Noble County is located in Southeastern Ohio.  The interstate highway I77 runs north-south through the county.  The county consists of 404 square miles and 255,360 acres of land.

The latest available statistices (1997 Ohio Agricultural Statistics Ohio Department of Agriculture Annual Report) confirm that agriculture is important to Noble County.  In 1997, $5.4 million in farm commodities were sold by the county's 550 farms.  Cattle receipts by milk and beef accounted for $3.3 million.  Although most forage and grain is grown for livestock feed, $1.4 million of crop commodities were marketed.  108,000 acres are in farmland; however, over two-thirds of the land area is woodland and rejuvinating woodland.

Much of the agriculture in Noble County is dictated by the topography.  Most of the narrow "creek-bottom" land is tilled while much of the sloped hillsides are planted to no-till or reduced-tilled crops, meadows or pasture land.  Land stewardship to reduce erosion and increase productivity is important to Noble County farmers.

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September

19 Belmont/Monroe Grazing Group to Brian and Amy   Welch's 6:00 p.m.  SR 148 North of Lower Salem

22 Noble County Soil and Water Conservation District 
 Activity Day at EORDC p.m.

24 Monroe/Noble Grazing Group Chirs Hale Farm 6:00 p.m.  SR 339 North of Dungannon

28 Eastern Ohio Sawmill Day-EORDC 

October

10 Eastern Ohio Grasslands Conference, Cambridge

22 Morgan/Noble Grazing Meeting, Morgan County 

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