Master gardeners, casual gardeners and Amish farmers took a walk together through the fields of Levi Yoder’s Dudley Township home to learn more about fruit and vegetable production Tuesday evening.

The few participants at Friday’s Ag Council breakfast in Kenton seemed to agree, the dry weather has had little impact on the corn crop at this point, but the next few days will be critical. “If we don’t get some rain in the next few days, the corn is going to show signs of distress,” predicted Paul Ralston. “I don’t believe the heat has hurt the pollination, but some do.”

“Agricultural Conservation, Protecting Water: Keeping Soil and Nutrients in the Field” will be the theme of the Hardin County Field Day on Aug. 26. This is the second year for this field day, cooperatively sponsored by the following partners: The Nature Conservancy, John Deere, Findlay Implement, Chris Kurt, Randy Boose, OSU Extension, Hardin and Putnam Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Ohio Farm Bureau/Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network, Ohio Department of Agriculture and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

What is that bug in my vegetable garden? Why do my plants have brown spots on the leaves?

“Duke” Rapp was born to be a farmer. He was born on a farm in Hale Township and has spent nearly every one of his 100 summers farming including working on this year’s wheat harvest at the age of 99.

In June, Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 5.81 inches of rain in Hardin County. Last year, the average rainfall for June was 10.99 inches.

The North American Manure Expo is about to land in Ohio. The big event, covering the serious business of using farm animal manure to help grow crops, while doing it safely and greenly, is August 3-4 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, about 25 miles west of Columbus.

A call was made to the Hardin County Extension office about a noxious weed that is growing in the county that people need to know about. The weed, poison hemlock, looks similar to Wild Carrot or Wild Parsnip.

DUNKIRK — Crop Production Services in Dunkirk has been added to the growing list of nutrient service providers to achieve certified status through the 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program.

A Kenton farmer has been re-elected to serve another three-year term on the board of directors for AgCredit.