Taft to sign law strengthening regulation of minerals operations
Senate Bill 83 is the first comprehensive overhaul of the state's industrial minerals law since 1974, and received important support both from the environmental community and Ohio's mining industry.
Tea Leaf Club auction totaled $47,000
The major event of the Tea Leaf Club International annual convention is the Saturday auction, this year divided into afternoon and after dinner sessions.
The Thanksgiving feast is entering commerce
Many of the holiday foods most families will enjoy are also growing in significance as U.S. agricultural exports.
New farm bill likely to follow pattern
The next farm bill emerging from Congress is likely to be greener, with increased emphasis on conservation programs like EQIP.
The truth about Thanksgiving
Originating as an traditional English harvest feast, the roots of Thanksgiving go back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. The menu was probably goose, venison, and eel.
Operation Evergreen: Tree donations brighten holiday spirits
Christmas tree growers from across Ohio donated nearly 100 trees this year to "Operation Evergreen," an effort that has been sending holiday cheer to peacekeeping troops in eastern Europe for the past five years.
Wayne County voters turn down farmland preservation initiative
Voters turned down the 10-year tax that would have raised $2.3 million annually to preserve county farmland and open space.
Agriculture not to blame for antibiotic resistance
Of all antibiotics used in the United States, only 6.1 percent are used for growth promotion in food-producing animals, so don't blame livestock producers for antibiotic resistance.
Black raspberries do your body good
A cup of black raspberries a day may help keep esophageal cancer at bay.
Corn leaf blight returns to Ohio
Northern corn leaf blight, a fungal disease that can cause significant yield losses under wet weather conditions, has been found in cornfields throughout southern Ohio this season. The disease was last seen in Ohio in the early 1990s.
