Tuesday, February 24, 2026
monarch butterflies feeding on milkweed

Learn how you can help endangered monarch butterflies by implementing conservation practices in community gardens, local parks and your own backyard.

Pennsylvania Ag Secretary Russell Redding toured the LCCAP to kick off the fifth annual Pennsylvania Urban Ag Week. He visited 19 farms and agricultural operations in Erie, New Castle, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Wilkes-Barre from July 11-15.

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey toured a North Side rec center to see the impact of the recently signed federal Keep Kids Fed Act.
beef cattle in a field

Farmers, processors and industry experts discussed beef cattle marketing and management at Michel Livestock, Hatfield Farms and Shirer Bros. Meats for the Ohio Beef Field Day, in Muskingum County, July 16.
men watch an excavator dig in remains of a barn fire

The Whiteleather family lost three barns and dozens of calves to a July 15 fire, but they are carrying on farming, with the help of hundreds of friends and neighbors.
wheat USDA GMO

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it is expanding double crop insurance in almost 1,500 counties July 12.
wild pear

The wild Ohio pear is a common orchard pear that has escaped cultivation and taken root in the wild. Learn where to find them and when to pick them.
Grand Champion Turkey

Find all the results for the 2022 Harrison County Fair junior livestock sale here.
Sedosa the Harris's hawk

The Ohio School of Falconry conducted a program on the sport of falconry at the Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center's 20th Anniversary Bash.
Farm and Dairy staff

The Farm and Dairy newsroom earned both international and national recognition for 2021 projects, marking another year of awarding winning work.