Beekeepers seek out resilient feral honey bees
Beekeepers Dwight Wells and Zale Maxwell started the Ohio Queen Bee Improvement Project to selectively breed bees that are well adapted to Ohio conditions.
Big Wheeling Agrarian Center keeps food local, trains farmers
At the Big Wheeling Agrarian Center, Matt Pounds and several other first generation farmers are building a diversified, “full diet” farm, which will also serve as training grounds for other beginning farmers in the area.
Pennsylvania phasing in ban of invasive Japanese Barberry
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture added Japanese Barberry, or Berberis thunbergii, to a list of noxious weeds.
Nov. 6 was the best day for Ohio bowhunters
Ohio bowhunters checked 4,795 white-tailed deer on Nov. 6, the highpoint for the Buckeye State's archery season.
Roundup of FFA news for Nov. 18, 2021
Catch up on local FFA news from Black River FFA, Northwestern FFA, Zane Trace FFA, Lorain County JVS FFA and Miami Trace Great Oaks FFA.
Roundup of 4-H news for Nov. 18, 2021
The Hicks & Hayseeds 4-H club met Nov. 2, in Hanoverton. First, they voted in new officers.
Huelsman, 2022 Ohio Auctioneers Association president, focused on moving forward
Karen Huelsman, the Ohio Auctioneers Association's incoming 2022 president, is a first generation auctioneer, which comes with some challenges. But Huelsman believes being first generation has helped her think outside the box and try new things.
Climate, law experts talk US policy, climate change impact on Great Lakes
Experts in climate, law and policy discussed impacts climate change has on the Great Lakes and recent developments in climate law and policy in the University of Toledo College of Law’s recent “Climate Change and the Great Lakes” conference.
Western Pa. farmer and employee charged with poisoning birds
A western Pennsylvania farmer and his employee were charged in federal court for allegedly poisoning migratory birds with pesticide-laced corn.
Co-ops that once brought electricity to rural Ohio work to offer high speed internet
Cooperatives that originally brought electricity to rural Ohio are now looking for ways to provide high speed internet as well.
