The month of February was a busy one for the Kenton OHP FFA chapter. On Feb. 2, members Garrett Thomas and Devan Dulin competed in the Agriculture Industrial Diagnostics Systems contest at the John Deere training center in Plain City. The two placed eighth overall at the district level.

The High Flyers 4-H Club will meet on Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the basement of Epworth Methodist Church in Kenton. Family guides and project enrollment will be discussed. New members are welcome.

When will this cold weather end so gardeners can go outside and begin the work they all enjoy? There are only so many seed catalogs and garden videos that you can look through while Mother Nature does her thing.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture, in partnership with the Hardin Soil and Water Conservation District, is providing funding for new assistance programs for farmers to help protect water quality in the western basin of Lake Erie.

The Hardin County Cattle Producers will hold their annual Beef Banquet on Saturday, March 23 in the Community Building at the fairgrounds, starting at 6 p.m. Pre-sale adult tickets are $15 ($20 at the door), youth ages 6-12 are $7.50 ($10 at the door), kids under 6 years old are free, and 2018 Hardin County Junior Fair Beef Barn Exhibitors are free with a reservation given to any Cattle Producers director. Please request pre-sale tickets by March 13.

COLUMBUS – In a move that will benefit Ohio’s farmers and agri-businesses, Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague announced the implementation of a one percent minimum loan discount for the Ag-LINK program.

COLUMBUS — Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI) Director Jillian Froment is reminding farmers that the final date to purchase or modify federal crop insurance coverage on 2019 spring-planted crops is March 15.

Some farmers have received a notice that informs them that their current pesticide and/or fertilizer applicator licenses will expire at the end of March 2019 and that they must complete their continuing education hours to renew before this date. Thirty dollars is sent to the Ohio Department of Agriculture in Reynoldsburg to renew the license and $30 to OSU Extension …

The 3rd annual Hardin County Poultry Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at the Family Center of the Kenton Christian and Missionary Alliance Church located at 15436 Ohio 309 in Kenton. Each family is asked to bring a side dish and dessert, as there will be no additional charge for the evening. Broasted chicken from the …

A world-renowned scientist will be the keynote speaker on the first day of this year’s Conservation Tillage Conference (CTC) in Ada. Christine Jones, an Australian soil ecologist, will be giving the keynote of the annual event with the topic “Building New Topsoil Through the Liquid Carbon Pathway for Long Term Production and Profit.”