Thursday, June 18, 2026
Goat

Japan has finalized technical requirements that will allow U.S. sheep and goat exports into the country for the first time in more than 14 years.
Bull Country compost

Looking for a simple confirmation of healthy or unhealthy, farmers are burying underwear to test their soil. It's called the #SoilYourUndies challenge.

From her 79-mile section hike of the Appalachian Trail, Editor Susan Crowell uncovered hiking lessons that can easily be translated into farming (or life!) wisdom.
Fishing on Lake Erie

This year's Lake Erie harmful algal bloom is forecast to be smaller than last year, but is still of concern.
Cabot sign

An energy company with experience in the Marcellus shale hopes to find oil or gas in the Ashland County area.
Lake Erie

Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to target specific Lake Erie watersheds through an executive order.
Natural gas pipeline under construction

Ohio's Utica Shale natural gas production from the first quarter of 2018 showed a 42.85 percent increase over the first quarter of 2017.
Winkler Family

Life doesn’t stop on a dairy farm — even if hundreds of your fellow farmers and friends stop in for an evening tour at Winkler Farms LLC, in Sterling, Ohio.
Pa. budget

Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf signed House Bill 2121, the state’s budget bill, into law June 22. At $36.158 billion, the budget is roughly a 2 percent increase.
Grain bins

Richard J. Schwan, 79, of Monroeville, pleaded guilty, July 9, to multiple charges related to theft of more than $3 million in grain from 35 Ohio farmers.