The Blanchard River Demonstration Farm Network is a $1 million, five-year project and the first of its kind in Ohio. Three demonstration farms showcase innovative and standard agricultural practices that help reduce and prevent nutrient runoff. Participating farms are Kellogg Farms, Hardin County; Kurt Farms, Hardin County; and Stateler Family Farms, Hancock County. An Advisory Committee provides guidance to the project using their expertise is their given fields. Learn more at the network’s website.
Ten members of Ohio media toured the three farms participating in the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network during a Farm Bureau sponsored media tour May 11. The group learned details about the conservation practices being tested in an effort to…
Amy Graves - April 17
Researchers studying different conservation practices at the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms are narrowing their focus to four practices that appear to help reduce nutrient and sediment loss. “It’s too early to say what the results of our demonstration farms’ edge-of-field…
Lynn Snyder - April 6
Leading edge conservation practices that will positively impact water quality without negatively affecting the farmer’s economic bottom line will be the featured topic at the event hosted by the Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT). Aaron Heilers, project manager, Blanchard…
Amy Graves - Dec. 8, 2016
A group of scientists, policymakers, professors, state and government officials and farmers recently toured the three farms participating in the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network to learn about both new and traditional conservation practices that help prevent nutrient runoff.
Amanda Domsitz - Nov. 9, 2016
Once a month, Ohio Farm Bureau will highlight a water quality project from around the state on #WaterWednesday. Check in throughout the day or follow us on Instagram, @OhioFarmBureau. Below is a message from Jordan Hoewischer, OFBF director of water quailty and…
Amy Graves - Sept. 28, 2016
Tours are now available of the three northwestern Ohio farms participating in the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network, a five-year, $1 million project aimed at reducing nutrient loss and improving water quality.
Joe Cornely - Sept. 27, 2016
Ohio Farm Bureau President Frank Burkett III spoke to Toledo residents this morning about the steps being taken by the agricultural community to protect water quality. He was invited by the Ohio Soybean Council, Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association…
Lynn Snyder - Sept. 9, 2016
The Blanchard Demonstration Farms Advisory Committee provides guidance to the project using their expertise is their given fields. The committee meets twice a year, with one meeting on the farms, to see what is taking place.
Amy Graves - Sept. 1, 2016
The newest and most innovative ways to reduce nutrient runoff were on display recently during the Hardin County Field Day. The event was held in Dunkirk at Kurt Farms, one of three farms participating in the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms…
The conservation work being done within the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network project has caught the attention of national agricultural media. The northwest Ohio project recently was featured on the popular “This Week in AgriBusiness” program. The five-year demonstration farm project in…
