Thursday, May 16, 2024

The Ohio Senate approved legislation May 24 to transfer regulation of large livestock operations from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

The members of Select Sires and Sire Power have approved the merger of the two artificial insemination cooperatives.

Ohio Gov. Bob Taft responded to a set of questions concerning environmental issues and agriculture.

Knox County farmers Greg and Beverly Miller of Lone Pine Ranch, Howard, received the statewide Environmental Stewardship Award sponsored by the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association.

In her weekly commentary, Editor Susan Crowell reminds readers that problems, like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder.

Smart farm management decisions earned Knox County dairyman Tom Freer one of five Environmental Stewardship Awards presented statewide by the Ohio Livestock Council.

A northeastern Ohio buffalo ranch is a world leader in buffalo genetics and DNA testing.

Dairy farmers across the nation are organizing a dump of one day's milk production, hoping to draw national attention to low milk prices.

The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy has listed Ayrshire, Guernsey and Milking Shorthorn dairy breeds on its watch list because they have shown a marked decline since 1970.

Demand is strong for Bunker Hill's organic cheese and Goshen Dairy is considering bottling organic fluid milk.