COLUMBUS — The 97th annual meeting of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF) will be Dec. 2-4 in Columbus. The organization will elect leaders, establish its policies for the coming year, conduct leadership training and recognize county Farm Bureaus and individuals for their contributions to the organization and community.

COLUMBUS – Senator Cliff Hite, R–Findlay, the introduction of legislation aimed at updating the way agricultural property values are calculated and reducing the financial burden for farmers using land for conservation purposes.

MARYSVILLE — The Best of the Buckeye Program, hosted by the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) in conjunction with the Ohio Beef Expo and the Ohio State Fair, is gearing up for its third season. The program provides Ohio seedstock breeders an additional marketing opportunity, creates a source for moderately priced show steers and heifers by providing a program with awards and prestige, and attracts new participants interested in showing at the Ohio Beef Expo and/or the Ohio State Fair.

NEW ORLEANS – Shalie Logan, agricultural educator at Ohio Hi-Point Career Center at Kenton High School, is a recipient of a 2015 Teachers Turn the Key professional development scholarship.

The Hardin County Agriculture Hall of Fame has announced the 2015 honorees to be inducted at the 13th annual Agriculture Hall of Fame recognition banquet. The inductees include: Clinton Archie McNutt and Family, Thomas E. Sprang, Robert L. White and Merritt and Hazel Wilson.

With the help of fifteen volunteer rainfall reporters, the Hardin County Extension office has collected unofficial township rainfall data for the past 23 consecutive years. The 2015 growing season started with a relatively warm and dry planting period. Although most corn was planted early to mid May, excessive rainfall starting later in the month greatly reduced yields.

Results of the election for directors were reported at the reorganizational meeting of the Hardin County Agricultural Society on Nov. 7 as follows:

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale High School FFA Chapter will be showcased this weekend, Nov. 7-9, on "This Week In AgriBusiness,” a weekly, one-hour television agri-news program hosted by two of the country's most well-known farm broadcasters, Max Armstrong and Orion Samuelson.

During the month of September, Extension volunteer rainfall reporters received an average of 1.57 inches of rain. The most rain for this month, 2.80 inches, fell in Hale Township, as measured by Tim Ramsey. The least rain reported during the month, 0.79 inches, was reported in Buck Township by Heritage Cooperative (Kenton).