OEPA investigating yet another spill at egg farm
Buckeye Egg Farm is being investigated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Service for yet another spill, this time of fuel oil.
Ag district protection against nuisance law suits may be in jeopardy
Ohio's agricultural community is watching the developments of a case in Darke County Common Pleas Court that could affect the way farmers do business.
On the fringe
Ohio's greatest population growth is occurring in Brown, Clermont and Warren near Cincinnati; Delaware, Licking, Fairfield, Pickaway and Madison near Columbus; and Medina, Portage, Geauga and Ashtabula near Cleveland.
Ag groups tend to back preservation
While questions remain about the seven-bill farmland preservation package to be introduced by state Reps. Gene Krebs and Sean Logan, Ohio agriculture organizations are generally supportive.
Vermont sheep to be destroyed
USDA's active monitoring of flocks in Vermont since 1996 will prevent widespread contamination from TSE.
Medina County in thick of PDR controversy
The future remains uncertain for a one-quarter percent sales tax earmarked for acquisition of agricultural and conservation easements for farmland preservation in Medina County.
Mahoning County sanctuary shelters unwanted exotics
Ellen and Doug Whitehouse, owners of Noah's Lost Ark in Berlin Center, Ohio, began adopting unwanted or abused exotic animals about 10 years ago.
There’s something wild in Copley
There is something wild tucked away in a small Akron suburb: L&L Exotic Animal Farm Refuge and Rescue in Copley, Ohio.
Penn State: Dairy farmers dependent on milk price supports
New Penn State report analyzes federal milk pricing legislation.
Independence pipeline foes are still fighting
Groups across Ohio and Pennsylvania opposing the proposed Independence natural gas pipeline, are still urging landowners not to sign right-of-way easements.
