Some Ohio highlights for prices received by Ohio farmers during July 2024:
Corn $4.04 per bushel, up $0.34 from June and down $1.94 from 2023
Soybeans $11.60 per bushel, down $0.50 from June and down $3.40 from 2023
Wheat $5.58 per bushel, up $0.06 from June and down $0.94 from 2023
Milk $23.40 per cwt., up $0.20 from June and increased $5.20 from 2023
Nationally, the July Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 123.5, decreased 2.7 percent from June and 1.2 percent from July 2023.
EMS Chief Jan Basinger provided the following August 2024 call report: 71 Total calls for August / 48 Medical / 7 Hospital to Hospital Transports / 2 Motor Vehicle Accidents / 12 Fire Calls / 2 Special Events / 51 Patients transported/ 568 Calls for January-August. For more information, visit https://www.bluffton-ohio.com/ems.
The Bluffton Public Library has announced the following events and services for September 2024. If you haven't been to the library recently, September is the perfect time to update your lending privledges or to sign up for your first library card.
COLUMBUS GROVE – The Bluffton cross country teams competed at the massive Columbus Grove Invitational in the Red Division on Saturday, August 31.
St. Francis DeSales won the boys red meet with just 45 points. Ottawa-Glandorf nosed out Toledo St. Ursula Academy for first in the girls red meet, 87-96.
The Pirate boys finished 22nd out of 26 teams with 617 points. The Bluffton girls came in 19th out of 22 squads with 461 points.
The American Red Cross continues to experience a national blood emergency as remnants of Hurricane Debby and other severe weather events across the country have further complicated efforts to rebuild the nation’s blood supply.
Those in unaffected areas are urged to make an appointment to give now.
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Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted
Sept. 3 Forum
Introduction to Gaden Shartse Monks and Performance of Healing Chants
11:00 a.m., Yoder Recital Hall
Sept. 6 Colloquium
Late Style, New Starts and Malamud’s ‘God’s Grace’
Dr. Lamar Nisly, Professor of English
4:00 p.m., Stutzman Lecture Hall, Centennial Hall
CELINA __The visiting Bluffton girls soccer team lost at non-conference foe Celina 7-3 Saturday afternoon despite a hat trick from one of its top players.
Aubrey Burkholder netted all three Pirate goals.
Bluffton fell behind 3-0 in the first 20 minutes but managed to cut the lead to 3-2 on Burkholder’s first two goals.
After the Bulldogs tallied in the eighth and 18th minutes, Celina’s Paiton Rhodes scored in the 20th minute to make it 3-0.
By Casey Heilman
Allen SWCD District Administrator
Due to the popularity of its spring fish sale, the Allen Soil and Water Conservation District has decided to hold a Fall Fingerling Fish Sale and is accepting orders until Tuesday, September 10.
Thanks in part to the crisp autumn air, fall is a fantastic time to introduce any new species of fish or boost the population of a pond. Not only do the cool water temperatures help reduce stress on the fish, it also makes for a quicker adjustment to a pond’s environment.
