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![Christian Co., Kentucky, farmer Kendall Clark is betting big on these fields sown with hemp.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Hemp-Klark-featured-image-900x422.jpeg)
Ohio Bill Makes It Easier To Keep Farms In The Family
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio farmers who want to sell their property to a younger farmer in their family might soon get a tax incentive to do that. Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill that would give… Read More
![Tony Silvernail with a handful of crumbled hemp, on his farm near Frankfort, Kentucky.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_8809-e1570832660814-900x422.jpg)
U.S. Finalizing Rule to Allow Farmers to Legally Grow Hemp
By: David Pitt | AP
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. agriculture officials said Tuesday a rule that allows farmers to legally grow hemp will be finalized this week, a move that many states have… Read More
![Tony Silvernail with a handful of crumbled hemp, on his farm near Frankfort, Kentucky.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_8809-e1570832660814-900x422.jpg)
Hemp Farmers Form Cooperatives Amid Growth And Uncertainty
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Tony Silvernail swings a heavy machete at a stalk of bushy hemp and chops the plant near the root, grabbing the five-foot-tall shoot with his sun-weathered hand. It’s an unusually… Read More
![Tom Folz grows thousands of acres of corn and soybean in western KY.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8344-e1568651673140-900x422.jpg)
USDA Projects Bid Decrease in Ohio Corn Crop This Year
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that Ohio’s corn crop will be down 34% compared with 2018. USDA statistician Cheryl Turner says that at 409 million… Read More
![Western KY farmer Tom Folz fears a prolonged trade war could push some farmers out of business.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8335-e1566652633305-900x422.jpg)
Farmer Fatigue: Farmers Grow Weary Of Trade War, But Most Stick With Trump
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Tom Folz drives around on a sunny, August afternoon and surveys the thousands of acres of dark green, leafy soybean plants and tall stalks of corn he grows on his… Read More
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Ohio State to Aid Farmers Needing Emotional, Financial Help
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University is creating a new way to help farmers dealing with the stress and strain of keeping their farms running. It’s called the Rural… Read More
![Goodman’s family farms 4,000 acres of corn and soybeans in Fulton Co., KY.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Jacob-Goodman-and-his-family-farm-about-4000-acres-of-corn-and-soybeans-in-Fulton-Co.-Kentucky.-e1549059139439-900x422.jpg)
USDA: Ohio has its Worst Weather-Prevented Planting Season
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — U.S. Department of Agriculture numbers show Ohio farmers have been hit with the state’s worst weather-prevented planting season on record. The Columbus Dispatch reports the data released this… Read More
![Large swaths of forest have been cut down in Brazil in recent decades to make room for farming. Deforestation contributes to global warming, and reversing it will be necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ap_19147662235074-f311d810ead7e4d8fc1b0828ad04508fe66fd59d-e1565274764808-900x422.jpg)
To Slow Global Warming, U.N. Warns Agriculture Must Change
By: Rebecca Hersher | Allison Aubrey | NPR
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The way we produce food and manage land must change radically if humans hope to avoid catastrophic global temperature rise, according to a new report by the United Nations panel on climate change.
![A worker at the port in Nantong, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, displays soybeans imported from Ukraine. Imports of soybeans from the U.S., once China's biggest supplier, have dropped massively since a trade war between the U.S. and China began in 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gettyimages-1142701429-9b5db8380bcdd250dc92cc6853c26d57bb1201a1-e1564411529725-900x422.jpg)
Economists Say Trump Administration Is Overpaying Farmers For Trade Losses
By: Dan Charles | NPR
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The Trump administration has released details of a $16 billion plan to compensate farmers who’ve lost money as a result of the trade dispute with China. Some economists say it’s too generous.
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Watershed Moment: “Ephemeral” Streams Debate Could Reshape Ohio Valley Waterways
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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West Liberty University Professor Zachary Loughman has dedicated his professional life to crustaceans – specifically freshwater crayfish. He dips his hand into one of the water tanks at his laboratory… Read More
![Goodman’s family farms 4,000 acres of corn and soybeans in Fulton Co., KY.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Jacob-Goodman-and-his-family-farm-about-4000-acres-of-corn-and-soybeans-in-Fulton-Co.-Kentucky.-e1549059139439-900x422.jpg)
‘Like Quicksand’: Ohio Farmer Survives Soybean Entrapment
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The sea of shifting soybean kernels had risen to Jay Butterfield’s knees inside a tall grain bin on his Ohio farm. “I knew I was in… Read More
![President Trump listens to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue during a signing ceremony. The USDA wants to move two vital research agencies out of Washington D.C.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ap_18354756054196-602cfda045d234ef198296a8f324dc314ce12e9f-e1558199652516-900x422.jpg)
Critics Say USDA Plan To Move Federal Agencies Could Hurt Research Vital For Farmers
By: Frank Morris | NPR
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A plan to move USDA research groups out of Washington, D.C. has towns clamoring for high-paying jobs. But critics say it’s part of an effort to gut objective research and cut jobs at the two agencies.
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A Growing Recovery: Food Service And Farming Jobs Provide A Path Out Of Addiction
By: Brittany Patterson | Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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This is the first story in an occasional series exploring the links between addiction recovery and a recovering economy. It’s lunch hour, and Cafe Appalachia is bustling. Located in South… Read More
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Farmers, Economists See More Economic Pain From Trump’s Increased Tariffs
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley farmers say the latest tariff escalation between the Trump administration and China could continue to hurt their businesses, with many farmers already facing financial struggles. As Chinese officials visit… Read More
![Cows at a dairy farm](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AEE9A84D-F07F-4B22-A3BB-13B114268EB8-e1555439069456-900x422.jpg)
Fourth-Generation Dairy Farmer Quits the Milking Business
By: Associated Press
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LOUISVILLE, Ohio (AP) – A dairy farm operated by an Ohio family for four generations is halting milk production. The (Canton) Repository reports Dwight Raber, of Raber Dairy Farms in… Read More
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Sweet Equity: Ohio Valley Farmers Tapping Into Tradition
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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When Seth Long first began experimenting with maple syrup production, he tapped hollow pegs called spiles into individual trees, collected drips of sap in milk jugs, and carried each gallon… Read More
![Protein powder derived from hemp](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hemp-powder-e1537810870483-900x422.jpg)
Quarles: Sales of Kentucky Hemp Products Surged in 2018
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky’s agriculture commissioner says sales of the state’s hemp products surged in 2018, as did the amount hemp farmers were paid. Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles said… Read More
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Distress Grows For Ohio Valley Farmers As Trade Deals Stall
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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West Kentucky Farmer Barry Alexander doesn’t have an answer on when the Trump administration will reach a trade deal with China, now a year into tariffs that have hamstrung some Ohio Valley… Read More
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Zanesville Spring Farmers’ Market
Join us in creating a local food economy that thrives and embrace the joys of seasonal cooking every Saturday 11am-2pm at the indoor spring farmers’ market at Weasel Boy Brewing… Read More
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Zanesville Spring Farmers’ Market
Join us in creating a local food economy that thrives and embrace the joys of seasonal cooking every Saturday 11am-2pm at the indoor spring farmers’ market at Weasel Boy Brewing… Read More
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Zanesville Spring Farmers’ Market
Join us in creating a local food economy that thrives and embrace the joys of seasonal cooking every Saturday 11am-2pm at the indoor spring farmers’ market at Weasel Boy Brewing… Read More
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Zanesville Spring Farmers’ Market
Join us in creating a local food economy that thrives and embrace the joys of seasonal cooking every Saturday 11am-2pm at the indoor spring farmers’ market at Weasel Boy Brewing… Read More
![WOUB Digital](https://woub.org/wp-content/themes/2014woub/img/basic.jpg)
Zanesville Spring Farmers’ Market
Join us in creating a local food economy that thrives and embrace the joys of seasonal cooking every Saturday 11am-2pm at the indoor spring farmers’ market at Weasel Boy Brewing… Read More
![WOUB Digital](https://woub.org/wp-content/themes/2014woub/img/basic.jpg)
Zanesville Spring Farmers’ Market
Join us in creating a local food economy that thrives and embrace the joys of seasonal cooking every Saturday 11am-2pm at the indoor spring farmers’ market at Weasel Boy Brewing… Read More
![WOUB Digital](https://woub.org/wp-content/themes/2014woub/img/basic.jpg)
Zanesville Spring Farmers’ Market
Join us in creating a local food economy that thrives and embrace the joys of seasonal cooking every Saturday 11am-2pm at the indoor spring farmers’ market at Weasel Boy Brewing… Read More