Tuesday, April 30, 2024

(Editor's note: This is the third installment in our four-part look at Ohio's farmland preservation efforts.

LISBON, Ohio - Even though typical August weather scorched the midway, attendance was up all week at this year's Columbiana County Fair.

SANDY LAKE, Pa. - Several years ago, Dale Kepner was facing a tough decision on his 40-head dairy. Although he'd been keeping his cattle in old barns and using old facilities to do the milking, he never had any intention of doing a major overhaul with his system.

WARREN, Ohio - Harvey Lutz and his son, Junior, shake their heads and say they just don't get it. The telephone in their farm shop rings steadily every few minutes.

SALEM, Ohio - The Ohio Pork Producers Council has launched a campaign backed by $10,000 of its own money to help cover some legal expenses incurred by northeast Ohio hog farmer Ken Wiles.

UNIONTOWN, Pa. - Better get one thing straight: John Piwowar is no pro farmer. It's not that he's bad at what he does.

WASHINGTON - A "brain drain" problem is plaguing a number of states in the Midwest, Great Plains and Northeast.

COLUMBUS - The USDA has designated 56 counties in Ohio as primary agricultural natural disaster areas, making farmers in the counties eligible for low-interest emergency loans from USDA's

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio - In order to speed the auction day along, the

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Agricultural Council is enshrining four in the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame Aug.