Tuesday, April 7, 2026

ZANESVILLE, Ohio - Pull into County Ridge Farm and see pastures brimming with thick, green forage. Watch sheep lazily chew their cud while tiny balls of woolly fuzz nurse under their bellies.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - While administering a blight-causing fungus to more than 200 young hybrid trees - a huge step in the process of developing a blight-resistant American chestnut tree - researchers knew seven decades of work had led to this moment.

ZANESVILLE, Ohio - The Ohio Sheep Day will be held July 9 at County Ridge Farm, owned by Daryl and Joyce Clark, 4865 Coopermill Road, Zanesville.

PLAIN CITY, Ohio - Tom Thorbahn of Vickery, Ohio, was inducted into the Ohio State University Dairy Science Hall of Service at the Buckeye Dairy Club Recognition Banquet held May 7.

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - After reviewing and scoring landowner's applications for the fourth funding round of the

COLUMBUS - A $1 million grant from the U. S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service will help the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' efforts to stop the emerald ash borer from spreading across Ohio.

MOUNT JOY, Pa. - Overlooking a beautiful view of open space and productive farmland in Lancaster County, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff celebrated Pennsylvania's milestone of preserving 300,000 acres of farmland.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A USDA report paints a rosy employment picture for college graduates in agricultural sciences and natural resources over the next five years.

WOOSTER, Ohio - The Snapshots of Springhill Starmark Sale in Wooster, Ohio, reached a new record sale average for consignment auctions in the Brown Swiss breed.

MOUNT EATON, Ohio - Forty years ago, 90 percent of the Amish and Mennonite families in Wayne and Holmes counties were engaged in agriculture.