Farm and Dairy

09/28/2025

The Washington County Fair's Livestock Sale brought in $517,000 from 363 lots on Sept. 2. Great job, everyone! Ohio State - Washington County 4-H

Get the full results and a photo gallery only on our website ⬇️
https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/2025-washington-county-ohio-fair-livestock-sale/888504.html

09/27/2025

The Noble County Junior Fair sale brought in just over $1 million this year from 576 lots. Wow! Congrats to all the exhibitors, buyers and other fair supporters! Ohio State University Extension-Noble County Noble County Agricultural Society

Get the full results and a photo gallery at our website:
https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/2025-noble-county-junior-fair-sale-results/888482.html

09/26/2025

The 2025 Carroll County Fair, Ohio Livestock Sale results are finally here! The sale brought in $829,205.85 from 365 lots on July 18 and 19, 2025.

Get the full results and a photo gallery only at our website 👇
https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/2025-carroll-county-fair-livestock-sale-results/887640.html

09/25/2025

Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are ideal locations for artificial intelligence data centers, according to industry leaders from the Marcellus Shale Coalition.

AI in Appalachia was the main point of discussion at the 2025 Shale Insight Conference in Erie, Pennsylvania, last week.

Artificial inteligence was the main point of discussion amongst industry leaders at the 2025 Shale Insight Conference, which included new studies on AI.

09/25/2025

We just wrote about how drought hit the tri-state area, so of course it rained every single day this week. What can we say except you're welcome. 🤷‍♀️
Today's U.S. Drought Monitor report says Farm and Dairy's main coverage area is still in a drought, but the rain this week sure has helped.

If you want to read our story that's still somewhat relevant, do us a favor and click the link:
https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/drought-is-back-in-ohio-pennsylvania-and-west-virginia/887551.html

What a change 72 hours can make. Three days ago (right map) much of the area was 2-3 inches below their normal 30-day rainfall (light orange) and our northern and eastern counties were 3-4 inches below their normal 30-day rainfall (orange).

In the image from today (left map) we can see rapid improvement in some of these deficits! Much of the region has seen at least 1 inch of rain over the previous 72 hours and there are a couple of swaths of between 2-3 inches observed across Ohio and western Pennsylvania. This rainfall has cut into the rainfall deficits that most areas have faced over the last 30 days. There are even some near normal areas (grey on left map) showing up now.

Portions of our southeasternmost counties have yet to see much rainfall (totals largely under an inch) but more rainfall is expected tonight into tomorrow and heavier rainfall is expected across these thus far neglected counties.

09/24/2025

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife recently announced new bag limits for white-tailed deer hunting in southeast Ohio counties hit hard with Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recently restricted bag limits for white-tailed deer hunting in areas hit hard with Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease.

09/23/2025

“Over the next 90 minutes, fire crews and farm workers worked side by side to remove calves from the trailer,” Shamokin Dam Fire Company #1 said in its post. “In the end, several dozen (calves) were successfully rescued and loaded into a replacement trailer.”

A truck and trailer hauling 106 newborn calves went over an embankment and crashed into a creek in central Pennsylvania early on Sept. 23.

09/23/2025

The USDA projects the second-highest farm income on record for 2025 — nearly $180 billion. But Ohio State experts at Farm Science Review say the story isn’t that simple. Rising costs, low row crop prices, tariffs, drought and heavy reliance on government payments are reshaping the agricultural outlook.

Read more about what this means for Ohio farmers and the U.S. ag economy: https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/ohio-state-experts-analyze-complicated-agricultural-economy-at-farm-science-review/887525.html

Ohio State - College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership

Ohio State experts unpack USDA’s 2025 farm income forecast, warning rising costs, low row crop prices, tariffs and drought complicate agriculture’s outlook.

09/23/2025

The USDA is ramping up efforts to eradicate the New World screwworm after it was found just 70 miles from the U.S. border.

“Let me be clear, protecting America’s livestock and food supply is non-negotiable. This is a top national security priority,” wrote USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins in a Sept. 21 statement about the news on X, formerly Twitter.

The New World screwworm is on the move again, finding its way 70 miles from the U.S. border via an infected 8-month-old cow.

09/22/2025

The Monroe County Fair Ohio Junior Fair Livestock Sale brought in $761,964 from 473 lots on Aug. 21. Congrats to all the exhibitors, buyers and supporters!

Find the full results and a photo gallery online by clicking the link:
https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/2025-monroe-county-junior-fair-livestock-sale-results/886671.html

09/19/2025

🎙️ Episode 24 of Farm and Dairy's Weekly Rundown is out!

Join Paul Rowley and Liz Partsch as they dig into this week’s top stories, including:

🔵 The Troyer brothers reinventing their potato business with organic French fries 🥔
🔵 A spike in deer dying from EHD in southeast Ohio
🔵 Ohio State's new tick testing services to combat the invasive Asian longhorned tick
🔵 Western Lake Erie Basin counties eligible to enroll in the H2Ohio initiative
🔵 A look at bees, pawpaws and the Ohio Pawpaw Festival 🐝
🔵 Plus, Cincy Museum’s fossil collection updates after summer field work

Available now on YouTube and Spotify — your choice, your pace.

📲 Watch or listen:

Reporters Paul Rowley and Liz Partsch give a rundown of the top stories in Farm and Dairy newspaper for the week of Sept. 18, 2025.

09/19/2025

Come take a tour of the Troyer family's new Folkland Foods organic French fry factory in Waterford, Pennsylvania.

To read the full story, click the link below:
https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/troyer-brothers-reinvent-potato-business-with-organic-french-fries/886588.html