Aquaponics program, brewery pair up to give students life skills
Growing Together Aquaponics, housed at North Country Brewing Company's canning facility, started as a transition program, but has grown to be so much more.
Climate is likely to be a high priority for Biden administration
Climate, trade and farm labor are all areas where President-elect Joe Biden is likely to take a different approach than President Donald Trump, agriculture and government relations experts said in an Ohio Ag Council meeting Nov. 10.
ODNR offers new H2Ohio water quality program
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources's new Water Quality Incentive Program, part of the H2Ohio initiative, will encourage farmers to take cropland out of production and establish conservation practices.
CFAP 2 application period closes Dec. 11
The deadline to apply for direct payments available through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 is Dec. 11. More than $9 billion of the available $14 billion has already been paid out.
Victory gardens still going strong
Many people started their own victory gardens during the pandemic this spring. Even into the fall and winter, home gardening is still going strong.
Crickets, katydids ‘singing in the suburbs’
Penn State researchers use the songs that crickets and katydids sing at night to attract mates to help in monitoring and mapping their populations.
Destroy lanternfly egg masses now
New research suggests that several oil-based insecticides can be effective in destroying spotted lanternfly egg masses when applied before they hatch.
Nothing ‘crappie’ about this fishing favorite
Making sure anglers can catch decent-sized crappie is the result of more than 15 years of scientific management to prevent "small crappie syndrome."
Pipeline project pits Union Co. family against state
A natural gas pipeline project in Marysville has many wondering about the future of farmland preservation in Ohio.
Marine Corps veteran returns to farming and family
After 20 years in the military, Devin Winklosky returned home to western Pennsylvania and his farming roots, by starting a hopyard with his sister.
