ONGA Fall Meeting
Saturday, September 6, 2025

The Fall Meeting of the ONGA will be on Saturday September 6, 2025 and will be held at the Kelsey Ranch located in Southside, West Virginia at 19540 Kanawha Valley Rd.

Featured Demonstration: The Kelseys have two hazelnut orchards started in 2011 and 2014, which include about 50 EFB resistant cultivars. The nuts will be ordered to drop on Sept 6, to demonstrate the harvesting equipment. There is also a black walnut planting started in 1995, planned for timber, but includes a scattering of about 40 thin-shell cultivars. There is also an area using conifer shading to produce veneer quality black walnut - a must see!

Click here for a map and more information on the Fall meeting.




ONGA Booth at the Farm Science Review
September 16-18, 2025

FSR Tent

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



ONGA Spring Meeting & Scion Swap
Sunday, April 27, 2025 - 12 Noon

Click here for Spring Meeting Info!

Kingwood

Kingwood Center
900 Park Avenue West
Mansfield, Ohio

Kingwood Center no longer allows potluck meals, but we can bring our own lunches. Also, there will be bottled drinks and snack bars available for all. Click here for more information.


NAPGA/OPGA
Pawpaw Field Day and Grafting Workshop
Saturday, May 17, 2025 - 8:00am - 4:00 PM

Kingwood
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The workshop will be in Wooster Ohio at OPGA/NAPGA member farm. Learn innovated and proven ways to improve your pawpaw planting. Demonstrations on plantings, caring, spraying your trees and transplanting. The Grafting part of workshop will be 3 hour class and 1 hour grafting in duration. More information will follow in the near future. napga.opga@gmail.com


ONGA Annual Judging Contest
To be determined at the Spring meeting July xx, 2025

Due to the Agriculture and Horticulture building being rebuilt, we are unable to judge nut entries at the State Fair. We anticiapate the building being completed in 2026. We will continue this year like we did last year and have a seperate meeting in July for the entries to be judged.
So, be sure to bring your entries to the Spring meeting or get them to Vicki Rusmisel or Joe Hietter befor July.



In the News: The Cullman family farm was highlighted in an issue of Our Ohio magazine.

Cullman Family

Our Ohio Magazine
Going Nuts: Nuts-a-plenty in central Ohio




2025 Joint Conference of the Northern Nut Growers Association and the Chestnut Growers of America

August 3 - August 6, 2025

2025 Joint Conference of the Northern Nut Growers Association and the Chestnut Growers of America will will be held Sunday, August 3 - Wednesday, August 6 in Lansing, Michigan


Check out our Gwynne Planting