Thursday, April 18, 2024
Grand Champion Market Steer

Find all the results for the 2020 Medina County Fair junior livestock sale here.
Hands hold a phone and place orders for food, a van drives with a basket of food on top, a variety of food sits on top of a cell phone.

The pandemic has driven growth for local online food sales, but experts expect online sales to remain important for local farmers even after the pandemic.
Two men stand in a field.

Jute isn’t really grown in Ohio. But on Aug. 7, in Gambier, Ohio, Chernor Bundu stood in the middle of a field of jute, almost shoulder-height. He's growing it for his international grocery store, in Columbus.
crowds-at-ag-progress-days

For the first time, Pennsylvania State University’s Ag Progress Days were held entirely online this year. The COVID-19 pandemic was a hot topic in webinars throughout the event.
calf cow at pa farm show

The 2021 Pennsylvania Farm Show will not be held in person, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced Aug. 19. Instead, it'll go online.
jersey dairy cows eating

The Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission released a report laying out 54 recommendations for how to bolster the state's dairy industry.
microgreens

Learn what you can grow as microgreens and how to start growing your own microgreens at home in nine simple steps.
pigs in a nursery

A northwest Ohio pig farmer reflects on changes he's seen the pork industry go through and how it's impacted the farmers, the land and the consumers.
Lake Erie

Western Lake Erie got its first-ever report card Aug. 14. It needs to bring its grades up, scientists and politicians say.

Tyler Beadnell, 11, wanted to use the proceeds from his 4-H pig to help with his father's medical bills as he battles stage four melanoma.