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Health concerns related to fracking may be stress-related

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Perceptions of health may be affected by fracking regardless of whether it’s due to direct exposure to chemical and physical agents resulting from drilling or to the psychosocial stressors of living near drilling activity.

What organic is and what it isn’t

Thursday, September 13, 2012

No two farmers manage their farms the same way — one organic grower could have higher risk of bacterial contamination than another, and the same could be said of a nonorganic grower.

Richland County residents file class action lawsuit against Columbia Gas

Monday, December 31, 2012

Correction: The Wilsons are being represented by the law firm, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP in Columbus.  Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC is being represented by Lawyers Incorporating Service, Statutory Agent, in Columbus, Ohio.   BUTLER, Ohio — A class action lawsuit has been filed against Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, in the U.S. District Court,

Recreation offers income opportunities for farmers

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

HONOLULU — By maximizing the recreational value of their land, farmers and ranchers could reap an additional $20,000 per year without sowing a single seed, Daryl Jones of the Natural Resources Enterprises Program at Mississippi State University told attendees at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 93rd annual meeting.

ODNR says exotic animal incident will expedite regulation

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

See more of our coverage here, or at the links below this article. ZANESVILLE, Ohio — A task force group to decide how exotic animal ownership will be regulated in Ohio will likely see an increase in activity on the heels of the Muskingum County exotics incident. Scott Zody, assistant director for the Ohio Department

Feds ease up regulations surrounding Roundup Ready alfalfa

Friday, January 28, 2011

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced its decision to grant non-regulated status for alfalfa that has been genetically engineered to be resistant to the herbicide commercially known as Roundup. “After conducting a thorough and transparent examination of alfalfa through a multi-alternative environmental impact statement (EIS) and

Grain market bounces into the new year

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

In my grandmother Faragher’s Manx household was the tradition of the “Qualtagh.” The qualtagh, the first visitor to your home in the New Year, was a harbinger of the household fortunes for the year. A young, vigorous man was as good as it gets. A crusty, broken down old farmer meant you should dig a

Here is what they aren’t saying about Issue 2

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Editor: I recently attended a meeting where a representative of the Farm Bureau made a 20-minute Power Point presentation arguing that without Issue 2, Ohio agriculture will be threatened by outside animal rights activists that will put thousands of Ohio family farmers out of business. What he didn’t say was Issue 2 is a Constitutional

USDA: Ohio hog numbers up; U.S. numbers down

Monday, March 30, 2009

Ohio hog producers had 1.97 million hogs on hand March 1, 2009, up 2 percent from last quarter and up 6 percent from a year ago. U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2009, was 65.4 million head, down 3 percent from March 1, 2008, and down 2 percent from December 1, 2008.

American Humane Certified to launch online training of humane animal care

Monday, March 16, 2009

DENVER — Unveiling yet another innovative industry first, the American Humane Certified farm animal welfare program announced it will launch an online Humane Care Training Program for food producers to use in educating employees, growers and contractors who handle animals. Complement and expand The training will complement and expand American Humane Certified’s existing national program