal disease trace-ability system for livestockmoving interstate, withoutundue burdens for ranchersand U.S. livestock businesses.The final rule meets the di-verse needs of the countrysidewhere states and tribes can de-velop systems for tracking ani-mals that work best for themand their producers, while ad-dressing any gaps in our over-all disease response efforts.”

The animal disease trace-ability rule differs from theNational Animal Identification

System launched by the USDAin 2006 and later discontinuedfor lack of voluntary participa-tion by producers. An impor-tant guiding principle for thenew rule is that it is state-dri-ven. The traceability frame-work will be owned, led andadministered by the States andTribal Nations with federalsupport.

The rule proposes to pro-vide maximum flexibility forthe States, Tribal Nations andproducers to work together tofind identification solutionsthat meet their local needs andto maintain traceability data attheir discretion. The intent ofthe rule is to address onlythose animals moving inter-state and to encourage the useof low-cost technology.

We will take a closer lookat the rule in the next fewmonths, but for now will sharea few important notes aboutthe rule:

• Unless specifically ex-empted, livestock moved inter-state must be officiallyidentified and accompanied byan interstate certificate of vet-erinary inspection or otherdocumentation, such as owner-shipper statements or brandcertificates.

• The use of brands, tattoosand brand registration will beaccepted as official identifica-tion when accepted by theshipping and receiving Statesor Tribes.

• Backtags remain an alter-native to official eartags forcattle and bison moving di-rectly to slaughter.

• All livestock moved inter-state to a custom slaughter fa-cility are exempt from theregulations.

• Chicks moved interstatefrom a hatchery are exemptfrom the official identificationrequirements.

• Unless moved interstatefor shows, exhibitions, rodeos,or recreational events, beef cat-tle under 18 months of age areexempt from the official iden-tification requirement (trace-ability requirements for thisgroup will be addressed in sep-arate rulemaking)

USDA will work with statesto implement the rule in thecoming months. For more in-formation on the new rule, visithttp://www.aphis.usda.gov/traceability/

(Tony Nye is OSU ExtensionEducator, Clinton County Agri-culture & Natural Resources.)

March 5-6: Conserva-tion Tillage and Technol-ogy Conference,McIntosh Center, OhioNorthern University, Ada.Speakers include OhioState University Exten-sion specialists and OhioAgricultural Research andDevelopment Center sci-entists. Registration is $85for full conference, $65for one day, for onlineregistration by Feb. 27and for mail-in registra-tion postmarked by Feb.22. After those dates, reg-istration is $105 for fullconference, $80 for oneday. Information:http://ctc.osu.edu or 614-292-6648.

March 6: Ohio Wood-land Water and WildlifeConference, 8:30 a.m. to 4p.m., Mid-Ohio Confer-ence Center, 890 West 4thSt., Mansfield. Annualconference for Ohio natu-ral resources professionalsand land managers; fea-tures up-to-date informa-tion on timely issues.Continuing educationcredit available. Informa-tion: http://go.osu.edu/Q8Por 614-688-3421.

March 8-9: “OpeningDoors to Success” SmallFarm Owners Conferenceand Trade Show, Wilm-ington College, Boyd Cul-tural Arts Center, 1879Quaker Way, Wilmington.Registration is $20 forMarch 8, $50 for March9, or $60 for both days.Registration deadlineMarch 1. Information:http://clinton.osu.edu or937-382-0901.

March 11-12: FarmersMarket Conference, Na-tionwide and Ohio FarmBureau 4-H Center, 2201Fred Taylor Drive, OhioState University, Colum-bus. Registration formembers of Farmers Mar-ket Management Networkis $70 per day or $95 forboth days. Non-memberregistration is $80 per dayor $120 for both days.

Register online athttp://ohiofarmersmar-kets.osu.edu. Information:[email protected] or740-289-2071, ext. 222.

March 11: Registra-tion deadline for OrganicAnimal Health Sympo-sium March 18 in Colum-bus. Free, lunch included,but space is limited. Reg-ister online athttp://go.osu.edu/RdJ. In-formation: [email protected] or614-292-6924; [email protected] or 614-292-9453.

March 11: ProduceSafety Training, 1-4 p.m.,Ohio State University Ex-tension’s MuskingumCounty office, 225 Under-wood St., Zanesville.Workshop on preventingmicrobial contaminationon fruit and vegetablefarms, including the useof Good AgriculturalPractices. Registration$10. Pre-registration en-couraged but not required.Informa-tion:[email protected] 740-454-0144.

March 11: ProduceSafety Training, 6-9 p.m.,Ohio State University-Newark, Hopewell Hall,Room 53, 1189 UniversityDrive, Newark. Workshopon preventing microbialcontamination on fruitand vegetable farms, in-cluding the use of GoodAgricultural Practices.Registration $10. Pre-reg-istration encouraged butnot required. Information:[email protected] or 740-992-6696.

March 13: Farm toSchool Conference, 8 a.m.to 4 p.m., Nationwide andOhio Farm Bureau 4-HCenter, 2201 Fred TaylorDrive, Ohio State Univer-sity, Columbus. Theme is“Let’s Grow! Farm toSchool.” Features threekeynote presentations, 10panel sessions, displays.Registration $50, whichincludes conference mate-

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March 13: Discountregistration deadline forOhio River Valley Wood-land and Wildlife Work-shop March 23 at CliftyFalls State Park, 2221Clifty Drive, Madison,Ind. Educational sessionsfor landowners fromOhio, Kentucky and Indi-ana. Registration $45 be-fore March 13, $50 afterMarch 13. Information:http://go.osu.edu/Q8Q or812-265-8919.

March 14-15: Powerof Pollinators ShortCourse, 8:30 a.m. to 4p.m. March 14, 8:30 a.m.to 4 p.m. March 15, OhioAgricultural Research andDevelopment Center,1680 Madison Ave.,Wooster. Workshop on thebiology, identification andconservation of nativebees. Features Ohio Stateand national experts. $20.Register athttp://go.osu.edu/R8k. In-formation:[email protected] or330-263-3723.

March 18: Organic An-imal Health Symposium, 9a.m. to 5 p.m., BlackwellInn and Conference Cen-ter, 2110 Tuttle Park Place,Columbus. Sessions onhealth of livestock in or-ganic farming systems anddiscussion of future re-search and educationneeds. Free, lunch in-cluded, but space is lim-ited; registration requiredby March 11. Register athttp://go.osu.edu/RdJ. In-formation: [email protected] or614-292-6924 or [email protected] or 614-292-9453.

March 18: Registrationdeadline for “Living YourSmall Farm Dream” Con-ference and Trade ShowMarch 23 in Zanesville.$50. Information: [email protected] or 740-454-0144.

March 19: Beef CattleSchool, 7 p.m. at multiple

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March 19: Registrationdeadline for Ohio Com-post Operator EducationCourse March 26-27 inWooster. Registration$175 for members of Or-ganics Recycling Associa-tion of Ohio, $225 fornon-members. Informa-tion:http://go.osu.edu/Q8R(pdf) or 330-202-3533.

March 20: Registrationdeadline for ProduceSafety Training workshopMarch 22 in Massillon.$10. Information:[email protected] or 330-296-6432.

Updated: March 20:Dormant Pruning Work-shop, 8 a.m. to noon, Se-crest Arboretum, SeamanOrientation Plaza, OhioAgricultural Research andDevelopment Center,1680 Madison Ave.,Wooster. Expert instruc-tion on how to pruneyoung trees and shrubs,including hands-on prac-tice in the field. For any-one who takes care ofoutdoor plants, fromhomeowners to commer-cial landscapers. Registra-tion $50. Pre-register [email protected] ordownload and mail regis-tration form available athttp://go.osu.edu/R6w(pdf).

March 22: ProduceSafety Training, 1-4 p.m.,Ohio State University Ex-tension’s Stark County of-fice, USDA ServiceCenter meeting room,2650 Richville Drive SE,Massillon. Workshop on

preventing microbial con-tamination on fruit andvegetable farms, includingthe use of Good Agricul-tural Practices. $10. Reg-istration deadline March20. Information:[email protected] or330-296-6432.

March 23: “LivingYour Small Farm Dream”Conference and TradeShow, 8:30 a.m. to 4:15p.m., Muskingum CountyConvention and WelcomeCenter, 205 N. Fifth St.,Zanesville. For small-farmowners who want to im-prove or expand their op-erations, and for thosenew to agriculture who arelooking for ways to utilizetheir acreage. Registration$50. Registration deadlineMarch 18. Information:[email protected] or740-454-0144.

March 23: Ohio RiverValley Woodland andWildlife Workshop, 8:30a.m. to 3 p.m., Clifty FallsState Park, 2221 CliftyDrive, Madison, Ind. Edu-cational sessions forlandowners from Ohio,Kentucky and Indiana.Registration $45 beforeMarch 13, $50 afterMarch 13. Information:http://go.osu.edu/Q8Q or812-265-8919.

March 26-27: OhioCompost Operator Educa-tion Course, Shisler Con-ference Center, OhioAgricultural Research andDevelopment Center,1680 Madison Ave.,Wooster. Focuses on com-mercial-scale facilities;covers compost princi-ples, site design and oper-ation, regulations,marketing, more. Regis-tration $175 for membersof Organics Recycling As-sociation of Ohio, $225for non-members. Regis-tration deadline March 19.Information:http://go.osu.edu/Q8R(pdf) or 330-202-3533.

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April 9: Produce

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April 10: Landscapingfor Wildlife, 6-9 p.m.,Wolf Creek Environmen-tal Center, 6100 RidgeRoad, Sharon Center.Workshop by Ohio StateUniversity Extension’sOhio Woodland StewardsProgram. Registration$15; includes informationpacket. Registration dead-line April 5. Register on-line athttp://woodlandstewards.osu.edu/. Information:[email protected] or614-688-3421.

April 13: Guided BirdWalk, 9-11 a.m., SecrestArboretum, Seaman Ori-entation Plaza, Ohio Agri-cultural Research andDevelopment Center,1680 Madison Ave.,Wooster. Led by membersof Greater MohicanAudubon Society. Free.Information:[email protected] or330-464-2148.

April 24: GuidedSpring Walk, 2-3:30 p.m.,Secrest Arboretum, Sea-man Orientation Plaza,Ohio Agricultural Re-search and DevelopmentCenter, 1680 MadisonAve., Wooster. Free. In-formation:[email protected] or330-464-2148.

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