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USDA Forecasts Robust Corn and Soybean Crops, Despite Flooding
Despite June's severe flooding in the Midwest, U.S. farmers are on pace to produce the second largest corn crop and fourth largest soybean crop in history, according to the Crop Production report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
Farm Production Expenditures Hit Record High in 2007, USDA Reports
The rising cost of fuel and other products helped drive U.S. farm production expenditures to a record $260 billion in 2007, according to the Farm Production Expenditures 2007 summary released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Total U.S. farm production expenditures rose 9.3 percent from 2006 and nearly 30 percent from 5 years ago.
USDA Report Assesses 2008 Corn and Soybean Acreage
Despite the recent flooding in the Midwest, U.S. farmers expect to harvest nearly 79 million acres of corn and more than 72 million acres of soybeans in 2008, according to the Acreage report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Board of Supervisors

Supervisors are respected conservation leaders elected by county residents to represent them in directing soil and water conservation and natural resources management in Delaware County. Board members are elected to a three-year term as public officials and serve without pay. Elections occur at the Annual Meeting.

From left to right: Steve Sheets, Mary Fleming, Sue Cunningham, Ted Colflesh, and Jim Sherman

Mary Fleming Chairperson	Mary is a RN and serves as Agricultural Health Coordinator at Grady Memorial Hospital. Mary, her husband Bob, and four children own and operate Ideal Jersey Farm in Brown Township. Farm conservation practices include crop rotation, grassed waterways, no-tillage and an animal waste storage facility and management system. Mary has served as a SWCD Supervisor since 1998.
Sue Cunningham Vice-Chair	Sue, husband Phil, and daughter, Trish, are partners in Scioto Farms and Troyton Grain Inc. They are currently utilizing conservation tillage, grassed waterways, subsurface and surface drainage, and a complete manure management plan. Sue teaches nutrition at Marion Technical College. She serves on the Delaware County Farm Bureau Board and the Ohio Pork Council Women.
Ted Colflesh Secretary/Fiscal Agent	Ted is a partner with JELAWR Family Farms in Brown Township. He has two children. Practicing soil conservation and systematic tile drainage, they produce corn, soybeans and wheat with conventional and reduced tillage systems. They also have a hog operation. Ted has served as a SWCD Supervisor since 1987.
Steven L. Sheets Member	Steve and his wife Linda own and operate Sheets Farms, a 1500 acre grain and feeder cattle operation in Kingston Township. Steve has used no-tillage and subsurface drainage to enhance his conservation farming operation. Steve has served as a SWCD Supervisor since 1991.
Jim Sherman Member	Jim Sherman, his wife Denise, and two sons own and operate a corn, soybean, and wheat grain farm in Porter Township. No-tillage, grassed waterways, and systematic subsurface drainage are part of Jim's conservation plan. Jim is also a U.S. Postal Service Rural Route Carrier. Jim has served as a Delaware SWCD Supervisor since 1985.

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