By Ed Lentz – OSU Extension, Hancock County
Agriculture in 2015 has had many bumps and bruises. I have listed nine events that affected agriculture in our area last year.
Grain Prices. Grain prices continue to remain low for another year. It is been projected that US farm revenue may be at its lowest level since the early 2000’s. Input costs have started to drop but not at a level to match the loss of income. Farm land values have slowly begun to drop as a result of lower farm revenue.
Ada’s 2014-15 school report card was sent home by the Ohio Department of Education on Feb. 25, as was every district in Ohio on that date.
The report cards cover several areas including:
• a school overview,
• achievement,
• progress,
• gap closing,
• graduation rate,
• K-3 literacy and
• prepared for success.
In those categories Ada school students scored exceptionally well in most cases.
Icon viewers may view all pages of Ada's report card by clicking on the link below:
The days are getting longer. As dusk falls on Ada, it presents several interesting artistic photo options for photographers.
Ken Collins took advantage of the later winter sky and found some appropriate silhouettes at First United Methodist Church, plus one photo looking south on Main and to the western skies.
- DON'T MISS THE PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STORY
Blanchard Valley Hospital (BVH) was today named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health AnalyticsTM. This is the fourth time Blanchard Valley Hospital has been recognized with this honor, which has been awarded to BVH in 2005, 2011, 2015 and now 2016.
Truven Health Analytics identified the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on their overall organizational performance. The study found that the top performing hospitals in the country were able to improve outcomes while reducing overall expense per patient.
