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Health, Science & EnvironmentOhio experienced its worst drought in decades this year, leaving some farmers stressed about feeding their animals through the winter.
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Last week, the Coshocton County Fair hosted its inaugural Ag for All Abilities Livestock Show. It’s one of many county fairs across the state making an effort to include more people with disabilities.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentThe Urban Food Systems Symposium brings together a diverse, international group of academics, policymakers and professionals to discuss how to adapt to a changing world and how urban food systems contribute to these solutions.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentThe Grocery Box in Steubenville offers local fresh food to the downtown area. The USDA hopes to fund similar operations through the state.
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Once they’re on the market, autonomous technologies like self-driving tractors could change the way Ohio farmers manage their crops and, hopefully, help with a widespread farm labor shortage.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentA grant from the United States Department of Agriculture aims to increase seafood production in the Midwest by helping farmers grow fish on land.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentOfficials from the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say there's no indication East Palestine's agriculture system was impacted by February's rain derailment.
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The bill would require employers of non-U.S. citizen, temporary agricultural workers to pay municipal income taxes if they live in one city but work in another.
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Business & EconomyGas prices continue to soar to record highs. Diesel climbed to an average of $5.52 per gallon on Friday in Ohio, according to AAA.
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People are venturing out into a mostly normal world again as the COVID-19 pandemic eases. But the reverberations of the shutdown are still showing up—and in some relatively unexpected places. Just as farmers begin planting, new equipment and machinery is getting harder to find, and so the used market is booming.