Monday, December 22, 2025
Wetlands in the Maumee Bay

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.
Farmland

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.
Watermelon radishes and a turnip.

Many people started their own victory gardens during the pandemic this spring. Even into the fall and winter, home gardening is still going strong.
katydid

Penn State researchers use the songs that crickets and katydids sing at night to attract mates to help in monitoring and mapping their populations.
Spotted Lanternfly

New research suggests that several oil-based insecticides can be effective in destroying spotted lanternfly egg masses when applied before they hatch.
crappie

Making sure anglers can catch decent-sized crappie is the result of more than 15 years of scientific management to prevent "small crappie syndrome."
Farmland

A natural gas pipeline project in Marysville has many wondering about the future of farmland preservation in Ohio.
family in hopyard

After 20 years in the military, Devin Winklosky returned home to western Pennsylvania and his farming roots, by starting a hopyard with his sister.
banded woolly bear

Their abundance, wide distribution and flexible diet make woolly bear caterpillars ideal for a home school science project. Learn how to care for them.
guy with table full of turkeys

West Virginia FFA's Creed Ammons won the 2020 FFA National Proficiency Award in agriculture processing.