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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).
Delaware County Drainage Maintenance

The Drainage Maintenance Program is a cooperative effort between the Delaware County Engineer, the Delaware Soil & Water Conservation District, and the Delaware County Commissioners. The Maintenance Program, authorized under Chapter 6137 of the Ohio Revised Code, is responsible for the upkeep of all drainage improvements within Delaware County. Specifically, the ORC states “The county engineer shall have general charge and supervision of the repair and maintenance of all county and joint county ditches, drains, watercourses, and other drainage improvements within his county …” (post 1957). The ORC further states that “the board of county commissioners with the advice of the county engineer may enter into agreements with local soil and water conservation districts for the purposes of planning, constructing, or maintaining works of improvement …”

In Delaware County, drainage improvements include open ditches, subsurface tile mains, surface drains, and subdivision storm water systems. Placing subdivision stormwater systems on maintenance has been a requirement since July 1998.

For More Information on the Drainage Maintenance Program, contact:
Milt Link, Drainage Maintenance Coordinator
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