Pork industry gets $400,000 boost from USDA for animal ID efforts
Strip mine turns to dream for Youngs
BELMONT, Ohio - Selling the farm. Retiring from a career that lasted more than 30 years. Moving to a different state.
Boehner out of picture, but two Ohio congressmen named to ag committee
Farmers shouldn’t confuse concerned people with radicals
Editor:
I recently read the article about the Wayne County hog farmer accused of animal abuse (Hog farm investigated for abuse, Dec. 21, 2006). I...
Sean Logan to lead ODNR
COLUMBUS - As Columbiana County native Sean Logan walked the 30-foot hallway toward his new office last week, he was both inspired and humbled by the portraits of the individuals enshrined in the
Judge overturns raw milk verdict
SALEM, Ohio - Darke County dairy farmer Carol Schmitmeyer could soon be back in business after a judge ruled the
Will new minimum wage affect farms?
SALEM, Ohio - Ohio's minimum wage took a step up Jan. 1, but the move wasn't as simple as a one-time, across-the-board pay hike.
Genetically altered prion-free cattle may be solution to mad cow disease
SALEM, Ohio - Cattle, fingered for dozens of cases of the disease infamously dubbed "mad cow" around the globe, may prove to be not just the carrier, but also a solution to the disease.
2006 deer season harvest exceeds all-time record
COLUMBUS - Hunters took 22,413 deer during Ohio's four-day muzzleloader season, Dec. 27-30, with Tuscarawas County again leading the state with 949 deer checked.
Breathing easier: Ohio county meets air standards
CHICAGO - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 announced recently that the Steubenville-Weirton metropolitan area is meeting the health-based eight-hour outdoor air quality standard for ozone (smog), and proposed to approve a request by Ohio to redesignate the county to attainment of the national ambient air quality standard.