Thursday, April 23, 2026

COLUMBUS - Ohio property owners breathed a sigh of relief July 26 when the state Supreme Court voted unanimously to stop the city of Norwood in Hamilton County from taking private homes to make way for a development complex.

WASHINGTON - Farmers and ranchers seeking to learn more about the best agricultural systems will find many ideas in the new free publication 2006/07 SARE Highlights.

SALEM, Ohio - After months of talks, Japan agreed in late July to reopen its borders to U.S. beef. The two countries have gone back and forth over beef imports since December 2003 when BSE was first found in the U.

COLUMBUS - Given the right conditions, organic farming can produce, on average, as much corn per acre in Ohio as conventional farming can, according to an Ohio State University study.

ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell plant scientists, working with state and federal officials, have detected plum pox virus (PPV) for the first time in New York state on trees from an orchard in Niagara County.

ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the registration of two YieldGard insect-protected corn technologies developed by Monsanto Company.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon begin transitioning to an ongoing Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease) surveillance program that corresponds to the extremely low prevalence of the disease in the U.

RAVENNA, Ohio - Six teammates stood in the arena looking at each other, then the horse, then each other again.

CARROLLTON, Ohio - Leann Johnson has raised champion lambs before, but this year's 126-pound champion just might be her favorite.

SALEM, Ohio - The name has changed and the ownership is different, but