Many alfalfa and forage stands across the state took a beating this winter and the wet spring has added insult to injury, according to Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension-Hardin County.
Forage stands were damaged this past winter, and the wet spring has further deteriorated stands that appeared they might recover. So what are the options to assuring a forage supply for the future?
A Forages for the Future Program will be held Thursday, July 25, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the St. Henry High School Commons, 391 E. Columbus St. in St. Henry.
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - You'll find this antique doll at rest on an 1840s-era bed in the Swiss Community Historical Society's Schumacher homestead, 8350 Bixel Road, Bluffton.
The homestead is open each Saturday in the summer from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is $5. The tour takes you back in time where you may see how Swiss settlers lived.
Click here for details on the homestead and the society.
American Red Cross will be holding a blood drive on Monday, July 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Community Health Professionals (Ada Visiting Nurses) in the conference room.
Community Health Professionals is located at 1200 S. Main St.
If you donate blood to the Red Cross any time this month, you'll be enetered to win the prize of four tickets to Cedar Point, which includes travel, hotel, park admission and more. See redcrossblood.org/CedarFair for details.