Who cares what happens in Qatar?
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on negotiations on whether or not to hold a new round of international trade talks.
Turning over a new leaf: Tobacco growers eye livestock grant
Ohio is offering grants up to $2,500 to tobacco growers willing to retool farms for livestock.
Spotty’ harvest surprises farmers
Yields were all over the board this year, according to the grain merchandiser for Agland Co-op in Canfield, Ohio, whose thoughts were echoed by producers and traders from northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio.
A good comedy good for your health
Anticipation of laughter triggers healthy mood changes up to two days in advance, and may reduce stress hormone levels.
Ag economists urge reduction in agricultural subsidies
In a paper commissioned by the World Trade Organization, authors advocate the ultimate abolition of export subsidies worldwide.
Carbon trading market expands to Chicago, Mexico City
The city of Chicago and Mexico City are joining the Chicago Climate Exchange, a voluntary market for trading emissions of greenhouse gases which are linked to global warming.
Early American Thanksgiving: a labor of love
Thanksgiving in particular was a time when pioneer women put in many extra hours to create a special feast for their families - even though the menu really hasn't changed that much.
Lyme disease ticks follow rivers in Midwest
University of Illinois researchers have been following the slow migration of ticks south from the upper Mississippi into the Midwest.
Majority of Ohio soybean genes losing resistance to Phytophthora
OSU researchers recovered Phytophthora isolates from 82 of 86 locations in 20 counties in northwest and southern Ohio. Many of the isolates killed plants carrying six specific resistant genes.
New technology rests beside the old at U.S. Air Force Museum
The U.S. Air Force Museum at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton projects a striking image of the service's present and future as much as it preserves and portrays the Air Force's past.
