USDA cancels Climate-Smart Commodities program
USDA ends Biden-era climate program for farmers, replacing it with a stricter Trump-aligned initiative, leaving projects and producers in funding limbo.
Farm and Dairy Weekly Rundown: Episode 1 (4-10-25)
Reporters Liz Partsch and Paul Rowley give a rundown of the top stories in the Farm and Dairy newspaper for the week of April 10, 2025.
Ohio State conducting strawberry fungal disease research
Ohio State College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is studying Neopestalotiopsis fungal disease's impact and potential control strategies.
OSU offers backyard poultry courses
Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is supporting new poultry keepers through an online educational resource.
Pressure canner gauge testing available
Ohio State University Extension is hosting pressure canner gauge testing at various locations and times throughout northeast Ohio this spring.
OSU researchers look into West Nile virus cycle
A federally funded project aims to determine how West Nile virus cycles through mosquitoes and the animals they bite.
Reader: Climate policy eclipses climate science
A Farm and Dairy reader responds to an article that ran March 27, arguing that recent climate changes are not caused solely by human activity.
Adventure with a wheelbarrow
Farm and Dairy reader Gordon Meeder, of Midland, Pennsylvania, shares a story about a runaway wheelbarrow.
Volunteers needed for Ohio’s fifth annual Sandhill Crane Count
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife is seeking volunteers for the fifth annual Midwest Crane Count on the morning of April 12.
Ohio’s spring wild turkey hunting seasons open
Spring wild turkey hunting seasons are set to begin in Ohio, beginning with youth turkey hunting season April 12 and 13.
