HARROD — Harrod’s Walter Paxson was once named the “Outstanding Agricultural Teacher” in the state of Indiana. He was president of the Agriculture Education Society at Purdue University. And agriculture was in his blood from the beginning
Three years of national survey results have now been collected on farmers who no-till. No-Till farming magazine recently shared these 2nd half results. Farmers use a lot of different equipment, different brands, and different sizes. A major change has been the switch to larger corn planters. No-till and probably most farmers are switching to 16-row (40 foot) corn planters 31.2% up 3.9%, 24-row (18.2%) while 12 row planters have fallen from 28.4% to 23.7%. While farmers have less money to invest due to lower prices and weather concerns, equipment is always a major expense on every crop farm.
Kennedy Jones, a senior at Ada High School, competed in the state powerlifting competition held at Kenton High School on Saturday, March 15. Kennedy earned the state runner up medal in the female division lifting a total of 880 pounds. Her bench press of 180 pounds was the highest bench press of the meet in the female division. She also broke personal records in all three lifts, bench press -180 pound,s squat-370 pounds and deadlift- 330 pounds. (Photo submitted)
ADA – Volunteering. On steroids!
Many farmers subscribe to the (Kevin) Van Trump Report . Last week, Kevin and I were in Peoria, Illinois speaking. Here’s a free summary of Kevin’s thoughts on the farm economy. First, Kevin came from a small Missouri farming community. He worked as an NFL football assistant coach. He’s a big (large) man, with a huge personality! He’s fun and mostly optimistic about agriculture. Then he started working at Chicago Board of Trade buying and selling commodities.
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COLUMBUS — In recognition of Vehicle Safety Recalls Week, sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Ohio State Highway Patrol is reminding motorists of the importance of checking and addressing vehicle safety recalls and routine maintenance.
ADA — The Patriotic Pops has, not so much ‘popped’ altogether, but it has been placed on “pause” this year.
One of the new slogans/mantras out of D.C. these days is: “Make America Healthy Again.” And Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after now being confirmed as head of Health and Human Services, has vowed to set to work doing just that.