Tag: Ohio Department of Agriculture

Local High School Teams compete at Area 1 Envirothon

By: Patrick Troyer, Education Specialist On April 24th, teams from Paulding High School and Vantage Career Center competed at the 2019 Area 1 Envirothon Competition held at the Miller Conservation Farm located near Republic, Ohio in Seneca County. Paulding FFA under the direction of Advisor Staci Miller and Vantage FFA under the direction of Advisor…

ODA REMINDS FARMERS OF NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR DICAMBA USE

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is reminding farmers of revised labels and new training requirements for applicators who intend to use dicamba herbicide products this year. In October 2017, U.S. EPA approved revised labels for the three dicamba products that are labeled for use on soybeans: Engenia (BASF), XtendiMax (Monsanto) and FeXapan (DuPont). “Like…

Paulding FFA Travels to the Ohio State House

By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter Recently, five Paulding FFA officers traveled down to Columbus for the Ohio Legislative Leadership Conference. The officers included, Sentinel Abbie McMichael, Reporter Emma Horstman, Treasurer Kaylie Tressler, Parliamentarian Riley Noffsinger, Student Advisor Shannon Hale and their Ag Education teacher, Mrs. Staci Miller. In the morning, these students got to…