Tag: Ohio
Ohio’s farmland preservation summit will highlight program changes
State's preservation program will become increasingly local, with more local involvement and responsibility.
EQIP funds available to Ohio farmers
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering more than $13 million in financial assistance for fiscal 2013...
Ohio Holstein winter barn meeting scheduled
BIG PRAIRIES, Ohio -- The Ohio Holstein Association Winter Barn Meeting and Springhill Tag Sale will be held Dec. 15 from 9 a.m. to...
Grants target Appalachia in Ohio
COLUMBUS -- The Governor's Office of Appalachia has awarded three local development districts with grants from the State Appalachian Development Program.
Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional...
Ohio beef checkoff marketing plan approved
The Ohio Beef Council had to cut $35,000 from its marketing plan for 2013, but will invest $76,250 into beef checkoff programs in fiscal year 2013.
Election’s over, now what about farm bill?
Predictions include a short-term extension of the expired bill, or approval of a new, long-term bill.
Ohio is the new home of rare boreal songbirds
Everyone knows what an eruption is. When a volcano blows its top and spews ash and lava from the cone, that's an eruption on...
Expert revising Ohio’s phosphorus index to improve water quality
COLUMBUS -- Grand Lake St. Marys has lost an estimated $60-80 million in tourism due to harmful algae blooms. And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie's surface area, the largest in the lake's history.
Ohio victims of Hurricane Sandy eligible for lower interest rates
Residents across Ohio impacted by damaging winds and severe weather caused by Hurricane Sandy could be eligible for emergency assistance in the form of reduced interest rates on loans under Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel's Renew Ohio & Rebuild Ohio Programs.
Pilot plant in Wooster helps drive domestic natural rubber project forward
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The 6,000-square-foot pilot plant in Wooster makes gloves and a variety of other latex and rubber products. This is nothing new...
