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Butter flags, bald eagle: Ohio’s 2026 butter cow celebrates America 250
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The 2026 butter cow and its butter calf, which this year is wearing an Uncle Sam hat, are joined by a butter Statue of… Read More
After losing 1M acres of farmland, Ohio is investing in farmland preservation
By: Shay Frank | WYSO
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WYSO) — The Ohio Department of Agriculture is distributing grant money to 22 counties across the state, aimed at helping their communities plan for growth. The Land… Read More
Meet the local butcher serving southeast Ohio with an ethical approach
SHADE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — In a noisy, refrigerated room, Chase Meeks checked a customer’s order before breaking down a large piece of beef. He’s the lead meat-processor and manager… Read More
In northwest Ohio, new tanks are filtering phosphorus from farm runoff
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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DEFIANCE COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — As rainy spring weather washes phosphorus off farmfields, a series of new filters in northwest Ohio’s Defiance County are working to catch the… Read More
An Ohio apple grove with rare varieties could soon be uprooted
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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NEWARK, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — More than twenty years ago, an Ohio researcher brought wild apple tree seeds from Central Asia to Central Ohio. Dr. Diane Miller, a fruit… Read More
Hosting solar can be a lifeline for farmers. But overcoming local opposition is tough
By: Joshua A. Bickel I AP
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CANFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Through the window of his combine, Wayne Greier watches his teenage son Blake drive a tractor across an empty field, towing a plow into position for… Read More
Farmers in northwest Ohio use a lot of pesticides. Is there a link to cancer?
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Farmers and farmworkers across the country are more likely to be diagnosed with cancers like non-Hodgkin lymphoma than the national average. Some scientists believe pesticide… Read More
The state says higher safety is the goal with Ohio’s intoxicating hemp ban and new marijuana rules
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A ban on intoxicating hemp has been in place in Ohio for three weeks, outlawing products containing that synthetic cannabinoid, most notably THC beverages. Those… Read More
From the movie theater to a microwave bag, your popcorn may be Ohio-grown
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Drive across Ohio in the summertime and you’ll see fields upon fields of corn. Much of it will be used to produce ethanol or livestock… Read More
AgrAbility keeps aging and injured Ohio farmers in the field
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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PREBLE COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Len Vonderhaar has been farming corn and soybeans in Preble County since 1962. Each year his love has only grown for his around… Read More
2025 Year in Review: Ohio lawmakers made major changes to marijuana and hemp regulations
By: Sarah Donaldson
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — This year, as Ohio’s still-young recreational marijuana industry bloomed, the Ohio House and Senate negotiated and finalized its omnibus bill changing state cannabis statute…. Read More
A USDA-funded program handed out the first — and last — grants to Ohio food businesses
By: Amanda Pirani
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MILLFIELD, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — On a sunny December morning, Western Lombard points to a black walnut tree. It’s one of many native crops that grow on his farm… Read More
Cannabis law changes and a toxic hemp beverage ban are now with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After two years of fits and starts, extensive legislation changing recreational cannabis laws and banning so-called intoxicating hemp, including hemp-derived beverages, will head to… Read More
What a federal ban on THC-infused drinks and snacks could mean for the hemp industry
By: Steve Karnowski | Gene Johnson | AP
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The production lines at Indeed Brewing moved quickly, the cans filling not with beer, but with THC-infused seltzer. The product, which features the compound that gets cannabis… Read More
Why Ohio scientists – and some dairy producers – are against legalizing raw milk
By: Shay Frank | WYSO
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WYSO) — Milk is big business in Ohio. It’s 11th in the nation for dairy cows. The USDA reports that dairy accounted for over $1.3 billion in production… Read More
A ‘book end’ to bird flu: what did Ohio learn from the epidemic?
By: Shay Frank | WYSO
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WYSO) — Ohio is better prepared for future bird flu outbreaks after curbing the most recent epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza that started last December. That’s… Read More
As Ohio farmers prep for harvest, many are concerned about profits and politics
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s almost harvest time for Ohio’s farmers. And this year, many of them are facing some tough choices. Recent tariffs put in place earlier… Read More
Advocates hope a new law could help more farmers afford health coverage
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Each morning, Sarah Ison greets a coop of talkative chicks at her farm in southwest Ohio’s Clermont County. They strut in excitement as… Read More
Ohio farmers are feeling the dual pain of uncertain tariffs and unreliable weather
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Agriculture is considered Ohio’s number-one industry. One out of every eight jobs in the Buckeye State is tied to the agriculture industry. As Ohio… Read More
Ohio residents are crowing for backyard chickens after egg price volatility
By: Conor Morris | Ideastream Public Media
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LAKEWOOD, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — Lakewood resident April Stoltz happily watched as her two plump chickens, Marigold and Toast, nipped at the ground in her backyard between native honeysuckle… Read More
Shagbark says it is feeling the effects of federal cuts
By: Charlie Ihlenfeld
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – After cuts to a federal program used to buy food from local growers and producers, Shagbark Seed and Mill, an Athens organic food business, will lose… Read More
Ohio urban homesteaders are transforming their yards into a sustainable food source
By: Shay Frank | WYSO
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HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio (WYSO) — The latest data from a Map the Meal Gap study shows that more than 1.8 million people in Ohio are food insecure, which accounts for… Read More
Budget cuts to a USDA program pose threats to foodbanks, farmers and food processors
By: Donovan Varney
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The federal government has cut a half-a-billion-dollar program at the USDA that helps foodbanks make purchases from local farmers and food processors. The end of… Read More
Why Ohio leads the nation in Swiss cheese production
By: Shay Frank | WYSO
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WYSO) — Inside of the Young’s Jersey Dairy in Yellow Springs, shelves of cheese curds dripped excess moisture onto the floor. The CEO of Young’s Jersey Dairy,… Read More
Uncertainty looms over farms in Ohio
By: Morgan Anderson
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Tariffs may dominate the headlines, but for Ohio’s farms, the real threat runs deeper. The agricultural economy has faced uncertainty for years, and the delay in… Read More
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