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.
Pennsylvania expands spotted lanternfly quarantine
Bradford, Sullivan, Venango and Wyoming Counties have been added to the Pennsylvania counties quarantined due to confirmed populations of the invasive pest spotted lanternfly.
Farmers beware: A bite from this tick could make you allergic to your animals
Alpha-gal syndrome, which comes from the bite of a lone star tick, can make people allergic to eating red meat, products derived from animals and even the animals themselves.
Roundup of 4-H news for April 10, 2025
Catch up on 4-H news from Leatherwood Valley 4-H club, Hicks and Hayseeds 4-H club and Homestead Hoofers 4-H club.
