The A.C.E. (Agriculture for a Clean Environment) group is planning a conservation tour of Ohio on July 24 & 25, 2013. This trip is being offered to residents of Miami and Darke Counties and is limited to those over 21 years of age. The cost for this tour is $75 per person, hotel rooms are double occupancy only. The conservation tour will depart from the Miami SWCD office (1330 North County ...
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Joe and Missy Duer are making the hearty 1820 rye whiskey the old-fashioned way with a couple of modern twists. They are using the family recipe (called a mash bill), original stills, 1880 grinding mill and limestone water from nearby Indian Creek. Propane has replaced the wood fires and the water is pumped from the springs instead of being drawn from the millrace. But other than that, the process...
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Miami County Farm Bureau member, Laura Sutherly is featured in the May/June issue of Our Ohio. Click the link below for more. http://ourohio.org/food/tips-and-trends/1052/dash-of-passion...
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The Farm Bureau Women's Committee of Darke County would like to invite you to join us June 12 at 10 a.m. for a tour of Andersons Ethanol plant in Greenville, 5728 Sebring Warner Road, Greenville, OH 45331. We will have lunch after the tour at the Bistro off Broadway, 117 East Fifth Street, Greenville OH 45331. Please call the Farm Bureau office to RSVP at 937-335-1471....
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Miami County Farm Bureau, partners, fighting local hunger Miami County Farm Bureau is working with several organizations to expand its annual fight against local hunger. The county’s Bushels for Hunger program asks farmers to donate bushels of their wheat, corn or soybean crop to fight hunger. For each bushel donated, the Troy Elevator deposits the money the farmer would have received for the bush...
Miami County Farm Bureau is currently offering a $500 college scholarship. This scholarship is open to any Miami County Farm Bureau family member. To be eligible for consideration, the applicant must also be a full-time college student, at least sophomore status or above, entering an agriculture or natural resources related field of study at an accredited college. All applications for the scholars...
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Members of the Miami County Farm Bureau and Troy Elevator, a Division of the Mennel Milling Company, are partnering to fight hunger in Miami County through the “Farmers Feed Our Needs” campaign. We are inviting all farmers who are harvesting wheat to donate some of their wheat bushels for hunger. For every bushel donated, Troy Elevator will deposit the current market price of that day into an ac...