ONGA Fall Meeting -
Saturday - September 16, 2023
The Fall Meeting of the ONGA will be on
Saturday September 16, 2023 and will be held at
the farm of Marvin Bendele located in Ottawa, Ohio at 14011 Rd K-14 on the corner of Rd K-14 and Township Rd 14-J.
Featured Spreaker: Marvin will be giving a tour of his Pecan trees.
Click here for a map and more information on the Fall meeting.
ONGA Booth at the Farm Science Review - September 19-21, 2023
It's a three-day outdoor agricultural trade show
featuring a little bit of something for everyone. There
are commercial exhibits for everything from tractors to
financial services. Educational displays offer new
ideas and new answers to old problems. And there's
always an expert or two or three around from Ohio State
University, government agencies and private
industry.
ONGA has a nut tree planting at the Farm Science Review
and sets up a tent each year to educate and demostrate
nut tree cultavation.
To volunteer, contact Ray Rusmisel at
rrusmisel@hotmail.com or 740-967-0461.
Volunteers get free parking and admission to
the FSR.
Farm Science Review Website
------ Below are Previous Events Held in 2023 ------
ONGA Spring Meeting & Scion Swap -
Sunday, April 30, 2023 - 12 Noon
Come join us for ONGA's annual Spring meeting! We will be having our usual auction, tree give-a-way, and scion wood
swap. There will be tables with hundreds of various nut tree
cultivar scions available, free for the taking. This is your
chance to get an excellent nut tree cultivars to graft onto your
seedling trees at home (A seedling tree is any tree that is not a
clone of a known cultivar).
Kingwood Center
900 Park Avenue West
Mansfield, Ohio
Click here for
a map and more information on the Spring meeting.
Ohip Pawpaw Conference -
Saturday, May 20, 2023 - 8:00am - 4:00 PM
Click here to register: https://go.osu.edu/pawpaw2023
ONGA Booth at the Ohio State Fair -
July 26 - August 6, 2023
There will be tree nut entries from all over Ohio
as well as educational material on nut tree growing,
grafting, and cultivation featured at the State Fair.
Stop by and have your nutty questions answered.
Volunteers get free parking, lunch and
admission to the fair.
You can contact one of the following Show Chairpersons
to enter the contest or to volunteer to work at the
fair:
Joe
Hietter - joehietter@yahoo.com
Vicki
Rusmisel - rrusmisel@hotmail.com
Ohio State Fair Website
2023 Nut Contest Entry Form
2022 Ohio State Fair Results
Growing Heartnuts Seminar -
Saturday, March 11, 2023 - 10:00am - Noon
USDA Service Center Building
Portage Soil and Water Conservation District
6970 State Route 88
Ravenna, Ohio 44266
Click here to register: https://Growingheartnuts.eventbrite.com
Click picture for a larger map
In the News: The Cullman family farm was highlighted in an issue of Our Ohio magazine.
