Sydney Beiting, slated for an office on the 2026-2027 Ohio FFA State Officer Team, talks with Cole Bauman of the Ohio Ag Net.
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Twenty-two Ohio counties declared natural disaster areas by USDA due to ongoing drought
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Ohio’s exceptionally dry and hot summer has drawn the federal government’s attention.
The USDA Farm Service Agency declared 22 Ohio counties natural disaster areas Tuesday due to the state’s ongoing drought, allowing farmers to apply for emergency loans from the federal government.
What Ohio counties are included in natural disaster declaration?
The counties named in the USDA declaration include:
Athens, Belmont, Fairfield, Fayette, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Vinton and Washington counties.
Those counties have all faced eight or more consecutive weeks of severe drought and some have faced extreme to exceptional droughts, making them natural disaster areas, according to a USDA press release.
For the first time in Ohio history, two counties, Athens and Meigs, face exceptional drought conditions, the most severe level of drought possible, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Alongside those 22 “primary” counties, farmers in 18 neighboring counties are eligible to receive emergency loans as well. They are Adams, Brown, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Columbiana, Coshocton, Franklin, Greene, Lawrence, Licking, Meigs, Scioto, Tuscarawas, and Union counties.
How do USDA emergency disaster loans work?
Farmers can borrow up to $500,000 with a 3.75% interest rate to restore or replace essential property, pay production costs for the disaster year, pay essential family living expenses, reorganize the family farming operation or refinance the farm’s non-real estate debts, according to the USDA.
Only farm owners or tenant farmers who intend to continue farming are eligible for the loans.
Eligible farmers can apply on the USDA’s website.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOIO) – Gov. Mike DeWine is encouraging Ohioans to take advantage of this year’s sales tax holiday in August.
According to the governor’s office, the holiday will take place from midnight Friday, August 7 through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, August 9.
The following items qualify for the sales tax exemption during the three-day holiday:
- Clothing priced at $75 or less per item
- School supplies priced at $20 or less per item
- School instructional materials priced at $20 or less per item
“Ohio’s Sales Tax Holiday comes at a time of year when families are getting ready for back-to-school,” said Governor DeWine. “The sales tax break is designed to provide meaningful savings for families as they purchase new school essentials for the upcoming year.”
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The Ohio State men’s tennis team easily took care of business on Friday in a first-round NCAA Tournament match and will be moving on. The Buckeyes disposed of Buffalo 4-0 to earn the right to face California on Saturday in Columbus.
The Buckeyes started out on the right foot by winning the doubles point when Jack Anthrop and Bryce Nakashima won for the fourth time this year together, 6-2, while Nikita Filin and Brandon Carpico won 6-2 on court one.
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Ohio State kept things rolling in the singles matches. Anthrop, Loren Byers, and Filin all earned straight set victories on courts three, four, and five to clinch the 4-0 sweep over Buffalo and advance on to try and beat the Bears and punch a ticket to the Super Regionals. The No. 3-seeded Buckeyes are heavy favorites to beat Cal, but we’ll find out if that’s the case at 4 p.m. ET.
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