Saturday, December 20, 2025
glass of milk

The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 awaits the president's signature, after it passed Congress earlier this week with bipartisan support.

Bob and Donna Peters were recently awarded the Charles Boyles Ohio Master Shepherd Award at the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association/Ohio Sheep and Wool awards during the Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium.

Administered by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, the new Regenerative Pilot Program will deliver a “streamlined, outcome-based conservation model." The funding comes only months after the Trump administration canceled the $3 billion Biden-era Climate-Smart Commodities program, which incentivized farmers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through conservation practices.
pesticide application

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently approved two new pesticides that environmental groups say contain PFAS "forever chemicals."
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.
herbs

Learn how to treat cold and flu symptoms with nine herbs that have been used in many different cultures across the world for centuries.
Pure Gold Stables

Skeletal remains of four horses were found at Ohio’s former Pure Gold Stables, sparking an animal cruelty investigation and community outrage.
Daniel and Deanna Duma

A dairy farm fire sparked an unexpected love story for Daniel and Deanna Duma, leading to marriage, a new life together and their first child on the way.

Apthorp Farms offers handicap-accessible reindeer tours in North East, Pennsylvania in December for everyone to take part in the Christmas spirit.
Holstein cow

Determining the optimum time to artificially inseminate your herd can reduce your calving intervals and decrease your semen expense.