Ohio disqualifies more show lambs
SALEM, Ohio - Keeping his promise to squelch livestock tampering, Ohio Agriculture Director Fred Dailey has disqualified three more champion lambs after routine urine tests showed traces of illegal drugs.
Barn leveled, cattle killed in storm
SALEM, Ohio - It was black, but not blacker than any other storm this summer. "Then the wind picked up and blew like never before," said Tuscarawas County dairyman Tim Sigrist.
Grazing is the key at Dry Creek Valley Farm
GRANVILLE, Ohio - A century farm has adapted to managed intensive grazing in order to prosper. Tom Maxwell is the owner/operator of Dry Creek Valley Farm near Granville, Ohio.
ODA to buy ag easements on 23 farms for preservation
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Agriculture's Office of Farmland Preservation has agreed to purchase agricultural easements from 23 families in 14 counties under the fifth funding round of the
Pa. files lawsuits to strike illegal restrictions on farming
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Four lawsuits have been filed in Pennsylvania challenging municipal ordinances that restrict normal farming operations.
Soybeans will survive flood damage
WOOSTER, Ohio - Some of Ohio's soybean fields are facing flooding injury due to heavy rains that have swept across the state over the past few weeks, but the injury is not likely a total loss to the crop.
U.S. Supreme Court hands down wetlands decision
COLUMBUS - An internationally recognized wetlands expert at Ohio State University anticipates at least some repercussions from last week's U.
Center puts ag innovation into action
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Agriculture is claiming a stronger toehold in the Third Frontier. Ohio's ag industry gained a little more recognition in the high tech world June 29 as Ohio Gov.
WTO negotiations still hung upon agricultural market access
WASHINGTON - How many times can a presidential adviser say the word "bold" when discussing the latest push in agricultural negotiations within the World Trade Organization's Doha Round? Seven in two minutes.