Ohio Farm Bureau delegates weigh in on raw milk debate
COLUMBUS - The 329 delegates to the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation's annual meeting last week faced 267 pages of proposed state and national policies.
Southwest Ohio farm to host new beef heifer development program
SALEM, Ohio - A southwestern Ohio farm and its operators have been chosen to help kick off Ohio's first beef heifer development program.
State revokes egg farm permits
SALEM, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Agriculture, backed by proof Ohio Fresh Eggs operators left out pertinent information on permit applications, shut down the egg farm Nov.
2007 Ohio growers congress to offer education, networking opportunities
COLUMBUS - Fruit and vegetable growers and marketers may participate in the 2007 Ohio Fruit and Vegetable Growers Congress, which will also include the Ohio Direct Agricultural Marketing Conference, the Mid American Ag and Hort Human Resource Conference and the National Bramble Conference.
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act to help protect agriculture
Llama love, donkey delight and horse heaven
CUMBERLAND, Ohio - When you ask Gary Conrad what he does for a living, he'll tell you he's a single father of 200.
Egg farm may have permits yanked
SALEM, Ohio - When Ohio Fresh Eggs operators bought the facilities from the now-defunct Buckeye Egg Farm, they promised to be good, conscientious neighbors who would make the farm an asset to the community.
Bloomin’ and boomin’: Pa. ranked seventh in ’05 floriculture crops sales
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania ranked seventh nationally in wholesale sales of floriculture crops in 2005 with a wholesale value of sales by commercial flower and foliage producers that totaled $174.
Bucyrus pork producer earns national award for environmental stewardship
BUCYRUS, Ohio - The National Pork Checkoff Board has selected
Expert: Ag technology improvements critical part of a positive world future
URBANA, Ill. - Genetically modified (GM) crops and new information technologies will be central to meeting the food demands of a rapidly growing world population sustainably, said a University of Illinois agricultural economist.