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Nostalgic scenes like this one of galvanized buckets capturing sap from sugar maple trees are plentiful in Ohio, due to the state’s 900 maple producers. Most likely, though, you’ll come across webs of gravity-fed piping that takes the sap directly to the sugar house to be boiled down to make pure maple syrup.

COLUMBUS, — It's time to tap those trees! Ohio's maple sugaring season offers travelers tasty family fun as maple trees are tapped and the sap begins to flow. Ohio is the fifth largest producer of maple syrup in the United States, and March is the month when all the magic happens.

Surprisingly, the creation of maple syrup hasn't changed all that much from the days of Native Americans. Some farms employ a bit more technology, but the process remains the same. Maple trees are tapped by boring holes through the bark to a depth to reach the sap, then sap is boiled down to remove the water leaving sweet syrup. Nothing else is added to pure maple syrup. According to the Ohio Maple Producers Association, it takes 35-45 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup, and Ohio produces approximately 125,000 gallons of syrup annually.

Over the course of the next several weekends, maple sugaring businesses are opening their doors and sharing their centuries-old methods of producing the tasty topping.

Visitors can experience this process and enjoy a walk or wagon ride through the sugar bush.

And when you've finished sampling Ohio's maple sugaring fun, stop at one of Ohio's historic working mills for some stoneground pancake mix that will be a perfect pairing for your fresh maple syrup. At Historic Clifton Mill in Clifton visitors have plenty of pancake mix choices, including: whole wheat, blueberry, buck wheat,

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Although most modern maple syrup produces use a pipeline to gather maple sap, nostalgic scenes like the one depicted in this oil painting by Hazel Iiams in the mid 1960’s can still be found while traveling Ohio’s country roads. The painting captures Freeda and Lester Eichler as they work their sugar camp in Morrow County.

Steam bellows from the sugar shack, which houses the evaporator that boils maple sap down to syrup. The Eichler’s horse was a cructial part of their syrup business, hauling the work sled from tree to tree in the sugar bush. Beside the picture is one of the tin maple syrup containers used by the Eichlers.

corn meal, apple cinnamon and buttermilk. Bear's Mill in Greenville offers its own stone-ground meal and flour, along with a generous selection of handmade arts and locally made pottery.

Following is a sampling of festivals and events tied to Ohio's maple sugaring fun: • Pancake Breakfast at Century Village, Burton - March 3, 10, 17, 24 Enjoy the sweet taste of

home-grown maple syrup at the Geauga County Historical Society's annual pancake breakfast. It's quite a feast with pancakes, sausage and omelets served hot off the griddle. Once you're full of maple syrupsoaked pancakes, stick around to learn about the history of the Western Reserve at Century Village and the historically significant structures in the area.

• 37th Annual Maple Syrup Festival at Malabar Farm State Park, Lucas -

March 2, 3, 9, 10 Take a horse-drawn wagon ride and see demonstrations of sugar making through history. Make sure you bring your appetite maple syrup, fudge and maple products will be available for purchase.

• Maple Syrup Festival at Hueston Woods State Park, College Corner - March 2, 3, 9, 10 Maple syrup wasn't made just to be admired from a distance, so bring

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your fork and enjoy a pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hueston Woods State Park. While you're there, explore the state park with a tour of the sugar bush, offered from noon to 4 p.m.

• March Maple Madness Driving Tour, Across Ohio - March 9, 10, 16, 17 For two weekends in March, sugarhouses across Ohio open their doors and invite visitors to see firsthand how pure maple syrup is made. The March Maple Madness Driving Tour is a statewide event sponsored by the Ohio Maple Producers Association and Ohio syrup makers. Experienced maple syrup makers will be on hand to answer questions during the free, driveit-yourself tour across Ohio. Stops include small, backyard ventures and large, commercial operations.

• Maple Sugaring in the Hills at Hocking Hills State Park, Logan - March 9,10 Come to the Naturalist's Cabin at Old Man's Cave in Hocking Hills to discover the many methods used to make this tasty treat from local maple sap. Samples will be available, and you can also enjoy a pancake breakfast at the dining lodge.

• Maple Syrup Open

House at Mapleberry Farms, Waverly - March 16 Mapleberry Farm began as a winter hobby, but now is a full-time family business. Visitors are welcome to stop by and learn about the maple sugaring process and enjoy the sweet taste of home-grown maple syrup.

THE REAL DEAL Why is pure maple syrup a superior food than imitation syrups? The Ohio Maple Producers Associations’ website says that the reasons are many; lower calories per ounce is probably the most important one. Pure maple syrup has 80 calories per ounce, compared to 90 in molasses; 90 in honey; 106 in brown sugar; 109 in cane sugar; and 102 in corn syrup, which is the base for many of the artificial maple syrups.

The University of Vermont’s website informs that one tablespoon of pure maple syrup has 20 mg. calcium; 35 mg potassium; small amounts of iron and phosphorous; and trace amounts of B vitamins. It is low in sodium, with only 2 mg. These natural occurring benefits also include antioxidants, putting pure maple syrup into the “super food” category.

Lifesaver candy, which was made in Garrettsville, Ohio, was originally sweetened with maple sugar.

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From America to China - With Love No one is really sure how much Ohio corn, wheat, soybeans, dairy and meat products end up in China.

But it is a safe bet that more will go there this year than went there in 2012.

And more Ohio farm products will go to China in 2014 than this year.

Every year, the need for food in the world’s largest country increases as quickly as the population. That fact isn’t lost on many American farmers.

And while politicians may rale against the oppressive Chinese government, that doesn’t stop American businesses from doing what is in its best interest — to sell as much American products to China as they can. And that includes the most important American product of all — food.

American agriculture experts, including many at Ohio State University, regularly travel to China to observe their farming methods and advise the Chinese on how we do what we do.

In last month’s ACRES, one of the biggest topics covered was yield. How much of what crop was being produced per bushel per acre - and what can be

done to increase that yield.

The same holds true in China.

But according to people like retired OSU agriculture professor Dr. Allan Lines, the Chinese are still well behind American farmers in productivity.

They are just now beginning the agonizing transformation to a more corn and soybean-based agronomy.

In the past, you have to understand, economy of effort wasn’t such a big issue for a nation with an unlimited supply of cheap labor.

Cheap and frequently involuntary labor.

But the Chinese government is starting to face reality. Their endless supply of people also has an endless need for food. And China just isn’t producing enough of it to feed all its citizens. They are working to boost their yield, but they just aren’t producing more food fast enough.

Perhaps the biggest little secret of all is an even greater reason for Chinese agriculture’s need to change — the Chinese peoples’ tastes are changing. Rice may still be the staple food in China, but the nation has increasingly been “Westernized” in its cultural desires.

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more than 3,200 KFC way to China each day? No chicken fast-food restauone is sure. Dr. Lines tells rants in China today? And me that it is very difficult more than 500 Pizza Huts? to harness Ohio exports of There are more that a thou- agricultural products to sand McDonald’s in China China, since most of what and that company hopes to moves out of Ohio hit 2,000 restaurants this becomes combined with year! farm products from other The fact that images of states.

“The Colonel” are more But what we do know is prominent in Beijing and that Ohioans are sending a Shanghai lot of produce to than the the world’s late largest nation.

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ACRES looks at what So farmers in Ohio are Ohio farmers need to know exporting to China more about Chinese agriculture and more corn, chicken, and what it will mean to soybeans and other food to them in the future. How a nation not just hungry for can Ohio farmers capitalize more food, but hungry for on the growing ChineseOUR food. Animal proOhio Connection? tein.

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ate not only about Willow Brook Farm’s history, but equally so about keeping it going forward. He believes firmly the history will keep going, for generation seven, his son, Kris, 31, is working full-time on the farm, often joined by his son, Ezra, 4.

“Kris handles the mechanical end. I take care of the business end.

When it comes to planting or harvesting, we are all out in the field.” Green said.

In addition to Kris, Green has a full-time hired man to assist with the 2,000-acre farm. As with most Ohio farms, Willow Brook sustains itself with crops of corn, soybeans and wheat. Kris also raises a few head of

WAKEMAN — It’s often difficult to keep secrets in the small communities which dot Ohio’s rural areas, but for Ken Green, of Wakeman, his family has maintained “the best-kept secret” of that north central Ohio region for nearly 200 years.

“We are the best-kept secret in Wakeman. We have really good neighbors,” Green said about his Ohio Century Farm, founded in 1817. “Our neighbor’s farm was also started in 1817.”

Green, who is the sixth generation to farm his family’s Huron County Century Farm, is passion-

beef for family use. A second son, Keith, is a farrier, and Green has four grandchildren, three girls in addition to little Ezra, who likes to spend time on the farm with his dad and grandfather.

The family’s deep ties to their history is evident in the many items which have been passed down through the seven generations, including an ox yoke, which brought the family founders to Wakeman Township on July 4, 1817.

Independence Day, 1817, was the day Samuel Bristol, his wife, Eunice Sherman, and their son, Nelson, arrived in the Firelands area from Connecticut, becoming the third settlers to take

up residence in the region.

The War of 1812 had been raging on. Indians, many of whom lived in Ohio at the time, were a big part of the challenge.

“Who in their right mind would want to come here?” asked Green.

After their marriage, Eunice and Samuel Bristol rented a small farm in Connecticut until he had saved $1,200, allowing the family to move west to uncharted land made available after fires wiped out many of the Connecticut properties.

The name “Firelands” came about when the government made available the unsettled territory which became Ohio. After purchasing nearly 497 acres for almost $993, the family loaded their wagon, hitched it to a team of two oxen and, along with one horse, started out for Ohio on May 28, 1817.

They arrived July 4 in Vermilion where Eunice and Nelson resided with acquaintances for a few weeks while Samuel built a log house on the newly purchased property. The house was later replaced by a frame home nearby when Samuel learned a road was to be built from Fitchville to Lake Erie.

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acres and sowed wheat as his first crop.

When Ken Green looks out from his Fitchville River Road home, he can almost, with great certainty, spot the area along the banks of the Chappell Creek where those first early Bristol homes were erected.

Indeed, the farm’s name, Willow Brook, was taken from the clumps of willow trees which once grew thickly along the creek.

A history of Wakeman Township notes that most of the original Bristol land has been owned by their descendants, passing from generation to generation through inheritance.

Additional land was later purchased by Samuel Bristol in 1823, and it is on one lot where the first frame house was constructed.

Just prior to 1886, the house was moved by their grandson, Samuel, to make way for a new house — the one adjacent to the road where Ken Green now resides. After 1886, the “old house” was used as storage and as a chicken coop, with a corncrib added to the rear. It was finally dismantled in 1989, but even then gave up a few family secrets as a candlestick holder was found in a second story wall.

In the intervening years of 1817 to 1866, according to a family history compiled by Ken Green’s brother, Dennis,

the Bristol families accumulated considerable property as Nelson Bristol grew up and married Julia Sherman. Their son, Samuel B. Bristol and his wife, Louisa M. Gilder became the third generation.

It was this generation of Bristols who built the home on Fitchville River Road where Ken Green grew up and still lives.

The Green generations began when Samuel B. and Louisa’s daughter, Hazel, married Ezra R. Green.

That couple’s future was cemented by quite an unusual circumstance around 1910 when a group of young friends were attending a school picnic at nearby Ruggles Beach.

Hazel slipped in a hole and went beneath the waves, bobbing up and down until Ezra, described as an “ardent admirer” of Hazel, put his expert swimming skills to use and dove for her unconscious body. Then a student at Ohio State University, Ezra is said to have worked to revive Hazel for one hour, not giving up until she “was out of danger,” an action that, according to the family history, “gradually led to a deeper friendship.” They were married in 1917.

The fifth generation was created when Ezra and Hazel’s son, C. Nelson Continued on Page 8

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BY RANDA WAGNER rwagner@civitasmedia.com Do you know where the meat on your dinner table comes from?

From beef, pork and poultry producers, you might answer, and you’d be correct. But between the farm and the grocery store, animals have to be slaughtered, butchered and sometimes packaged for sale in meat-processing plants. That is where there can be big problems, say humane societies and animal rights activists.

Since 1990, states have been adopting what has been tagged “Ag-Gag’ laws: bills passed by state legislatures to prohibit undercover photographs, video and sound recordings of animals suffering abusive or cruel handling and conditions in meat processing facilities. Many of these recordings have found their way onto the internet via YouTube and other venues. What the undercover videos show is difficult for many to watch: workers using electric prods on cattle that can barely walk; workers at a major turkey farm kicking and stomping birds, some of them with open wounds and exposed flesh; chickens being twirled through the air with a rope around their neck by a worker strolling through the plant... you get the idea. Don’t forget - this is meat that makes its way to your table.

Why would anyone defend this kind of activity and endorse laws to protect it?

“Proponents of the bills claim that they are necessary to protect agricultural interests,” writes Doris Lin in her March 2012 article for About.com Guide. They say if animal cruelty or any illegal activity is taking place at a facility, the employees can notify authorities.

“There are several problems with this argument,” Lin maintains. “Notifying authorities and waiting for authorities to get

AG-Gag controversy continues but doesn’t stop proponents either a warrant or permission to enter the premises gives the wrongdoers a chance to cover up the problem. Cruel practices that are illegal will likely not be reported or exposed. Also, employees won’t report themselves to authorities and might be hesitant to report their co-workers and supervisors.”

Aren’t there folks out there who inspect meat processing plants regularly, you might ask?

Due to limited funding, regulators are only able to inspect a small percentage of the food we consume. I recall having lunch with a group of friends recently, and the discussion came around to food quality. A new acquaintance in the group said he worked for a meat processing plant years ago, and his job for several months was to stamp each beef carcass that passed by on the hanging conveyer with the purple-inked USDA Quality Inspection Stamp.

“You mean, they didn’t really inspect the meat?” asked ‘naive’ me, which prompted an outburst of laughter at the table. No, he admitted, they did not inspect the meat.

Last year, activist group Compassion Over Killing released disturbing video footage from a National School Lunch Program supplier, Central Valley Meat, said M. Joy Hayes, Ph.D., in a

February 14, 2013 article for The Motley Fool.

“It shows cows, before slaughter, covered in feces, writhing on the ground in blood, and projectile-vomiting from the stress of being repeatedly struck by a bolt gun (a weapon that pierces the skull to stun or “euthanize” the animals),” Hayes said. “Before the footage was released, Central Valley Meat also served as a supplier for McDonald’s and Costco.

Both have since cut ties with the company.”

Hayes recalled how an undercover investigation led by the Humane Society led to the largest beef recall in history — removing meat that may have been tainted with mad cow disease from school cafeterias around the country.

The 2008 massive beef recall came about, she said, from a Humane Society undercover investigation that provided a video of “downer” cows — animals too weak or sick to walk — being dragged to slaughter at Hallmark Meat, a supplier to the National School Lunch Program.

This led to a recall because a cow’s inability to stand or walk is a possible indicator of mad cow disease.

Farm groups claim they are appalled by animal cruelty, but that the exposés by animal rights groups are not the best way to solve the problem.

The “ag-gag” laws, Hayes

explained, are designed to prevent anyone other than regulators or law enforcement officers from investigating dangerous or illegal agricultural practices that lead to mad cow disease, salmonella or Listeria poisoning, and other food-borne illnesses, Kansas was the first state to enact an ag-gag law, in 1990.

Montana and North Dakota followed in 1991. Iowa and Utah have signed on as well.

The law passed in Iowa in 2012 just a few months after an ABC News report with an undercover video made by an investigator for Mercy for Animals who worked at a large egg factory in Iowa. The report led to new procedures at the egg factory, but the investigator would not be able to do now what he did then, under the new law.

Ag-gag laws have been proposed by politicians in Arkansas, Indiana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, and Wyoming.

Legislation may be introduced in Minnesota, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

In Utah last year, lawmakers referred to the animal welfare groups as “terrorists” and the enemy of farmers.

“This is about a group of people that want to put us out of business, make no mistake about it,” said Utah state Rep. Mike Noel.

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The state laws are part of a campaign by lobbyists for the agriculture industry to put an end to the undercover videos they say have cast a harsh light on the operations of large-scale farms.

Because of these new laws, animal rights activists have stopped undercover camera investigations into animal cruelty in states where it is prohibited. This leaves no one but a few regulators spread too thinly to look into allegations that come up in thus states.

How an animal is processed and handled directly affects the meats you buy as a consumer.

Aside from human health and animal cruelty issues, other issues arise.

“These bills are troubling not only to animal protection activists, but also to those concerned with food safety, labor issues, free speech, and freedom of the press,” said Lin in her article. “The bills would apply equally to journalists, activists and employees. By prohibiting any type of undercover recordings, a farm’s own employees would be prohibited from attempting to record food safety violations, labor violations, sexual harassment incidents or other illegal activity.”

First Amendment concerns were raised, she said, because the Minnesota bill would have prohibited the broadcast of undercover videos, and the Florida bill originally prohibited any unauthorized photos or videos of a farm, including those shot from a public street.

“Agribusiness interests, rather than trying to prevent cruelty to animals, are trying to prevent the public from seeing what’s going on factory farms in the United States,” Wayne Pacelle, CEO and president of the Humane Society of the United States, told ABC News. “You will never stop the abuse if you shut the cameras down.”

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BY JANE BEATHARD Staff Writer At more than 100 years old, the London State Fish Hatchery is thriving on a colorful past and looking to a bright future.

The oldest of Ohio’s six state fish hatcheries is slated for an upgrade, beginning in the spring of 2014.

A $2.1 million project to improve electrical service, install back-up generators and add alarm systems to monitor dissolved oxygen in the water is proposed in the state’s new biennial budget, according to Scott Hale of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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ODNR’s engineering division is working through pre-construction details, Hale said.

Improvements are welcome at 83-acre London facility that currently produces both rainbow and brown trout, as well as muskellunge (muskies), for stocking in Ohio’s public waters.

Historically, its natural cold springs and the presence of Oak Run Creek made it an attractive site for growing fish. But, the property had other uses in the early 1800s.

It was once the site of a distillery and a grist mill.

Settled in 1812 by John and George Sutherland, it was acquired by Jacob

Garrard in 1823, according to a history compiled in 1978.

ODNR’s predecessor, the Ohio Fish & Game Commission, obtained the hatchery’s original 7.8 acres in 1896 from a Garrard descendant.

George Morcher was hired as the first superintendent in 1898 and held the job for the next 39 years.

In those days, the “fish farm” (as it was called) produced large and smallmouth bass, crappies, rock bass, bluegills and marble catfish for stocking in central Ohio waters. A sanctuary for birds and a wildlife display drew visitors who often picnicked on the

grounds. The neighboring Roberts family held annual reunions on the grounds.

Widespread drought in the early 1930s reduced the hatchery’s natural water supply and forced the facility to close in 1940.

ODNR reopened the facility 20 years later and began restoring drains, dikes and ponds in order to raise muskies on a limited basis.

Inmate laborers from the adjacent London Correctional Institution reconstructed ponds and installed a new drainage system in 1962.

Abundant supplies of cold spring and sub-surface water made the hatchery ideal for growing coho

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In 1969, ODNR began an ambitious improvement project. New buildings, including a new home for the superintendent, went up. A new dam with flood gates spanned Oak Run Creek.

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Until recently, the hatchery raised trout from its own brood stock.

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Brown trout eggs come from a federal hatchery in Wyoming and are grown to stockable size at London.

Muskie eggs are collected from female fish in state reservoirs in April, hatched and reared at London, then stocked in public lakes and reservoirs in September.

Forage minnows to feed the growing muskies are also grown at London.

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We are having some bad weather The darkness of the early morning is leaving and daylight is appearing. We are being greeted by a world of white. It has been snowing all night and several inches are covering the ground. Snowflakes are still coming down very thick. I love to watch it snow. So many snowflakes and our wonderful God created each one. We are also having wind along with the snow. After a rainy week in January we are happy to see snow again. The children are looking forward to some more sledding. Warm weather and rain we had this week probably ruined the lake for ice fishing. My husband Joe and sons Benjamin and Joseph along with Timothy and Susan’s friend Mose spent last Saturday ice fishing.

They had two ice fishing shacks with a propane heater in each one so they stayed quite warm. They didn’t have too much luck with getting fish but they still enjoyed the day. Tomorrow several of our children have doctor’s appointments at the children’s hospital two hours away. I hope and pray that we will get back from there safely. Our friend Irene usually takes us and

she is a safe driver but accidents can still happen.

I think a lot more about accidents since the tragedy that took the life of two of my cousins two weeks ago. Joe will take off work to go with us which I am glad for. Days like that can be more stressful than being at home working.

We always like to start out three hours ahead of our appointment time so that we can get there on time. You never know when you get delayed in the traffic. Because of the weather we will be leaving at 6:30 a.m. so it will take most of the day.

Last week Joe and I attended the funeral of Joe’s cousin Willis’ wife Irene.

She had a battle with cancer. Such a dreadful disease. Our sympathy and prayers go to the family. Their house will seem empty without a mother in it.

God had all of this happen for a reason. In less than three weeks three of our cousins all around the same age were taken from this earth. Our hearts ache for all of the families left to mourn. The only comfort we can have is knowing that God makes no mistakes.

Yesterday I was finally able to do our laundry for this week. It had amounted to quite a bit.

Monday I couldn’t start the motor on the washing machine. The children were home from school all day due to icy roads.

Verena went along with Susan to her baby-sitting job. She enjoys the little children. Benjamin was helping me fill the machine with water and gathering all the dirty laundry. But nothing we did would make that motor start. When my husband Joe came home he tried different things and couldn’t get it to start. We took the motor to get it looked at but it is 17 years old so we don’t know if it is fixable. We bought another motor and Joe hooked it to the washing machine. It was such a relief to finally get all that dirty laundry washed.

Susan was working so I ended up doing the job myself. I didn’t hear Benjamin complain that he didn’t get to help since he was at school yesterday. That motor worked really well so I got a lot of washings done with it.

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UPSIDE DOWN PIZZA 1 pound hamburger or sausage Small onion, diced 1 medium green pepper 1 pint pizza sauce 2 cups cheese 1 cup flour 2 eggs 1 cup m ilk 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon salt Brown meat with green pepper and onion. Add pizza sauce. Put in a 9 by 13 inch pan. Sprinkle cheese on top. Mix flour, eggs, milk, oil, and salt. Pour over and bake uncover at 425 for 25-30 minutes until browned.

Readers with culinary or cultural questions or to share recipes write Lovina at: Lovina Eicher, c/o Oasis Newsfeatures, P.O. Box 157, Middletown, OH 45042. To learn more about Amish culture and the Amish Cook column and to sign up for the twice weekly newsletter, visit www.amishcookonline.com or “The Amish Cook Fan Page” on Facebook.

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Springtime means time for planting

By CARLETA WEYRICH cweyrich@civitasmedia.com The race is on to get the new U.S. crop in the ground. Seed companies are geared up to serve farmers in Ohio with the latest in seed varieties and technologies.

Roger Rhonemus has his inputs ready and is poised to start planting come April 1. Rhonemus and his sons, Luke and Jacob, plant 1,500 acres of grain and harvest 400 to 500 acres of hay, primarily on Adams County, Ohio farmland.

Rhonemus had bought 90 percent of his fertilizer by the end of January, and most of his chemicals were purchased in December.

“That was a savings - the cost of glyphosate (a herbicide) went up 30 percent since then,” Rhonemus said. “The price of fertilizer went up, too.”

In mid-February, Rhonemus was finetuning his 2013 seed order with Client Success Partner Jerrode Jones with Bio Gene Seeds. Rhonemus has used Bio Gene’s seed for 15 years and has been a loyal customer for the past dozen years. He has been a client of Jones for six years.

“Their seed has done well here,” said Rhonemus. “We have a different type of soil - it’s a shallow soil. Typically our corn yields about 150 bushels per acre. With the drought and high temperatures we had 55 to 200 bushels an acre in various fields last year. Including double cropped, the soybean yields ranged from the low 20s to 60 bushels an acre, depending on when it was planted. We usually average 50.”

Some characteristics Rhonemus looks for in seed are rate of maturity, disease resistance, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, and he plants GMO (genetically modified) seed. He plants mostly full season corn and beans as long as there is moisture in the soil, however, about 20 percent of his beans are mid-season so the wheat can go in early.

Rhonemus likes to rotate his crops and

will generally plant 50-50 soybeans and corn. What crop goes into each field depends on the rotation.

“Definitely no beans after beans to prevent washes,” he said. “Corn after corn is o.k., but it can lead to disease problems.”

This year he will be adding to his crop ground a farm that has been down in grass for 40 years. He plans to no-till plant.

“I don’t like to use diesel fuel any more than I have to with the price over $4 a gallon,” Rhonemus said.

He also has the practice of putting other ground down in hay when something comes out of grass and is cropped.

“One thing I’ve learned is don’t do what everybody else does. I do what works for me.”

Hay is a favorite crop for Rhonemus. He likes to make square bales, although sometimes round bales are better when he needs to get in and get out of the field more quickly. About 40 percent of his hay is timothy-clover, 40 percent an alfalfa mix, and the rest mixed grass. He doesn’t like straight alfalfa because the leaves so easily drop off.

To make a nice, softer hay, he mixes the alfalfa with orchard grass. He also custom bales at neighboring farms.

“If my barn is full of hay in the fall, I know I will have enough money to get through the winter,” he said.

Overall Rhonemus was looking at seed varieties that are tolerant to drought and high temperatures. In the 2012 growing season, he and Jones agreed that the high temperatures were more destructive to the growing crop than the drought. The temperatures soared when many plants were pollinating and developing their “fruit,” which died in the heat.

“I had one field of corn, the foliage looked great, but there was nothing there,” said Rhonemus.

The 2010 growing season was a wet year, but the shortage of rainfall in the area has been an issue for two years, according to Jones, so seed buyers have steered

toward the drought tolerant varieties.

“Some of the current hot hybrids for 2013 are BG 850V3 RIB, BG 831V2 RIB, BG 80W10 RIB, and BG 79W10 RIB,” Jones said. “Hot soybean varieties are BG 7384, BG 7421, and BG 7441. They are just some of the top performing varieties from the new class of Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans.”

Bio Gene Seeds is a family owned business based out of Sardinia in Brown County, Ohio. Bio Gene currently sells seed in 18 states; with a large focus on Southwest and South Central Ohio. Bio Gene’s main goal is to partner with their customers in order to yield for their customers the highest net profit possible. Another goal is to place the best performing product for each specific field for all of their customers.

Other seed companies are geared up for 2013 with the dry conditions of the past two years weighing heavily on their minds.

Matt Cosler works for Master Feed Mill, based in Wilmington, Ohio, which is an independent sales representative for DuPont Pioneer. They also sell chemicals, fertilizer and agricultural services, making them a full service agricultural inputs supplier. Master Feed Mill services Clinton, Warren, Greene, Fayette and Highland counties in southwest Ohio.

“Recently, DuPont Pioneer has brought Optimum AQUAmax products to market,” Cosler said. “These corn hybrids are drought tolerant - and considering the growing conditions we faced last year, drought tolerance is on everyone’s mind.

Also new insect and herbicide traits, as well as refuge management tools, are changing the way growers make seed purchasing decisions. DuPont Pioneer’s OptimumAcreMax integrated refuge allows growers to plant traited corn and protect against insect pressure without the worry and added management of planting separate refuge.”

According to Ric Bessin, Extension Entomologist, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, the EPA regulates

resistance management policies to be used by commercial corn producers when using Bt (Bio-tech) corn seed. Initially, Bt-corn technologies required the use of a structured refuge (planted in non-Bt corn) to delay the development of pest resistance to the Bt toxins. However, some newly approved Bt corn technologies offer other resistance management strategies. These include the standard 20 percent structured refuge, a reduced five percent structured refuge, and refuge in the bag (a blend of Bt and non-Bt corn).

“Popular soybean varieties will continue to be those that consistently yield well without sacrificing agronomic traits such as disease and other stress resistance,” Cosler added. “New management tactics, such as applying seed treatment where it was previously thought to be unnecessary has allowed growers to push soybeans to the next level. Again, drought tolerance and moisture management will be popular with growers in 2013.

“Volatile markets will weigh heavily on the minds of growers in 2013,” said Cosler.

“Everyone seems to be hanging in limbo about the direction of commodity markets today, and the weather will be a major player in what happens. If the United States plants a large corn crop and has a great production year, markets seem to be likely to fall. But, if weather causes planting delays, and if the drought from 2012 continues into 2013, growers may see the highest markets in history.”

Beyond the spring planting season, some farmers already are planning ahead to this fall. Rhonemus is looking forward to trying out a cover crop for over the winter.

It will really aid in conserving soil moisture in his fields for the following year, he said . As part of his marketing strategy, he has forward contracted some beans. After he did, the fall price dropped 45 cents because the crop in Brazil looks good. He plans to sell his crops locally at Winchester Ag Service andTrupointe in Georgetown.

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Green, married Ella Mae K. Read. They became parents of four children, Dennis, Dan, Diane and Ken Green. Today, Ken lives on the family farm, which has expanded considerably from its nearly two century-old roots. He credits his brother, Dennis, with “doing all the work” to get the farm certified as a Century Farm.

As a result, Dennis put together the family history, which features each of the Bristol/Green generations complete with lots of photographs both of the people and the many historical objects which the family has retained.

In 2012, Ken and his older brother, Dan, returned to their original roots in Woodbury, Conn., even meeting the family which now occupies the ancestral home of their great-great-great-grand-

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mother, Eunice Sherman Bristol, and attending a Bristol family reunion.

The pride which Ken Green takes in his family’s heritage is obvious through his “hobby” — restoring the family carriages, which have been kept for so many generations. Four of those have been accurately restored, with much of the work done by the Amish.

The family enjoys dressing up in period costumes and participating in nearby parades, having trained a horse to pull the carriage.

“You can tell it is meaningful to people when we reintroduce our heritage,” Green said.

He also focuses on keeping the family heritage going.

“I love to improve the land,” he said. “To be successful, you have to be efficient. I am a big advocate of subsurface drainage. I also like a good freeze. It helps us fix the mistakes of fall. There are a lot of benefits to a good freeze. It not only kills off bugs, but allows us to work on the land, clearing fence rows and so forth.”

Green has a plan for his own future. He wants to build himself a onestory cabin on the west bank of Chappell Creek so that his son, Kris, and family can move into the family farmhouse.

With all five previous generations of his family buried in the nearby local cemetery where his daughter-in-law is the caretaker, Green, who is not yet ready to quit, has yet another goal — to continue “to instill our heritage in my family” with the hopes that Willow Creek will be in the Green family for decades to come

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Monday, March 4, 2013

A closer look:

BY DUSTIN ENSINGER densinger@civitasmedia.com A nuisance to most, the honey bee is nevertheless a crucial part of nature's ecosystem.

One of every three mouthfuls of the typical diet directly or indirectly benefit from honey bee pollination.

It's no wonder then farmers, beekeepers, researchers and others are concerned about the sudden and unexpected loss of entire colonies.

The phenomenon, known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), has so far been observed in 22 states, including Ohio.

The cause remains unknown.

“It's rather unexplained,” said Barbara Bloetscher, Ohio's apiarist.

“Most of the bees in the colony just leave.”

Unexplained colony losses have happen in the past. But Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) drew

greater attention in the wake of beekeepers across the country reporting 30 percent to 90 percent losses of their colonies in 2006.

In most cases, the the queen remained in the hive along with immature bees. However, no adult honey bees remain, and there are no dead bodies.

“They are just gone,” Bloetscher said. “They're not dead.”

While there is no clearcut explanation for the sudden hives losses, most researchers believe it is the result of a myriad of factors, including varroa and tracheal mites, poor nutrition and exposure to pesticides.

“It just seems like the bees are able to deal with some of it but they can't deal with all of it,” Bloetscher said.

The extent of the problem is also unclear.

Because researchers rely on the self reporting of beekeepers there is no way

to know if the problem is over reported or under reported, according to Reed Johnson, an assistant professor of entomology at Ohio State University.

“What's not in question is that beekeepers have been losing bees,” he said.

Delaware County beekeeper George Taylor, owner of Waldo Ohio Apiaries, said his 800 hives have not been affected by CCD. While he has lost some bees, he chalks that up to nature.

“You have to accept that some of them are going to disappear,” he said. “It's just a regular thing with me.”

But Barry Conrad, treasurer of the Central Ohio Beekeepers Association, said he has heard from area beekeepers that believe their hives have been stricken from

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“It's just in its infancy now and we hope we can keep it there for now,” he said.

If not, America's agricultural industry could suffer. Pollination is responsible for $15 billion in added crop value each year, according to the Center for Disease Control.

Honey bees do the job better than most insects.

"Lots of insects pollinate, but they don't pollinate with the efficiency of the honey bee,” Conrad said.

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Nuisance wildlife trappers face new regulations

BY JANE BEATHARD jbeathard@civitasmedia.com Ohio’s 800 nuisance wildlife trappers face new regulations, which will go into effect March 27.

House Bill 420 passed the general assembly in January and with it came 12 pages of proposed rules that define “nuisance wild animals” and who is allowed to charge a fee to control the bothersome critters.

At the same time, it gives licensed operators greater leeway in dealing with unwanted raccoons, opossums, bats, coyotes, squirrels, geese and similar wildlife.

Ken Fitz, law enforcement administrator for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife Division, said the state’s pest control industry wanted change.

“The old nuisance control laws were developed many years ago and times have changed,” Fitz said.

“What was once handled mostly by local trappers as a side business has become a huge industry.”

Gov. John Kasich’s Common Sense Initiative (CSI) promoted the

new law as part of its effort to streamline state government, eliminate redundant regulations and make it easier to do business in Ohio.

In many ways, the new rules are more lenient than previous laws governing the eradication of nuisance wildlife.

“Changes will help ensure the industry is held to professional standards of performance, while at the same time ensuring the affected wild animals are properly managed… Many species of nuisance wild animals are totally protected or strictly regulated.

“This proposed rule allows them to be removed under guidelines when becoming a problem and causing damage,” the CSI website says.

The proposed rules were developed by DNR in conjunction with pest management organizations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Ohio State Trappers Association, Fitz told state wildlife council members on Feb. 6.

DNR Director Jim Zehringer signed off on the proposed rules on

Jan. 24. Public comments were accepted until Feb. 14.

They mandate state training and certification for operators, ending informal nuisance trapping by friends and neighbors.

Anyone who charges a fee for removing a pesky raccoon, squirrel, bat, opossum or other wildlife must complete a DNR training course and be licensed by the state. Pest control businesses will be responsible for the actions of their employees.

At the same time, licensed operators are permitted to use slightly larger (about 1 inch) traps than currently allowed under Ohio wildlife law.

Spring-assisted snares and suppressed guns are also allowed, as are some toxic chemicals. Those chemicals must comply with Ohio Department of Agriculture regulations, Fitz said.

Landowners may continue to control nuisance animals on their own property without certification.

However, they will not have the options for removal that certified operators use — specifically the

larger traps, suppressed guns and spring-assisted snares.

The DNR will charge a modest fee for the training coursework and $40 for the license. Online and home study will be available in order to speed up the certification process.

Captured animals must be handled in species-specific ways. “(Rules) define which animals must be euthanized, which must be released and which there is an option to euthanize or release,” Fitz said.

He provided some examples: raccoons must be euthanized, not moved; squirrels may be euthanized or moved; bats must be moved and released.

Biologists weighed in on control measures for bats since populations of these environmentally important creatures are declining.

Failure to comply with the new rules could result in a fourth-degree misdemeanor charge. Maximum penalty for conviction is a $250 fine and 30 days in jail, as well as loss of license.

Study: Asian carp DNA

BY JOHN FLESHER

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Live Asian carp don’t necessarily have to be present for their DNA to turn up in the environment, according to a government study released Wednesday that could intensify the debate over how to prevent the aggressive, hungry invaders from reaching the Great Lakes and other vulnerable waters.

DNA is found in excrement, slime and scales from live fish. But the report by three federal agencies identifies six other possible means through which genetic fingerprints from bighead and silver carp could find their way into locations such as the Chicago waterway system and western Lake Erie, where it has been detected in dozens of samples taken in recent years.

Those potential path-

ways include storm sewers, fisheries sampling gear, fish-eating birds, dead fish carcasses, barges and sediments, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a statement accompanying the report. It said carp DNA attached to any of those sources could remain for days before disintegrating.

Scientists with the corps, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey are conducting a three-year study designed to answer questions raised by the repeated discovery of Asian carp DNA in rivers and canals in the Chicago area — including locations beyond an electric barrier intended to block the carp’s northward march toward Lake Michigan.

“The purpose … is to improve the understanding and interpretation of Asian carp environmental DNA

results, so we can refine and make this relatively young monitoring tool the most effective to detect live Asian carp presence,” said Kelly Baerwaldt, an Army corps fisheries biologist and Asian carp program manager.

Additional reports are planned as the study continues.

Bighead and silver carp escaped into the Mississippi River from sewage treatment ponds and fish farms in the Deep South decades ago and have migrated northward, invading numerous tributary rivers. The filter feeders gobble massive volumes of plankton — microscopic plants and animals crucial to aquatic food webs.

Scientists say if allowed to infest the Great Lakes, the carp eventually could crowd out native species, endangering the region’s $7 billion fishing industry.

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NW Ohio leaders say flood work will help economy FINDLAY (AP) — Community leaders in northwest Ohio think completion of flood-control work for the Blanchard River will be a big boost to the area's economic development.

Government and business development officials say a completed floodcontrol plan will spur even more investment in the community that has been hit hard by flooding in recent years.

Flood prevention has become a top priority along the river, especially since the 2007 flooding that caused millions of dollars in damage in Findlay and Ottawa.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has presented tentative ideas that it says would not eliminate flooding but could decrease floodwater levels by three feet in Findlay during the worst flooding.

Federal officials said in December that flood control for the river could cost up to $150 million or more and have been seeking public comment on the ideas. Funding for finishing the study to come up with a plan continues to be a primary concern and remains uncertain, according to the Corps.

Local officials are confident that a federallybacked food control plan

will happen.

Findlay Mayor Lydia Mihalik said that she believes the day will come when rain won't cause anxiety in the area, The Courier reported.

"We will be a community that no longer fears the rain," she said.

"Because of that, our economy will boom. I see us as being the benefactor of great investment now and better investment in the future."

Hancock County Commissioner Phil Riegle said he foresees far more businesses relocating to downtown Findlay once flood-control work is done, and more green

space being created along the north side of the Blanchard River. FindlayHancock County Alliance President John Haywood said he expects to see more people living downtown.

All three leaders say they are encouraged by the expansion of existing businesses and believe that expansion shows the commitment those corporations have to the community amid an improving economy.

"We have a good economic and business environment here. I think that makes it easier to invest here than other places," Riegle said. .

2013’s National FFA theme is ‘Grow’

BY RACHEL GARRISON “To grow strong and serve the people, We are FFA. The more we know, the more we Grow…We grow and we do it together. We Grow!”

This year’s National FFA theme is “Grow” and at national convention in Indianapolis, with 50,000 blue coats, the National FFA officer team blasted this song on the mega screen.

The quote is a few select lines from the 2012 National FFA theme video.

The national officers perform every year to start off each session showing this video right before the opening ceremonies. The officers step

out to be introduced while the mega screen is prepared for the opening session reflections.

Once the officers had been introduced a presentation was played.

The presentation displayed the following statistics: the number of FFA degrees awarded, the number of National FFA scholarships given, the number of participants in career development events, the total number of FFA members, the total number of chapters, the amount of money raised by the foundation, the number of total media users, and the population growth in correlation to the agriculture growth.

These numbers were presented

from the beginning of FFA to show just how much the FFA has grown over the last 85 years.

The presentation posed questions such as, “Did I Grow today?” and “Who did I inspire to Grow?”

The presentation closes with “We Can…We Must…Grow Ourselves, FFA, and Agriculture.”

For everyone at the first session the challenge had been given, how could we, as individual members, help the FFA, on a national, state, chapter, and individual level.

Rachel Garrison is the MadisonPlains FFA reporter.

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Soy Checkoff welcomes applications ST. LOUIS — This summer, 10 U.S. soybean farmers from across the country will get the chance to see how the United Soybean Board (USB) puts their soy checkoff investment to use. To find out who those 10 farmers will be, the national soy checkoff has begun accepting applications for its sixth annual See for Yourself program.

See For Yourself offers farmers the chance to see the checkoff in action and evaluate a wide range of checkoff activities.

The 2013 See for Yourself session will take place July 21–27.

The soy checkoff invites all soybean farmers from around the country to visit USB’s website and apply. The application deadline is April 1.

“See for Yourself is truly exceptional,” said David Hartke, chair of the USB Audit and Evaluation committee, which sponsors See for Yourself. “Farmer-participants have the chance to see the activities of their checkoff up close, and draw their own conclusions at the same time.

It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Selected farmer-participants will visit several sites that demonstrate the soy checkoff’s efforts to improve the value of U.S. soy meal and oil; ensure soybean farmers and their customers have the freedom and infrastructure to operate; and meet the needs of U.S. soy customers.

Participants will first meet in St. Louis, headquarters of USB, to receive an overview of the organization and see how the checkoff works on behalf of soybean farmers domestically. The group will then travel to a location abroad to learn about the demand for U.S. soy internationally and to see some of the many uses for soy.

Examples of what participants might see include the use of biodiesel at a major airport, the importance of soy to animal agriculture and the use of soy by the food industry.

USB will cover all travel, lodging and meal expenses.

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Beetles, borers, and other nuisances

BY BECKY BROOKS bbrooks@civitasmedia.com

GIBSONBURG When Kathy Smith, the Ohio State University Extension Forestry Program director, spoke at the annual Northern Ohio Crop Day in February, it was no surprise that she was discussing the Emerald Ash Bore while updating a full house at Ol’ Zims.

While talking about woodlot management, Smith admitted that the newest invasive pest in Ohio scared her.

That bug is the Asian Longhorn Beetle.

Like other aspects of agriculture, woodlots can be looked upon as a crop area for development, and like a field it needs care, she reported.

A forest highlights sheet shows that Ohio’s forests have doubled in area since the 1943 inventory. There are 8.1 million acres covering nearly one-third of the state. Of that, family-forest owners hold 5.8 million acres or 73 percent of the state’s forest land.

There are approximately 340,000 private owners of forest land and Ohio’s forest products industry contributes $22.4 billion to the state’s economy, according to data from a U.S. Forest Service report.

Smith shared all those facts with farmers attending the annual Crop Day event.

She also shared the history of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) — which is now a wellknown pest in the state.

Smith said EAB is not the first blight to hit the state. In 1904, Ohio was hit by the chestnut blight and at the time 50 percent of the state’s forests were chestnut. Then in 1987, the state was invaded by Gypsy Moths, she said. “It’s become very slow moving,� she added. “We’ve dealt with things before,� she shared, noting the forests have sprung back.

When the EAB invaded Ohio, Ash was 12 per-

The Asian Longhorn Beetle has been found in one county in Ohio and several states. Forestry officials are concerned this pest could spread and do more damage than the Emerald Ash Borer. (Contributed photograph)

EAB larvae: EAB larvae are flat, legless, heavily fragmented, creamy white, and reach 1 inch in length when fully mature.

cent of Ohio’s forest canopy. Initially, counties in Ohio were quarantined to keep infested wood from moving county to county. Today, EAB is a statewide issue – although the pest has not been identified in all counties, Smith reported.

The forestry expert told farmers it is time to walk their woods and determine how they want to manage it – plus also determine what their own goal is for the woodlot.

Are they interested in lumbering, wildlife, privacy, farm history or hunting. “You need to be famil-

iar with your woods,� she stressed.

If a pest like the EAB hits a woods and no action is taken, a woodlot owner could lose a whole grove if it has a heavy concentration of ash, she pointed out.

If they know the size of their trees and what the canopy includes, even with ash — fast action can result in some large — 12 inches in diameter or larger — infested trees being harvested.

After ash trees are dead, a woodlot owner has up to a year to remove that tree for harvesting, she added.

Smith also advised that if there are ash trees dead from an EAB infestation – large chunks of the tree will fall off.

She said farmers should consider this when talking with anyone hunting on their lands and in woodlots.

As ash trees are removed it can allow smaller trees room to grow or Ash can be replaced by new types of tree resistant to EAB, she added as a positive point to managing your canopy.

After her talk at Crop Days, Smith said she is concerned that farmers may use the damage caused by the Emerald Ash Borer as a reason to clear woodlots, which she said would be a detriment to the state.

She commented that

many woods, especially in Northern Ohio – where she was speaking last month include wetland areas and wetland areas have very specific federal regulations. Those restrictions are available from the the Farm Services Agency.

Smith said woodlot owners should understand trees are a crop and proper thinning – EAB or not – increases the value of their lot when they focus on growing trees such as oaks, walnut and maple.

For optimum production in a woodlot, the area should be thinned 20 to 25 percent – but due to the Emerald Ash Borer a whole area can be wiped out if not handled properly. “Five years ago, we did not spend enough time

on invasive species control,� Smith advised.

She said it is not only pests that are invading woodlots in Ohio, but also plants which can strangle young trees and native plants.

While Ohio is still dealing with the Emerald Ash Borer, Smith said the a worse bug is on the horizon ,and it could be devastating for more than one type of tree – including Ohio’s big money making tree stocks The Asian Longhorn Beetle loves maple trees, she told her audience in Gibsonburg.

What is worse – it infests 13 different species of trees, she added.

Smith said that so far the ALB has been detected in only one Ohio county — Clermont — and it is now quarantined. The beetle was discovered there in Ohio in 2011. “Will it get here?� she said about northern Ohio, “We hope not.�

Smith said a couple other states that are battling the Asian Longhorn Beetle have found success in stopping it.

There have been efforts to do direct injection treatments into trees where the ALB has been found, but she commented that while it may delay the spread of the beetle it has not been overly effective.

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BY ZACHARY GRIMM Knox County Citizen

and grow naturally on the grass pastures, being healthier at the same time. When the animals The story of the are raised this way, the Rickard Family’s farm, Fox Rickards believe the cusHollow Farm, begins not tomer then gets a prodin Knox County, but in uct—be it pork, chicken, New Jersey. or beef—which is a There, Bruce and Lisa healthier choice all Rickard met. Having around. always wanted to be a While not yet certified farmer, Bruce relocated an organic operation, Lisa with Lisa to Columbus 26 points out that their famiyears ago with only eight ly “does follow organic lambs, but plenty of ideas. principles.” They raise It was on Gilmore Road chickens for the purpose that they found Fox of meat rather than just Hollow Farm, aptly named eggs, and make a conby the locals in the valley scious effort not to raise where the Rickard hometheir larger livestock stead would come to be. using hormones, and The Rickards admittedrarely introducing antibily didn’t know a whole lot otics into their systems. about farming when they Those healthier livestock came to Fox Hollow Farm, then go to Dee-Jays in but they soon discovered Fredericktown and are that a process in which also sold to local restaubasically everything on the rants. farm ties into everything Lisa, Bruce and Jesse else was a lucrative and Rickard take a lot of pride natural way to go. Their in the ways they’ve sucmain grass-growing praccessfully built both their tice thrives on the idea of homestead and their busiintensive grazing, which, ness.

Lisa says, “maximizes grass “We don’t feel as production.” One way this though there are a lot of is evident is their process small family farms like of allowing their grazing says Bruce.

In their ours,” animals to feed on one eyes, not many other strip of pasture at a time. farms the size of theirs As son Jesse explains, partake in much direct doing so allows the pasture marketing, which the which was just foraged to Rickards are very much in grow back fuller and with favor of. more and stronger nutri“We felt like we needents in the new plants. If ed to focus on direct marall the animals are foragketing, that way we could ing on the same piece of control the prices of our pasture, the quality and products.” quantity of viable food is When direct marketgoing to be much lower ing is the core value, the than if they are moved Rickard family believes periodically. that, since everything is In turn, their 70 head grown together and sold of cattle and 275 head of together, “there is more of sheep, are allowed to live a choice for consumers.”

In addition, the family feels as though their intensive grazing method is not common, thus perhaps giving them an edge.

“We do what we do to help our community. Our business is something we Freshly-shorn sheep live consider a community inside their enclosure dur- service,” Lisa adds. ing the colder months.

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community service, a business should surely market both its products and its name. The Rickards have done this very well, having a Facebook page and a very successful online avenue for people to order their grass-fed products direct from their website. Lisa,

Bruce and Jesse attribute much of the success of the “more high-tech” portion of their business to their online order form.

They participate in the Mount Vernon Farmers Market and the Local Roots Market in Wooster.

They also participate in the Harvest at the

Woodward, also in Mount Vernon. The Rickard family spends a good deal of time putting a true face to their farm’s name by having been a stop on previous Heart of Ohio Tours.

When they want to go beyond what they can do in Knox County to market their products, they have gone to the OEFFA (Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association) Conference. There, Jesse and farm co-worker Chelsea learn about new ideas to try at Fox Hollow Farm and Bruce and Lisa are able to teach a workshop or two, as well as meet old friends and perhaps get new ideas as well.

Perhaps the two most surprising and interesting things the Rickard Family does to actively be a part of the community they so willingly serve are their yearly Open Farm Days, a

time in the spring when the family opens Fox Hollow Farm to the public for a few days so the public can see and learn what the family is doing to raise their healthy, grass-fed products.

Secondly, Lisa and Bruce work closely and often with Kenyon College, allowing interested students to participate in an extended on-site experience with the Rickard family, helping them with the day-to-day tasks of a grass farm while learning the importance and benefits of such an operation.

For more information about Fox Hollow Farm from Bruce, Lisa or Jesse Rickard, email them at farm@foxhollowfarmnaturally.com, call (740)6948528, visit their website at foxhollowfarmnaturally.co m, or look for their Facebook page, Fox Hollow Farm Naturally.

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The Rickard Family “Egg Mobile.” Housing the 200 laying hens for the egg business of Fox Hollow Farm, the structure was painted specially by students at Kenyon College, which also allows their interested students to intern on the Rickard family farm, giving the young men and women first-hand experience of an operation which follows the principles of organic farming methods.

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MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION PREVENTION TRAINING WOOSTER — Ohio State University’s Fruit and Vegetable Safety Team will hold grower workshops in Zanesville and Newark on March 11. The topic of both programs is preventing microbial contamination on fruit and vegetable farms, including the use of Good Agricultural Practices, or GAPs. Speaking will be specialists from Ohio State University Extension, the outreach arm of Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

The times and locations: 1-4 p.m. in OSU University Extension’s Muskingum County office, 225 Underwood St., Zanesville.6-9 p.m. in Hopewell Hall, Room 53, on Ohio State’s Newark campus, 1189 University Drive, Newark.

Participants will receive a resource workbook, paper handouts and a certificate of participation as verification for their customers that they have received GAPs training.

The workshops don’t provide formal certification in GAPs, however. That instead requires a farm audit conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or a third-party company.

“Not all farms are required to be GAPs-certified by a third-party audit,” said Ashley Kulhanek, an OSU Extension educator in Medina County and a member of the team.

“Many small farms will be exempt from federal regulations requiring audits, but customers of small farms or managers of farmers markets may have some expectations for farmers to have been trained in GAPs or to have some food safety measures in place, if not fully audited.

“GAPS training in general can benefit growers by increasing their competitiveness in the marketplace by showing their efforts to cut the risk of food-borne illness.”

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Kathy Smith, OSU Extension Program Director for Forestry, recently traveled to Gibsonburg for Northern Ohio Crop Day to share information on pests that are impacting woodlands in Ohio.

beetle would typically emerge in warm months.

Eradication options included in the program included taking no action, full removal of impacted trees and possible high risk host trees and a combination of removal of trees and imidacloprid treatment of high risk trees.

The plan for full host tree removal includes also removing infested trees plus all high risk trees within up to 1/2 mile of the infested trees.

The preferred alternative in the program is removing the infested host trees and a combination treating with imidacloprid trunk or soil injections for high risk host trees in a 1/2 mile radius, accord-

ing to the USDA report. Cut trees also would need to be chipped, and this option is similar to eradication programs used in Massachusetts and New York, the report noted. The alternative also includes application of herbicides on the trunks.

The USDA APHIS reported it expects up to 150,000 imidacloprid treatments to be applied and up to 15,000 trees to be removed per year.

Smith said at the Gibsonburg event that those interested in the impact of the Asian Longhorn Beetles can visit beetlebusters.info and those wanting more information on the Emerald Ash Borer visit ashalert.osu.edu.

required. Walk-ins are welcome. Registration is $10 per person, payable by cash or check, with checks made out to “Ohio State University.”

Participants can reserve a spot in the Zanesville program by contacting mechling.1@osu.edu or 740-454-0144; and in the Newark program by contacting kneen.1@osu.edu or 740-992-6696.

Financial support for the programs is provided in part by a grant from the Ohio Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Program, which has helped reduce the registration cost.

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When working around animals encourage children to: · Be calm, move slowly, and avoid loud noises. Wear steel-toed shoes. Avoid the hind legs of the animal. · Approach large animals at the shoulder. Children should avoid handling stal-

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Wear helmets when riding horses.

Safety advice provided by Annetta Chappell, A. C. Insurance Agency, 920 N. Main St., Bellefontaine, OH 43311 BLACK BEARS RETURNING TO OHIO Something magical and quite rare likely is occurring in a least a few hidden locations around Ohio – the birth of newborn black bear cubs. While black bears are considered rare and endangered in the Buckeye State, the ODNR Division of Wildlife confirms a very small resident population of bruins is present. While most of the bears seen in Ohio are young juvenile male black bears searching for a new territory, the sighting of female bears (sows) with young cubs have been recorded in recent years.

The details of these previous sightings suggest that bears are reproducing successfully in the state.

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The 2013-2014 licenses will be valid immediately upon purchase through Feb. 28, 2014. The 2012-2013 licenses are valid through Feb. 28. White-tailed deer and fall wild turkey hunting permits will go on sale June 1.

New this year, the 20132014 licenses include a transaction receipt and effective dates that match the fishing, hunting or trapping season.

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resources are very important,” she stressed. The blackand-white beetle makes a large hole in a tree and is a handful of beetle when grown. If a No. 2 pencil will fit in a pest hole on a tree- a property owner could be looking at ALB, she said.

Smith added that the United States Department of Agriculture is involved in fighting the beetle, which has been located in Chicago, and East Coast States. Ohio is the southern most state where it has been found.

OSU has been working with Georgia on documenting the beetle. An “App” has been created for Android smart phones and tablets in which people can snap a picture of a beetle and upload it and it can be verified.

That also allows officials to document locations of pest infestations in real time, according to Smith.

The main effort to control the Asian Longhorn Beetle in Ohio is being coordinated by the USDA. The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service revised its eradication program for the Asian Longhorn Beetle in January in Clermont County, Ohio. A report on the plan shows that the beetle is drawn to 13 genera of hosts trees - various hardwoods where females chew depressions into the bark and lay eggs.

Those trees include maple, box elder, horse chestnuts, buckeye, mimosa, birch, hackberry, katsura, ash, golden rain, willow, mountain ash, and elm.

Once the eggs hatch larvae bore into the tree to feed. Over the course of a year, the larva will mature and chew its way out of the tree as an adult resulting in a 3/8-inch diameter hole. In Ohio, the

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For more than 125 years the Snavely family has been one of Seneca County’s largest Maple Syrup producers. Paul and Evelyn Snavely are now in charge of the Maple Camp that dates back to the late 1800s.

Paul and Evelyn, both 68 and married for 50 years, have plenty of help, however. They, along with Paul’s brother, Steve, and their sons, Brian, Rodney, Chris and Mark, have a hand in the maple syrup process.

“This is 100 percent a family business,” Paul said. “We have help from all our families’ wives and children included. Our grandchildren are actually the seventh generation of Snavelys to work this camp.”

The maple collecting process gets started around the middle of February. It is, however, weather dependent so things can get started at almost anytime during the month.

“You need the thawing and freezing to go back and forth,” Paul explained. “We normally start tapping trees around the 14th or 15th of February, but last year it was much earlier than that with the mild winter and early spring.”

Trees collect sugar and starch from their leaves all summer long. They then store that sugar and starch in their roots for the winter. As the spring approaches and the thaw begins, the trees start to release that sugar and starch from the roots and that is when the maple sap is collected.

“We are just now getting started,” Paul said on Feb. 14. “We are getting our buckets ready and the collection will start soon.”

The Snavelys collect sap in six different woods today. They hang between 1,500 and

1,600 buckets each year. The family business still operates the way it has for generations in some respects by still using buckets.

“We probably have over 100 acres of woods to collect from,” Paul said. “We have always collected from our family woods, on Township Road 138, Seneca County, but we also have five other woods that we now collect from.”

All the sap is collected and then transported to the Maple Camp on TR 138 where it is processed into syrup.

“It takes 45 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup,” Paul said. “We collect the sap on a daily basis and store it all at the camp.

Once we have enough collected, we start the boiling process to separate the water out of the sap to give us the maple syrup.”

In the past the Snavelys have produced about 4 gallons an hour, however, they purchased a new reverse osmosis machine that will extract the syrup faster and give it a higher sugar content. Last year the Snavelys went through 7,000 gallons of Diesel fuel as part of their process which led to the decision to switch to reverse osmosis, he said.

“Our new system should make us a little more efficient,” Paul said. “By forcing the sap through this machine at 400 pounds of pressure, we will get a product that has around 8 percent sugar content compared to 2 percent the old way.

“This will cut down on labor and fuel costs tremendously. By using this process we should be able to produce around 16 gallons an hour compared to the four the old way.”

The change keeps expenses down and the farm can still offer Pure Ohio Maple Syrup at $45 a gallon - far different that many store syrup products that are flavored maple and made with

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The Snavelys have produced as much as 600 gallons of maple syrup in a year and figures they need to produce at least 200 gallons to cover their costs.

“We had a very good year last year and produced 550 gallons,” said Paul.

“Things are not always that good,” he added.

“I remember back in 1991 we only produced 70 gallons, is was just a very bad year for us.”

The Snavelys distribute most of their syrup to life-long customers.

“We have had people who have used our syrup for generations, and those are the people we like to take care of first,” Paul said.

“We do, however, have a few dealers who sell our syrup. We have Bergman Orchards in Marblehead, Coopers Mill in Bucyrus and Molyet’s Farm Market in Tiffin.”

Snavelys package their syrup in containers as small as 3.4 ounces up to gallons and every size in between.

“I have been doing this for as long as I can remember,” Paul said. “I remember getting off the bus as a kid and going directly to the maple camp to help Dad. Now I own and run the camp and also sit on the Ohio Maple Producers Association Board. So this has pretty much become my way of life.”

Snavelys Maple Camp is located near their home at 9735 E. Twp. Rd. 138 in Seneca County. You can contact them by calling either (419) 639-2049 or (419) 307-2173.

“This is just something I love to do,” said Paul. “I have been doing this for so long I just don’t know what I would do without it in my life.”

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Satellite T.V. & Internet Serv.

Services

President’s Conference All Star Team Associate Agent Chris Schiefer Insurance & Financial Services Nationwide Insurance and Financial Services 805 Harding Way West Galion, OH 44833

Matt Roberts Service Technician

Rick McWaters Owner

Cycle Tech

“One Stop Center for Parts-Service-Accessories-Salvage”

10193 ST. HWY. 53 WEST UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO 43351 419-294-4781 JOHN J. LOVERICH

Securities offered through Nationwide Securities, LLC., member FINRA, SIPC. DBA Nationwide Advisory Services, LLC. in AR, FL, IL, NY, TX and WY. Representative of Nationwide Life Insurance Company, affiliated companies and other companies.

Phone: (419) 562-6931 Fax: (419) 562-6268 Web: www.cycletech.net

950 W. Mansfield St. Bucyrus, OH 44820 2351937 00186135

Drag Race, Road Race, Street, MX, ATV

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New and Used Motorcycles and ATVs “DYNOJET DYNO TUNING CENTER” Mon./Tue./Thu./Fri./ 10-7 Wed./Sat. 10-4 ECHO POWER EQUIPMENT DEALER

419-525-2111 Tel 419-462-5301 Fax 800-589-6230 Tel moltonr@nationwide.com

Dish Network, Wild Blue Internet, RCA & Toshiba TVs

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New Company

Commodity Haulers

Passenger & Farm Tires

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Custom Agri Systems, Inc Keaton Welding

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Fabrication

•On-Site Millwright Work •Portable Welding Truck •Variety of Steel Stocked •Plasma Cutting

Scott Weininger • Steve Howard Owners

CNC Milling Machine

Breakpress - Shears - Rolls - Iron Worker

419-209-0940 • 1289 N. Warpole St., Upper Sandusky, Oh 43351

Looking For Drivers & Owner Operators • Local and Long Haul

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Specialty Welding Aluminum - Stainless - Mildsteel Magnesium - Mig - Tig

300 N. Warpole St. 14889 St. Hwy. 31 Kenton, Oh 43326 Upper Sandusky, Oh 43351 (419) 674-4715 (419) 294-4981

Buildings Welding Gas/Supplies

Quality & Service Competitive Prices

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419-895-0040 ROOFING • SIDING • LUMBER • HARDWARE

Give Us The Opportunity To Design & Supply Your Next Building

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LOCAL: 468-5441 FAX: 419-468-1033

An Employee Owned Company 800-910-7338 7-5 Weekdays 8-12 Saturday

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304 SIXTH AVENUE (S.R. 19) GALION, OHIO 44833

45 Year Paint Warranty Perma-Columns Available

419-895-0040

M-F - 7AM to 6PM • Sat - 8AM to 2PM • 19 Free Road Shiloh, OH

Send name and number to: Vernon Weaver 8488 Ridge Road • Fredericktown, Ohio 43019

Seed Co.

Roofing & Lumber

B. F. WALTON & SON SEED CO.

Farm Repair Parts • Custom Hydraulic Hose • Tillage Wear Parts • Wheel Bearings • Combine Cutter Bars • DMI Truck Hitches • All Makes & Systems

Metal Lumber Plywood Shingles 2351918

• J & M • KILBROS • YETTER • UNVERFERTH • REMLINGER, ETC.

BRENEMAN EQUIPMENT

Frey

Classifieds that work

PROPANE FKRLFHV!

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Fill: Summer, Automatic or Will Call Payment: Fixed Pricing, Pre-Pay, Level Billing, or 30-Day Charge Account

# Butler Steel *Design BuildBuildings # Post Frame *Butler Steel Buildings # Site Development *Concrete Work *Site Development # Concrete Work 00186824

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1-800-424-2584

CALL (419) 448-1365

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Propane Service

Metal & Lumber Products

Central Ohio Farmers Co-op, Inc. FARMERS CO-OP

Green Camp Branch 604 Elevator Rd. Green Camp, OH 43322

•Residential, Commercial & Agriculture

Propane Customers Welcome 2351863

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Find it in

6655 St. Hwy. 67 N. P.O. Box 440 Upper Sandusky, OH (OFC) 419-927-5222 (FAX) 419-927-5232

Propane ,W·V DERXW KDYLQJ

DICK HULSMEYER, Owner

Hunting?

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Agri-Commercial-Residential

Ph: 419-562-4866

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Hybrids

See us for all your building needs from start to finish.

AMERICAN SHOE SERVICE

SAVE 10% WITH AD

WALTON

419-273-2584

Redwing Shoes

Mobile Shoe Store & Shoe Repair 230 South Sandusky Ave. Bucyrus, OH 44820 E-mail: shoe@wavelinc.com

“HIGH QUALITY SEEDS”

Roofing & Lumber, Inc. P.O. Box 1, Kirby, OH 43330

• 419-757-5012 • 800-499-8494 ONE MILE E. OF ALGER • CO. RD. 90 Visit us @ brenemanequipment.com

Doors Windows Insulation Cabinets

740-528-2211 800-432-8427

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Save your woods.

Log with horses.

WEAVER LOGGING Custom Logging with Horses 2351908 00178679

Welding gasses and supplies

1775 S. CR 1 Tiffin, Oh 44883 (419) 448-9850

Logging with Horses

• Garages • Horse Barns • Machinery Sheds • Custom Designed Pole Buildings • Production Livestock Buildings

100% Employee Owned

Monday, March 4, 2013

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Visit us online at www.acresmidwest.com

ACRES of North Central Ohio,

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ACRES of North Central Ohio,

Monday, March 4, 2013

Rev into Spring with Auto Show Savings!

Here’s a private offer 1 for Farm Bureau members.

JUST ANNOUNCED $500 CHEVROLET AUTO SHOW BONUS CASH 3/14 to 4/1/13

Member benefits keep growing.

Chevrolet presents this exclusive $500 private offer1 toward the purchase or lease of a 2013 Chevy Silverado.

Recognized by Vincentric for lowest total cost of ownership of any full-size pickup,2 Silverado means you’ll save more money over time. And that means a lot. With the best full-size pickup coverage in America, rest assured your Silverado will keep you working without skipping a beat.

Visit fbverify.com/gm for your authorization number.

1 Offer available through 4/1/14. Available on all 2012 and 2013 Chevrolet vehicles (excluding Volt). This offer is not available with some other offers, including private offers. Only customers who have been active members of an eligible Farm Bureau for a minimum of 60 days will be eligible to receive a certificate. Customers can obtain certificates at www.fbverify.com/gm. Farm Bureau and the FB logo are registered service marks of the American Farm Bureau Federation and are used herein under license by General Motors. 2 Based on Vincentric 2012 Model Level Analysis of 1/2-ton, 3/4-ton and 1-ton pickups in the U.S. retail market.

Take delivery by 4/1/13

2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD SRW Wk. Truck

CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD and 3500 HD • Standard VORTEC™ 6.0L V8 ENGINE and 6-speed automatic transmission • Available DURAMAX® 6.6L TURBO-DIESEL V8 engine and heavy-duty ALLISON® 6-speed automatic transmission

• BEST -IN-CLASS maximum 3/4-TON TOWING CAPABILITY of 17,800 lbs. (as shown above, 15,800 lbs.)

• Standard Hill Start Assist and TRAILER SWAY CONTROL

4X4 Crew Cab- Snow Plow Prep.

Pkg.

For more info, go to chevy.com

2013 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT

$38,595

STK.#T13007 6.0L V-8

$62,584

$55,900

STK.# T13165 6.0L V-8 Variable Valve

Duramax Turbo diesel 4X4

$19,995

2012 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

Vortec 4.8 L Only 14 K. mi.

STK.# G13060A

2008 UD 4 HORSE 12.5 FT. LQ

$43,910

2013 GMC Sierra 1500

$24,495

crew cab, Duramax Turbo diesel 4X4

$24,495

2011 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 LT

2010 FORD SUPER DUTY F-350 DRW

$29,995

4WD Turbo Diesel King Ranch

VORTEC 4.8L V-8, FLEX FUEL ONLY 34K. MI. STK. # T13112A

2013 SHADOW 4 HRSE. GOOSE NECK PLUS

$39,995

$40,150

2009 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD

4X4, SLT Crew Cab

$26,995

2010 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD

6.8 L 30 VALVE, V-10 ONLY 37 K. MILES STK.# T13035A

2008 Ud Sahdow 4 Horse

$29,995

$21,995

$11,995

STK.# S1395B

STK.# S1375

STK. # S1414

STK.# T13032 4.3 L V-6 4 SPD Automatic

$25,795

2013 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ

4X4

$39,500 6.0 L VORTEC V-8 ONLY 17 K. MILES STK. # T13017A

$29,995

2006 GMC Sierrra 2500 HD

extended cab, 4 wheel dr. SL

2011 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE LT

$34,995 5.3L V-8, ONLY 30K. MI. STK# T12153A

$13,995 6.0L V-8 STK# N5128A

5.3L V-8, undr 35K. miles STK# T13112A

4WD Automatic

$59,040

STK. # T13128 6.6L V-8

2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

6.0L V-8 STK# N11022C

4X4 single rear wheel

2013 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

4X4 Crew, Duramax Turbo Diesel

STK. # G13042 5.3 L V-8 , 6 SPD automatic

2005 CHEVY SILVERADO 3500

6.6L V-8 STK# T12196A

4WD Z-71 Off Road Suspension Pkg.

STK.#G13026 6.0L V-8

$42,425

VORTEC 6.0 L V-8 107 K. MILES STK. # T12196

4.3L, V6, PWR WINDOWS, DOOR LOCKS, MIRRORS - STK# T12221

$36,525

STK.# G13027 6.0 L V-8 , 6 SPD automatic

$40,070

6.0L V-8

Keyless entry Locking rear differential

4X4 Crew Cab SLE Power Tech PKG

2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500

2013 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500

4WD LT PKG.

4X4 extended Cab, SLE Trim

4X4 Extended Cab Snow Plow Prep PKG

4 WD Duramax Turbo Diesel

STK. G13049 Vortec 6.0 L, 6 SPD Automatic w/ overdrive

2013 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

2013 GMC Sierrra 2500 HD

2013 GMC Sierra 3500 HD

20 MPG!

2013 Chevrolet Silverdo 3500 HD LT

Custom Sport Truck PKG.

Extended Cab

STK.#T13078

2012 RAM 3500 ST

4X4 Crew Cab Gooseneck hitch

$36,995 6.7 L ONLY 36 K. MILES STK. #N5107A