More Ohio farmland will remain Ohio farmland. The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is proud to announce 80 acres have been added to the Farmland Preservation Program.
As millions of visitors prepare to enjoy any of Ohio’s 94 county and independent fairs across the state, leaders at the Ohio Departments of Agriculture (ODA) and Health (ODH) are encouraging guests and exhibitors to practice good hygiene when visiting livestock exhibitions this summer.
More Ohio farmland will remain Ohio farmland. The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is proud to announce 67 acres have been added to the Farmland Preservation Program. The Davidson family's farm in Clark County becomes the third Ohio farm to join the program this year.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is announcing the return of a program dedicated to strengthening and expanding markets for Ohio’s agricultural products and producers.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is celebrating locally made wines this June, during Ohio Wine Month. Responsible festivities kicked off this year with recognizing this year’s Director’s Choice and Ohio Wine Competition Best of Show and Best of Ohio award-winners.
The Ohio Grape Industries Committee (OGIC), which operates in part through the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), is launching a new Ohio Wines Visitor’s Incentive Passport (VIP) app on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is extending the H2Ohio enrollment deadline for row crop producers who farm in Ohio’s 64 counties outside of the Western Lake Erie Basin. Farmers will have until Friday, May 31, 2024 to enroll.
More Ohio farmland will remain Ohio farmland. The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is proud to announce 139 acres have been added to the Farmland Preservation Program.
As part of Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative, agency directors from the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) and the Ohio Lake Erie Commission (OLEC) partnered for a second year in a row with the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) for an early Earth Day celebration focusing on water.
Ohio’s movement to promote urban and rural gardening is back and bigger than ever. The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) and Ohio State University Extension are partnering once again to encourage Ohioans to cultivate their own produce.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is issuing a quarantine for six counties in southwest Ohio to prevent the spread of an invasive insect – the box tree moth.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) has received a presumptive positive test result of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in an Ohio dairy cattle herd and is awaiting confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL).
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) hosted a discussion around water conservation with agricultural leaders from Indiana and Michigan to focus on improving water quality in the Western Lake Erie Basin (WLEB).