Monthly Archives: February 2012
ODA accepting public comment on permits for Ohio Fresh Eggs
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- The Ohio Department of Agriculture is accepting comments from the public on draft expansion and renewal operating permits for nine separate...
OSU Extension offering food safety training
COLUMBUS -- OSU Extension will be offering food safety training to assist individuals in meeting Ohio Department of Health Level 1 certification standards. A...
Thompsons preserve 3,000-plus acres in Ohio, Pa.
More than two-thirds of the land is farmland, which will be protected against future development.
Partnerships and planning key to successful drilling operations
Editor:At the Columbiana County General Health District we have been involved with aspects of oil/gas drilling operations for several years now. We do a...
Vote for the Harrison County Cooperative Extension levy
Editor:I am definitely voting for the new Harrison County Cooperative Extension levy coming up at the March 6 election. Please go vote, even if...
Raw milk: Both sides of the issue need to be addressed
Editor:I would like to discuss some of the remarks made by Mr. Scott Shalaway. A while back he wrote in the Farm and Dairy...
LETTER: Humane Society’s mission is to help all animals
Editor:The announcement by Rick Berman's Center for Consumer Freedom that it had discovered 120 complaints made to the Federal Trade Commission concerning The Humane...
ODNR reports: More Utica shale wells in the works
Carroll County appears to be leading the pack again.
From Adam’s housecat to Zydeco: Dictionary of American regional English completed
MADISON, Wis. -- What is a Maine-born doctor to do when a patient in Pennsylvania complains, "I've been riftin' and I've got jags in...
Unpredictable weather calls for proper corn management techniques
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- There may be no such thing as the "normal" growing conditions of old that many corn farmers have been longing...