October is Farm to School Month
Ohio's Farm to School Program provides youth, pre-K through college, with access to nutritious meals, while supporting local farmers and communities. Lake-to-River Cooperative makes aggregation and distribution of locally grown fruits and vegetables easier for both farmers and buyers.
What is agroforestry and how can it benefit landowners and farmers?
Use your forested land to your advantage. Tim Baker, regional horticulture specialist for University of Missouri Extension, explains how.
South Dakota cattlemen still suffering from winter storm
Citizens for Balanced Use and the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association are searching for donations of cattle to help rebuild the herds that were nearly destroyed during the winter storm.
Law aims to balance public safety and animal owner rights
What is the Exotic Animal Control Law? It's a new Ohio law that restricts and regulates the ownership and use of "exotic" animals. Learn more by reading this Q&A.
Ohio State researchers clone a gene that regulates fruit size in crops
Esther van der Knaap, a geneticist with the university's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, led an international research team that discovered and cloned a gene that regulates fruit size in tomato.
Assessing and improving your pasture for 2014
Assess your pasture land now to make improvements for next season. Here's how to do that.
Stink bugs pose threat to corn, soybeans
Stink bugs are a nuisance to crops, in addition to humans.
Anticipating crop acreage in 2014
The 2013-14 marketing year for U.S. corn and soybeans is only in the second month. A lot is still unknown about the size of those crops, the strength of demand, and price levels.
Study: American families taking ‘divergent paths’
"The state of American families has become increasingly polarized," said Zhenchao Qian, author of the new study and professor of sociology at The Ohio State University.
Need sleep? Charge up by shutting down
With a smartphone in your pocket, an electronic tablet in your bag, and laptops and gigantic televisions throughout your home, disconnecting for a nightly jaunt to dreamland has become more difficult than ever -- especially for teens.
