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Consider farm specifics in pipeline contracts

Published Jun. 7, 2013

With this in mind, Arnold said the first thing landowners need to consider with a proposed pipeline on their property are its type and purpose as well as its diameter and pressure.

Commercial kitchens: Can we stir up new food processing in Ohio?

Published Jun. 17, 2013

Let’s say you have a great recipe for cheesecakes. You make them for every occasion and even give them as gifts. Pretty soon, people are asking if they could buy them from you. A seed is planted. Could you make a living baking cheesecakes?

Boehner throws weight behind farm bill

Published Jun. 18, 2013

He said the rule governing the floor debate on the Committee’s bill would allow amendments to be offered to every title including the commodity and nutrition programs.

Boehner Faces Leadership Test on Farm Bill

Published Jun. 18, 2013

Yvonne Lesicko, the senior director of legislative and regulatory policy for the Ohio Farm Bureau, said she thought Boehner’s choice to back this incarnation of the farm bill was good news both for the bill and for his home state.

Blueberries profitable option in Ohio

Published Jun. 7, 2013

The demand for blueberries has exploded in recent years thanks to consumers who covet the tiny, sweet, blue fruit for its many health benefits

Bee health a focus of Pollinator Week

Published Jun. 19, 2013

The global event was established in 2007, and has drawn support from governors, mayors, and other leaders across the U.S. This year's Pollinator Week proclamation was signed by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell.

Appetite for Meat in China Means Agriculture Imports

Published Jun. 7, 2013

The nation’s rising population, urban expansion and growing wealth are coupled with a reduction in the quality and amount of land and water available for farming, the report said. China’s largest pork processor is poised to takeover Smithfield Food Inc. as the pressure encourages companies to look overseas to meet food demand.

Agriculture Department, EPA target food waste

Published Jun. 6, 2013

Americans throw away more than a third of what they buy — that's almost $400 a year per person, or more than an average month's worth of groceries. In 2010, an estimated 133 billion pounds of food from U.S. retailers, restaurants and homes was tossed.

Agricultural Myths, & More

Published Jun. 6, 2013

agriculture is a technology and has been a technology since we first sowed wheat grasses on the banks of the Nile thousands of years ago. We have to be realistic about that. We have to lose our complete addiction to these romantic images of what farming