News & Events

Pesticide ‘drift’ cause of sudden tree devastation

Published May. 20, 2013

The Ohio Department of Agriculture calls the phenomenon “drift.” Agency officials investigate about 40 complaints of unintentional agricultural poisonings each year.

OSU gets new trustee

Published May. 16, 2013

Porteus, 56, replaces Brian Hicks on the OSU board.
He is a board member of Nationwide and served as president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation from 2008 to 2011.

Origins of Chinese Agriculture Older by 12,000 years

Published May. 6, 2013

Scientists have traced these roots back to 23,000-year-old tools used to grind seeds, found mostly in the Middle East.

Ohio's farm counties mystified as feds leave them off the map

Published May. 15, 2013

Ohio, for example, has 88 counties. Most methods of counting, including those used by the state, the U.S. Census Bureau and other government agencies, come up with 48 of them as rural. The CFPB, however, is only counting 20.

Ohio FFA encouraged to “grow” at 85th convention

Published May. 6, 2013

Midday, companies who help sponsor Ohio FFA, including Farm and Dairy, met with some of the award winners for a special luncheon. About 750 people attended the event and asked career-based questions as they interacted with representatives from each sponsoring company.