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On Sept. 20, the chief veterinary officer in Haiti reported a positive case of African swine fever to the World Organisation for Animal Health.

The five families recognized with 2021 Ohio Conservation Farm Family Awards are all improving their land for future generations, but each in their own way.

Find all the results for the 2021 Big Knob Grange Fair junior livestock sale here.

Pennsylvania will partner with DoorDash to have healthy, nutritious meals delivered to homebound seniors in need. 

U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, of Pennsylvania, announced the Solar Supply Chain Act to invest $700 million annually over the next four years to expand domestic solar component manufacturing. The next day, U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan, of Ohio, and Dan Kildee, of Michigan, introduced the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act to provide tax credits for American solar component manufacturers. 

Marlin Clark offers insight into the grain markets as we await the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Sept. 1 grain stocks report on Sept. 30.

The Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation program recommends prime farmland soil remain available for agricultural production and that solar development instead take place on rooftops, impervious surfaces or on less productive soils. The problem is there is no mechanism at the state level to control siting of utility-scale solar projects.

Farm, forestry and conservation groups have been talking about carbon markets for several years. Legislators and those in the agriculture and forestry industries are still debating exactly how the roles of the federal government and the private sector fit together in carbon markets.

Find all the results for the 2021 Belmont County Fair junior livestock sale here.

Find all the results for the 2021 Washington County Fair (Ohio) junior livestock sale here.