REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Agriculture has announced approval for local sponsors to purchase agricultural easements on 37 family farms representing 3,701 acres in 29 counties. Local sponsoring organizations, which include land trusts, counties and local Soil and Water Conservation Districts, receive funding from the Clean Ohio Fund to manage the Local Agricultural […]

FORT WORTH, Texas — In late December 2021, Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers Bo Fox, Jay Foster and Ben Eggleston conducted an investigation requiring more than 2,000 head of cattle to be inspected at PACO Feed Yard, LLC in Friona. The special rangers contacted PACO operations manager, Vince Montes, who agreed to […]

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) is alerting Massachusetts residents that it has received notification from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) that a number of nurseries within the Commonwealth received Canadian boxwood plants that were potentially infested with box tree moths. Box tree moths are […]