Visit OFBF's Building at FSR Ohio Farm Bureau’s building at the Farm Science Review will be a hotspot for activity this year, as will the entire review grounds with some old favorites and a few new activities. This year’s Review runs Sept. 17 to 19 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center near London. Farm Bureau’s building, at the corner of Friday Avenue and Beef Street, will feature displays from several OFBF program areas. Caption: OFBF’s building at Farm Science Review will be humming with activity again this year. Stop by and say "hi" to the staffers working in the building at the corner of Friday Avenue and Beef Street. (OFBF Staff Photo) The review is open Sept. 17 and 18 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sept 19 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Molly Caren Agricultural Center encompasses 2,100 acres of exhibit area, field demonstrations and wildlife habitat and is located two miles north of London at the intersection of State Route 38 and on U.S. Route 40 near Interstate 70. Tickets cost $4 in advance from Ohio agribusinesses and county offices of Ohio State University Extension. Tickets are $6 at the gate. Children 5 and under are admitted free. Those visiting Farm Bureau’s building will be able to participate in a survey that will help Buckeye Farm News staff determine how Farm Bureau members view the one-year-old publication. Your thanks for completing a survey will be a special gift. Other displays in the OFBF building will feature Nationwide; Heartland Agdeavor; the Ohio Livestock Coalition; the OFBF Foundation; OFBF’s Government Affairs, Ag Ecology, Youth, Young Farmers, Promotion and Education, Member Services and Safety departments; Mid-American Ag and Hort Services and Farm Bureau Bank. Throughout the entire review grounds, nearly 600 commercial entities are expected to exhibit. Field demonstrations will use corn and soybean combines, no-till planters and drills and conventional tillage equipment. Also featured will be precision agriculture demonstrations on global positioning system soil sampling and yield monitoring calibration, vehicle guidance systems and mapping will take place each day during the tillage and harvest demonstrations. Hands-on concurrent sessions will take place in the McCormick Building, Utzinger Garden, Alumni Park, Federation Park, Gwynne Conservation Area and Field Demonstration area. Other features include:
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