Research targets sheep industry’s biggest woe: pasture parasites
While lamb and wool prices are at an all-time high, the sheep industry is facing a devastating threat in the form of destructive parasites.
Ohio produce tour features Eshleman Fruit Farm, Buurma Farms
OPGMA annual summer field tour features a diversity of fruit and vegetable farms.
Spangler Candy Co.: Sweet part of Ohio agriculture
Since 1906, Spangler has been buying U.S. corn and sugar to make candy in Bryan, Ohio.
Early wheat harvest could mean more opportunity for double-cropping
Farmers are harvesting wheat two-three weeks ahead of usual. But the ground is so dry that double-crop efforts could still be delayed.
Belmont County: Three brothers suing Oxford Oil Company
The Feichters’ lease had called for a 160-acre pooling unit when they signed it in 2006.
Dr. Smith’s ‘Two Dollar Steak’ completed at Stone Gate Farm
Couldn't every farmer use 18 50-foot-long fiberglass dome roof panels? Well, yes, except Dave Smith had to erect 10-foot concrete walls to support the 18-ton roof.
Ohio’s wine industry: The movers, shakers and growers of a blossoming trade
Ohio wines have a full-bodied history, ripe with civil war, Prohibition, countless frosts and diseases, but there's never been a time of such growth as there's been in the past five years.
Year-round farmers markets growing in popularity, number
U.S. Department of Agriculture shows Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York are in the top states for year-round markets.
Heimerl Farms is a multi-faceted family operation
Heimerl Farms raises livestock and crops, makes own feed and handles trucking.
Don’t be in a hurry to sell your mineral rights
Take a ride in eastern Ohio and it is evident the landscape is changing. In some areas, driveways for gas well sites are being constructed, well pads are being poured and drilling is commencing, all for the much-touted energy boom.
