Friday, May 3, 2024

WINONA, Ohio - When Dave and Jackie Smith bought an 80-acre farm outside Hanoverton, Ohio, nearly 21 years ago, they knew rehabbing

WINONA, Ohio - An event doesn't just occur. It is a lesson in long-term planning. Dave and Jackie Smith, owners of

SALEM, Ohio - The Center for Farmland Policy Innovation at Ohio State University is looking for a few fresh ideas for farmland protection.

SALEM, Ohio - Big oil is taking what may be the next big step in biofuels production. Gas-station chain and fuel production giant BP partnered three years ago with DuPont to develop and market a renewable fuel source, and the team is on track to market biobutanol beginning in 2007.

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Agriculture is claiming a stronger toehold in the Third Frontier. Ohio's ag industry gained a little more recognition in the high tech world June 29 as Ohio Gov.

The Thomas Edison program, administered by the Ohio Department of Development, is a network of nonprofit organizations that provide services to new and existing technology companies to create and attract technology-based jobs.

SALEM, Ohio - Monroe Energy of Greenford is eyeing four eastern Ohio sites for the construction of a new ethanol facility.

SALEM, Ohio - Keeping his promise to squelch livestock tampering, Ohio Agriculture Director Fred Dailey has disqualified three more champion lambs after routine urine tests showed traces of illegal drugs.

SALEM, Ohio - It was black, but not blacker than any other storm this summer. "Then the wind picked up and blew like never before," said Tuscarawas County dairyman Tim Sigrist.

GRANVILLE, Ohio - A century farm has adapted to managed intensive grazing in order to prosper. Tom Maxwell is the owner/operator of Dry Creek Valley Farm near Granville, Ohio.