State honors achievements of longtime farm families
Eight Ohio farm families will receive Ohio's 2002 Outstanding Century Farm Awards.
Holmes County horse first in state stricken with West Nile virus
A horse stabled on an Amish farm near Fredericksburg in Holmes County was euthanized earlier this month after lab tests confirmed the animal was infected with West Nile virus.
Study: Genetically modified crops may pass helpful traits to weeds
If a wild relative grows near a crop plant, chances are good that the two will crossbreed.
High heat, lack of rain tough on crops
July 2002 was the driest July in the 110 years that the Copeland family has been keeping weather records from their post in southern Columbiana County.
Pennsylvania detects West Nile virus in eight counties
West Nile Virus has been detected in 12 birds in eight Pennsylvania counties.
Political button collectors will host Indianapolis event
The Indiana Chapter of the American Political Items Collectors will host a convention Sept. 14 in Indianapolis.
Raphael’s Renaissance works come to Cleveland for nation’s only showing
The Cleveland Museum of Art is the first and only venue in the nation to display Raphael and His Age: Drawings from the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, Aug. 25 through Nov. 3.
Rural America’s single, elderly women deal with poverty and isolation
Elderly women living in rural areas are increasingly susceptible to lives of poverty and isolation.
Medina junior fair exhibitors wrap up project year
Coming off two previous fairs marred by E.coli and a fatal steam tractor explosion, the Medina County Fair was glad to have a "normal" year for a change.
Soybean yields may plummet in absence of rain, agronomist says
Average soybean yields in Ohio are likely to be no better than 85 percent to 90 percent of a normal yield, and for each week fields go without rain, the number drops 10 percent to 15 percent.
