SALEM, Ohio — Ohio’s fence law — the bane of many unneighborly fights that resulted in bad blood, gunfire or calls to the sheriff — was updated last week in an effort to make the law more clear-cut and easy to swallow.
Gov. Ted Strickland signed H.B. 323 into law June 27. The legislation, proposed by […]

SALEM, Ohio — Former Pine Hill Meats butcher shop owner John W. Schneider has been sentenced to 18 months in jail on two felony drug counts.
The order came June 20 from Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge David Tobin.
Sentence
Tobin sentenced Schneider, 59, to six months in the Lorain Correctional Institution for possession of marijuana, […]

SALEM, Ohio — Starting next month, Ohio farmers and horse lovers can outfit their automobiles with license plates that will let everyone know their interests.
Ohio House Bill 293, which goes into effect Aug. 14, allows Ohio motorists to purchase license plates depicting Ohio agriculture, Ohio sustainable agriculture, and Ohio’s horse.
Ag plates
The Ohio ag license […]

Carroll County cattleman and grazier Earl McKarns, left, hosted Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee on Shamrock Vale Farm June 19. Gee visited the farm as part of his whirlwind statewide tour and to recognize McKarns as an Ohio Professional Beef Producer. A plaque for the award was presented on behalf of the Ohio […]

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SALEM, Ohio — What once looked like a high-flying and profitable opportunity — a business sold under the promise to save family farms — has crashed to the ground.
Arlan Galbraith filed for bankruptcy on his Pigeon King International pigeon breeding business June 17.
The voice mail box at Pigeon King […]

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APPLE CREEK, Ohio — About once a week, a stranger peers through the door at Morning Star Fiber.
Just curious, they say to owner Karen Christensen when she spies them. I drive by here all the time, but I don’t know what you do.
If it happens to be a down day, Christensen or her […]

SALEM, Ohio — What once looked like a high-flying and profitable opportunity — and sold under the promise to save family farms –seems to be crashing to the ground.
At least one Ohio breeder has confirmed rumors Arlan Galbraith has filed bankruptcy on his Ontario-based Pigeon King International pigeon breeding business.
Lucy Burkholder, whose husband Tim owns […]

SALEM, Ohio — In the past few weeks, Joy Weaver’s gotten pretty good at reading minds.
Inside Catalpa Grove Farm Market, near Columbiana, Ohio, Weaver and other employees know just what that customer lingering near the tomatoes is wondering.
Are these safe?
Where are they from?
“It’s almost like you’ve got to post a sign to let them […]

Farmers’ needs and wants are still Greier Ag Center’s priority.

SALEM, Ohio — Say ‘Kiko,’ think real estate.
All real estate.
If a parcel exists — anything from a shopping center or industrial building to a residential corner lot or farmstead — the Richard T. Kiko Agency Inc. can sell it.
The company, based in Canton, specializes in all kinds of real estate transactions, not just the red-and-yellow-signed […]