We would like to congratulate Charlee Prushing of Circleville as our 2016 Ruff Farms scholarship recipient. Charlee is an active member of the Pickaway County Junior Fair Board Committee as well as the Champion Drive 4-H Club. She has been involved with numerous extracurricular activities such as student government, National Honor Society and FFA. […]
We welcome Leah Shuttleworth as our first Ag intern this summer. She is currently studying Agronomy and Equine Business Management at Wilmington College. Leah lives in Bremen with her parents Mary and Keith Shuttleworth. She also has two siblings Zach and Lindsay. She has always been interested in the agriculture. While in high school at […]
Originally written and published in Spring 2015 Money Matters Magazine Teaching or farming? Mark Ruff had a choice to make. He studied to be a teacher in college, graduated, and jumped into his own classroom. But he just couldn’t ignore an itch to leave the hustle and bustle inside for the land and soil outside. […]
We have all been a part of events in our work life that have involved training, retraining and continuing education. Sometimes that occurs in informal atmospheres, close to home. Other times we travel to far away places to receive information to apply which makes us safer, more efficient and generally more knowledgeable. The team at […]
It is that time of year again. School time. In a household with three kids and a teacher, and myself serving on the school board, it seems that our calendar or frame of refer. ence has more to do with the school calendar that it does anything else. Complicating that is the calendar for the […]
Kaitlynn Sandstrom of Williamsport is the most recent recipient of the Ruff Farms Scholarship. Kaitlynn is an active 4-H member and citizen within her community. She has been involved with numerous community service activities including working community kitchens and food pantries, as well as United Way. Kaitlynn excelled in academics at Westfall with a gpa […]
Steven Dearth is our featured employee in this edition of “News and Notes”. Steven has been a part of the full-time staff at Ruff Farms since October, 2013. Prior to that, he worked part-time here on the farm and full-time as the Maintenance Supervisor for the Pickaway County Metropolitan Housing Authority. Steven is a farm […]
Originally written by Dan Miller and Published in The Progressive Farmer/November 2014 With a choice of building a new shop or rehabbing his 1970’s building, Mark Ruff and his father, Luther, took a second look and came up with a spacious redesign. There comes a day when the old shop won’t work anymore. The equipment […]
As we have done in the past, we take this opportunity to introduce you to one of the Team at Ruff Farms. Craig Parker as been with Ruff Farms since January, 2012. Craig has held a variety of positions in other businesses and brings to the farm a good working knowledge of construction equipment. A […]
Below are some highlights of the conversation led by Melissa Betz, Pickaway County Auditor, and excerpts of a handout from The Ohio State University, Larry Gearhardt, Field Specialist in Taxation. CAUV was established by Constitutional Amendment in Ohio in 1972 The 1972 law allowed qualified agricultural land to be appraised at a value determined by: […]