State ag secretaries look ahead to 2002 farm bill
COLUMBUS -- Getting the federal government to tie highway funding to ethanol use may have been in the hopper for action, but it was...
Greatest potential of precision farming remains in its promise
The greatest potential of precision farming is probably still in the future, when the technology has developed even more than it has today.
Tornado hits Xenia… again
An F-4 tornado struck southwestern Ohio Sept. 20, revisiting the Greene County town of Xenia leveled by a tornado in 1974.
U.S. breaks trade block of China’s Great Wall
The U.S. Senate last week approved an amendment-free bill granting permanent normal trade relations for China.
Vote pushed back on megafarm bill
COLUMBUS -- The debate over Ohio Senate Bill 141, which would transfer regulation of large-scale farms to the Ohio Department of Agriculture from the...
Ohio ag economist voices real livestock issue
During the Farm Science Review, ag economist Carl Zulauf threw down the gauntlet with this statement: "There is no reason livestock has to be in Ohio. The industry has to make its own way."
OSU, ODNR partner to open natural resources center
Officials from The Ohio State University and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources dedicated a new Natural Resources Interpretive Center in the conservation area Sept. 19 during the 2000 Farm Science Review.
Environment could direct debate over farm policy
Look for the American public to expect greater environmental responsibility for its investment in agriculture in the next farm bill debate.
