The buy local boom of the pandemic bottoms out in 2021
The first year of the pandemic brought new customers to the local food systems. With them came hope and an influx of income for small farmers. But it didn't last.
Training ‘nuts and bolts’ with young livestock guardian dogs
Tarma Shena turns to her veteran livestock guardian dogs to help teach her young pups lessons, as she tightens training up before the winter season.
Brady Campbell named new small ruminant specialist
Ohio State recently hired Brady Campbell, a fourth-generation sheep and swine farmer and program coordinator for Ohio State’s sheep team, as an assistant professor focused on small ruminant management.
How to find and harvest crabapples
Crabapples are a wild apple variety that is common and widely distributed across the Midwest. Learn how to find and harvest crabapples.
COVID-19 virus found in white-tailed deer in Ohio: USDA
The USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was found in wild white-tailed deer in Ohio.
Behold, the benefits of Ohio’s bat population
Bats are essential to many ecosystems ranging from rainforests to deserts and are a boon to agriculture. Learn how you can help populations in Ohio.
Heirlooms and social media drive Melody Acres Hobby Farm
Christine Yankel inherited her green thumb from her mother, and cultivates it by growing and selling heirloom varieties of vegetables and other plants from her home, in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
New records set at 2021 Butler Farm Show
Find all the results and new records for the 2021 Butler Farm Show here.
Check Ohio trees for Asian longhorned beetle
The Ohio Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Agriculture are asking for your help to look for signs of the invasive Asian longhorned beetle.
Ag labor, rural population loss is a challenge for Ohio, Pennsylvania
With declining rural populations, farm groups in some states have expressed concerns about agricultural labor and reiterated a need for immigration reform. Ohio and Pennsylvania aren’t major states for livestock processing, and many Ohio farmers, in particular, are growing row crops, which doesn’t require a lot of workers compared to crops like fruits and vegetables. But there’s still a need for workers in agribusiness and on farms that grow specialty crops or raise livestock.
