Thursday, February 19, 2026
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What should farmers do about SPCC plans now?

A U.S. District Court ruled that, contrary to EPA’s contention, ordinary stormwater from Alt’s farmyard is exempt from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements.
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The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is awaiting Congressional action on a Nutrient Reduction Strategy that it submitted to the federal EPA June 28. The proposal seeks new limits on the amounts of phosphorus and nitrogen that can enter Ohio's various streams and water bodies, but in relation to the aquatic life in a particular stream, and other biological factors.

When you eat Guggisberg Premium Swiss cheese, you can honestly say you’ve had the best. At least, according to the results of the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest, which presented this year’s top Swiss cheese award to Guggisberg Cheese, of Holmes County.
U.S. Capitol dome.

The first public meeting for the 2013 farm bill conference committee will be held Oct. 30.

Frank Baldwin, Farm and Dairy circulation manager, and Joyce Wolfgang, of Consumers National Bank, present Misty and Arthur Heavner III, of Jefferson, Ohio, with a $500 gift card.

An Iowa professor's discovery is changing the timeline for one ancient animal.

Citizens for Balanced Use and the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association are searching for donations of cattle to help rebuild the herds that were nearly destroyed during the winter storm.
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Assess your pasture land now to make improvements for next season. Here's how to do that.

Stink bugs are a nuisance to crops, in addition to humans.