By Ed Lentz – OSU Extension, Hancock County
Agriculture in 2015 has had many bumps and bruises. I have listed nine events that affected agriculture in our area last year.
Grain Prices. Grain prices continue to remain low for another year. It is been projected that US farm revenue may be at its lowest level since the early 2000’s. Input costs have started to drop but not at a level to match the loss of income. Farm land values have slowly begun to drop as a result of lower farm revenue.
Tickets are available for the March Artist Series performance by the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players (NYGASP) at 7:30 p.m. on March 17 in Yoder Recital Hall.
Dr. Hamid Rafizadeh, professor of business, will present the colloquium, "Looking for the Business World in the Sermon on the Mount. Did I Find It?” on March 18.
Hannah Heinzekehr, executive director of The Mennonite, Inc., will present her speech titled “Tending the Wild Space: My Journey Toward Understanding Sexism and Other Oppressions” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15, in Founders Hall.
Heinzekehr will explore her own journey of discovering and navigating sexism in the workplace, and explain how understanding the ways that sexism operated, provided a window for her to learn about other forms of systemic oppression— racism, classism, heterosexism—as well.
This is the first in a series on Ada artists and artisans showing original works for sale at Gallery for the Arts, 115 S. Main St., Ada. The gallery is an Icon advertiser.
Featured artist Karen Ward, photographer
Ward, a 25-year Ada resident, is a photographer. Several of her photographs are available at the gallery. These include cards, framed photos and 8-by-10 inch unframed photos.
The Icon concludes our photo series of members of the Bluffton High School string ensemble. Here's the entire ensemble during a recent rehearsal in the elementary school. Rachael Lewis directed the strings.
