Health concerns related to fracking may be stress-related
Perceptions of health may be affected by fracking regardless of whether it's due to direct exposure to chemical and physical agents resulting from drilling or to the psychosocial stressors of living near drilling activity.
OEFFA conference slated for Feb. 15-17 in Dayton
Registration is open for the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association's 39th annual conference, A Taste for Change.
Hogweed creeps into northeast Ohio
JEFFERSON, Ohio - A weed described as a freak of nature has spread across Pennsylvania and is making its way through Ohio.
Don’t compound compaction woes
COLUMBUS - For many Ohio farmers, this is the wettest fall since 2003. Not only is the weather throwing a strike at this year's harvest and wheat planting, wet soil compacts easily and that can lead to problems next spring.
Roundup of 4-H news for Feb. 10, 2022
The Hicks and Hayseeds 4-H Club met Feb. 1 and worked on a silent auction item, a snowman made of disposable cups.
It can’t be that hard to put up your own hay …
(Editor's note: The following is a "Best Buy of 2006" entry that got out of hand. Let's just say that this part-time farmer suffered through lots of "worst buys" before making any "best buys".
A gallery of Olivers: Wayne County farmer has complete set
Richard Baumann has restored more than 50 Olivers, from the earliest 1929 two-cycle kerosene tractor on iron wheels to the 1975 models that were the end of the Oliver line.
Dairy events continue at Pa. Farm Show
Dairy events continue at this week's Pa. Farm Show.
Anaerobic digestion training offered
Ohio State University will hold a first-of-its-kind training course on anaerobic digestion, a waste management process that livestock farms and wastewater plants are increasingly using to produce biogas, a type of renewable fuel.
Hirsch, Burkett, Patterson re-elected Ohio Farm Bureau leaders
Steve Hirsch, of Chillicothe, was re-elected president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation during the organization’s annual meeting.
