For the time period of April 15-30, Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 1.06 inches of rain in Hardin County. Last year, the average rainfall for the same time period was 2.21 inches.

Hardin Northern's pop a cappella group Awakened Commotion placed first in the talent show at the 87th Ohio FFA State Convention held in Columbus on May 1.

Spring planting season started in earnest this past week in Hardin County. Farmers were in the fields doing tillage work, spreading fertilizer and manure, spraying for weeds and termination of cover crops, as well as planting corn. Warm dry temperatures aided in this progress, with the exception of some fields that were not quite fit to begin field work.

COLUMBUS – Growers who want to make sure they get their corn crops off to a good start this season should make sure they perform tillage only when necessary and under the proper soil conditions, cautions a field crops expert with the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University.

COLUMBUS – While cold weather and cool soil temperatures have made many Ohio corn fields unsuitable yet for spring planting, growers who haven’t begun planting shouldn’t worry because there’s still time to plant and expect good yields, said an agronomist with the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University.

WOOSTER – Large populations of black cutworms reported last week in Indiana and Kentucky means Ohio farmers can soon expect to see the migratory moths in the Buckeye State, an entomologist with the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University said.

COLUMBUS — There’s a growing army working to improve Ohio’s water quality. Since last fall, the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University has provided fertilizer applicator certification training to 6,439 Ohio growers responsible for farming some 927,000 acres of Buckeye state farmland, and the numbers continue to grow.

SOUTH CHARLESTON – Nutrient management experts in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University are asking farmers, producers, agriculture agencies and others to complete a survey on how they receive and use information on manure nutrient management.

The High Flyers 4-H Club met April 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Epworth United Methodist Church.

Farmers take advantage of technology to successfully grow a crop.