U.S. farmers plant largest corn crop since 1937
WASHINGTON -- U.S. farmers planted 96.4 million acres of corn, up 5 percent from last year, making it the highest corn acreage in the...
Ohio, eight other Mississippi River Basin states to receive watershed funds
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced $8.4 million in financial assistance to support 23 new partnership projects in several Mississippi River...
Spangler Candy Co.: Sweet part of Ohio agriculture
Since 1906, Spangler has been buying U.S. corn and sugar to make candy in Bryan, Ohio.
Spangler CEO tells ag group sugar policy hurts manufacturing, jobs
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- The president and chief executive officer for Spangler Candy Co. told a group of farmers and farm-related industries he could...
GovDelivery offers farmers FSA info. electronically
Hello Again,Farmers in our area have really embraced the new forms of electronic technology. A lot of farm families now have a computer and...
Steubenville Saddle Club celebrates 65 years
Sixty-five years after it began, the Steubenville Saddle Club will celebrate its anniversary with a special horse show at the grounds July 1.
Ag research can help fight cancer? Vilsack visits Ohio State
U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack visits Ohio State University to make connection between food and health.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of June 28, 2012:
CORTLAND, Ohio -- Several members of the Brookfield 4-H club visited Starr Manufacturing in Vienna, Ohio, June 21 to present a plaque to Andreas...
Pollinators wildly interesting this time of year
A few days ago my eyes began to itch. Grass and tree pollen trigger allergies that will continue until the first frost. But pollen...
Can you grow food in a parking lot?
oe Kovach, an Ohio State University scientist who is studying the best ways to grow food in old asphalt parking lots, will hold free public tours at his test plots in Wooster at 4 p.m. on the last Thursday of each month through August.
