Consistent rains across Ohio and the Corn Belt continue to delay planting progress as the June 17 USDA Planting Progress report showed that 68% of intended corn acres and 46% of intended soybean acres have been planted in Ohio.
Nationwide, roughly 27 million acres of corn and soybeans will either be planted or filed under prevented planting insurance.
Across Ohio, the Final Plant Date (FPD) for soybeans is June 20. Soybeans can be planted after the FPD, but a one percent reduction in the insurance guarantee occurs.
Relax and take a drink of Bluffton water. It has EPA approval.
The Environmental Protection Agency found that the Village of Bluffton drinking water is in full compliance with its regulations.
Those regulations are established by the Ohio EPA Division of Drinking and Ground Water and the findings are based upon information released this week for 2018.
In other words, Bluffton water is safe to drink. No violations were found among the required quality tests conducted.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting a USDA Secretarial disaster designation for Ohio amid heavy rainfall impacting Ohio farmers.
In his letter, Governor DeWine notes that record rainfall through the spring planting season has been devastating to Ohio farmers, with flooding and saturated fields preventing them from planting crops. Only 50 percent of Ohio’s corn crop and 32 percent of Ohio’s soybean crop have been planted as of June 10, 2019.
Mercy Health - St. Rita’s Medical Center Volunteer/Auxiliary Resources president, Joyce Gerdeman, presented a check for $240,000 to Ronda Lehman, president of St. Rita’s, during St. Rita’s Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon recently.
This donation was made on behalf of all St. Rita’s volunteers which includes 438 adults, 82 college students, 132 summer teen volunteers, 125 shadowing students and 209 supporting members. 275 volunteers were in attendance at the event.
Icon note: Friday's chamber breakfast provided one of the most informative programs on a topic that affects everyone in Bluffton. We urge viewers to open the attachment to this story for more information.
Bluffton's H 2 O: where it comes from and where it goes.
That topic gained the attention of a Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce full house during its June 14 breakfast week.
