Japan said that rising imports of frozen beef in the first quarter of the Japanese fiscal year (April-June) have triggered a safeguard, resulting in an automatic increase to Japan?s tariff rate under the WTO on imports of frozen beef from the United States.The...
Farmers face public pressure these days to increase their efforts to protect the environment. Given this increased public attention, as well as EPA and local government initiatives, farmers are turning to sustainable farming practices centered on nutrient...
After being a suspected issue due to the unusual late spring and early summer weather and Tropical Storm Cindy moving through the area back in June, Southern Rust was confirmed late last week in several counties in central and southern Ohio.Evan Delk, a CCA with...
The seemingly continuous wet weather Ohio farms have been dealing with this year has slowed hay progress substantially in 2017.?Certainly if you?re trying to produce dry hay, it?s been frustrating with all the rain showers coming through. That?s probably the comment I...
Lt. Governor Mary Taylor and Ohio Department of Agriculture Director David T. Daniels announced the winners of the 2017 ?Agriculture is Cool!? visual arts contest. Ohio children enrolled in school or home schooled during the 2016-2017 academic year shared their...
Tragedy struck on the first day of the Ohio State Fair.?This fair has been here a long time. This is the worst tragedy in the history of the fair,? said Gov. John Kasich in a press conference July 26. ?It is hard to imagine that you have family that goes to a state...
The wet period continued into July. Rainfall in Ohio the last 30 days has ranged from about 4 to 13 inches. This is 100% to 350% of normal. This will go down as one of the wetter periods on record in Ohio.You can see the latest rainfall totals at the Ohio River...
National Cattlemen?s Beef Association (NCBA) CEO Kendal Frazier testified on Capitol Hill in support of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and warned Congress against using the treaty?s renegotiation to resurrect failed policies like mandatory...
The American Antitrust Institute (AAI), Food & Water Watch (FWW), and National Farmers Union (NFU) sent a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on the proposed merger between agricultural input giants Bayer AG and Monsanto Co. The three groups offered...
All exhibitors in the 2017 Market Lamb Sale got at least $1,225 with contributions from the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association and LEAD Council including Stitzlein Club Lambs, Amstutz Club Lambs, Kalmbach Feeds, Umbarger Feeds, Show Managers of the Mark Banbury...
