By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter Recently, 4 Paulding FFA members headed to Seneca East High School for the District Job Interview CDE. They were able to compete at the district level after placing 1st or 2nd in the sub-district job interview at Crestview on November 1st. Paulding had the following members compete at districts:…
By: Elizabeth Bok On Thursday, October 13, the Fairview FFA attended the District 1 Dairy Foods and Cattle Judging Contest. The members represented the chapter very well in the contest. The Plant and Animal class had been studying dairy cattle and dairy foods. They learned about the history, how to judge, and the general knowledge…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Caydence Rue On October 25-29, thousands of FFA chapters from across the nation including 12 Paulding FFA members, traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana for the 95th Annual National FFA Convention. The members had a busy schedule full of educational and leadership experiences that allowed them to learn more about agriculture and FFA. …
The preschoolers from Paulding Elementary had a “moo-velous” time at Schlatter Farms. Farmers Gretl and Heidi showed the students their dairy farm so they could learn where our milk comes from. The students even got to help feed some calves while they were there!
By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter On October 1st, 8 members from the Paulding FFA chapter attended the trap shoot at the Paulding Fish and Game Club. This was the first trap shoot for the school year. The members went through the safety precautions with a fish and game member before the competition to ensure…
By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter On Wednesday, October 19th, the Paulding FFA Chapter had 23 members travel around Paulding County feeding the farmers in the fields. The chapter first started doing this service project three years ago and it’s one of their favorite projects to do each year. The chapter found that it…
On October 9th, 2022 the Oakwood 4-H club Brown Betty’s and Buster Brown’s met to start off their 4-H season. Officers were elected for the upcoming year. The club made 8 fleece blankets as a community project. 4 of the blankets will go to the Ronald McDonald house and 4 will be donated to the…
By: Elizabeth Bok The Ag 1 and 2 students spent weeks learning about soil properties and how to best use them, to prepare for the Urban and Rural Soil Judging Contest. The Ag 1 students learned about Urban Soils and Ag 2 students studied Rural Soils. The students learned about soil texture and structure, soil…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Caydence Rue On September 28th, the Paulding FFA Officer Team kicked off their youth program at Oakwood Elementary. Oakwood Youth for Ag (OYA) is a hands-on learning experience for the sixth graders that helps expand their views on agriculture. There will be two FFA officers going over to Oakwood each month…
Jason Hartschuh has been hired as field specialist, dairy management and precision livestock for Ohio State University Extension in The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). Hartschuh, who previously served as an OSU Extension educator for agriculture and natural resources, will begin his new position Nov. 1, said Jacqueline Kirby…
By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter On Wednesday September 28th, five Paulding FFA officers traveled down to Columbus for the Ohio Legislative Leadership Conference. The officers included Secretary Jamy Hunt, Reporter Caydence Rue, Treasurer Jalyn Klopfenstein, Sentinel Kobe Foor, Student Advisor Brooke Kilgore and their FFA advisor, Mrs. Jen Bradford. In the morning, these students…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter Caydence Rue On Monday September 5th the Paulding FFA Chapter had 28 members walk in the Oakwood Homecoming parade to represent our chapter. Then there were 10 members that stayed to help with kids games and activities. The kids were able to play nine square in the air, dig through a…
Saturday, September 10th was the day to learn and celebrate in the agriculture community as Mercer Landmark (Latty Agronomy facility) hosted The AGrow Expo event. During the morning and afternoon, farmers had the opportunity to take part in sessions to keep up to date with the latest in farming — Global Trends and their Impact…
