Buckeye People

Hamilton joins Evolution Ag

Evolution Ag LLC, a Case IH dealership with locations in Circleville, Delaware, Utica and Upper Sandusky announced that Chad Hamilton has recently joined the company leading the Sprayer and Service Division. Jim Henkel, Chairman said “Chad is well known and respected throughout Ohio and Michigan. He brings over 20 years of knowledge and experience and [...]

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Schmachtenberger new FSA county director for Wyandot County

State Executive Director for Ohio’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), Steve Maurer, would like to announce that Charlotte Schmachtenberger has been selected as the County Executive Director (CED) for the Wyandot County FSA office.  Charlotte will begin her new duties on March 11, 2013. Following graduation from high school in 1979, Charlotte continued to work on [...]

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OABA inaugural LAUNCH class graduates 21 members

Congratulations to the 21 Ohio AgriBusiness Association member graduates who successfully completed the 2013 inaugural LAUNCH — or Leaders Achieving Unexpected New Career Heights — class. These agribusiness leaders were selected by their companies to undergo a robust executive leadership development program, which was created in partnership with Wilt PR to help our member companies [...]

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LeJeune New Food Animal Health Director at Ohio State

Jeff LeJeune knows the value of collaboration. The newly appointed director of Ohio State University’s Food Animal Health Research Program (FAHRP) has teamed up on research and other projects with faculty from across the university since his arrival in Wooster in 2001. FAHRP is housed on the Wooster campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and [...]

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Ohio AgriBusiness Association announces Board of Directors

Appointed members of the Ohio AgriBusiness Association Board of Directors recently counted ballots for the election of Directors for OABA. We had an exceptionally good slate of nominees this year and several of the races were very close! The new or returning board member(s) in each category are as follows: Feed Andy Swerlein, Luckey Farmers, [...]

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Labig hired as new marketing specialist

Risë Labig, from Greenville, was hired as a new marketing specialist for Ohio’s Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net. She grew up on a dairy farm in Seneca County and is a graduate of Bowling Green State University. She met her husband, Scott, at an Ohio Flying Farmer Convention while she was the International Flying [...]

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Trevor Kerr chosen as the FSA County Executive Director in Crawford County

State Executive Director for Ohio’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), Steve Maurer, would like to announce that Trevor Kerr has been selected as the County Executive Director (CED) for the Crawford County FSA office effective December 17, 2012. Trevor grew up on a farm in southern Knox County, which included cattle, hogs, row crops, hay and [...]

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Snyder appointed National FFA milk quality and products superintendent

Dave Snyder of Ashland was appointed as the National FFA Superintendent of the Milk Quality and Products career development event effective in 2013.  The first official responsibility of this position was to attend the National CDE Superintendent Meeting in  Louisville, Kentucky.  There are 27 Career Development Events held at the National level each year hosting [...]

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Bonham joins Baxla Tractor sales force

Baxla Tractor Sales, Inc.  announces Gus Bonham as the newest member of its Washington Court House store sales team.  Bonham, a senior at The Ohio State University, has been directly involved in farming his entire life and is a 6th generation Fayette County farmer. He will assist customers in all of Baxla Tractor Sales product [...]

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Ohio grower Gary Wolfe wins Beck 300 Challenge

Even with the extreme drought many farmers experienced across the Midwest, the top five participants averaged 265 bushels per acre. Gary Wolfe from Nevada, Ohio, is the winner of the 2012 Beck 300 Challenge, with a yield of 291.40 bushels per acre with BECK 6077HR. “Not only was this my first year to participate in the Beck [...]

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