Jul 5 Agriculture Watershed Moment: “Ephemeral” Streams Debate Could Reshape Ohio Valley Waterways West Liberty University Professor Zachary Loughman has dedicated his professional life to crustaceans – specifically freshwater crayfish. He dips his hand into one of the water tanks at his laboratory near Wheeling, West Virginia, to pick up a teal crayfish the size of a dollar bill. “See the little guy dropping down? We caught mom […] By Liam Niemeyer Jul 5 Agriculture Watershed Moment: “Ephemeral” Streams Debate Could Reshape Ohio Valley Waterways Liam Niemeyer
Feb 8 Agriculture Hemp’s Heyday: It’s Finally Legal. Now, Can Ohio Valley Farmers Cash In? Inside Winkin’ Sun Hemp Company in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, store owner Doug Flight tries to position himself in front of a camera crew. His experience with growing and selling hemp spans years. But memorizing lines for what he says could be the first hemp TV commercial in the state is another issue. “I know, […] By Liam Niemeyer Feb 8 Agriculture Hemp’s Heyday: It’s Finally Legal. Now, Can Ohio Valley Farmers Cash In? Liam Niemeyer
Aug 3 Agriculture Win For Wetlands: Program Helps Farmers Conserve More Flood Prone Land West Kentucky farmer Judy Wilson says her family is a bit of a sundry bunch. “We love the farm, but we also love all the nature,” she said. Wilson is driving down a back-country road that divides two fields, to the left is her soybean crop and to the right is 102 acres that she […] By Nicole Erwin Aug 3 Agriculture Win For Wetlands: Program Helps Farmers Conserve More Flood Prone Land Nicole Erwin
May 11 Agriculture Drowning In Milk: Dairy Farmers Look For Lifelines In Flooded Market LaRue County, Kentucky, dairy farmer Gary Rock sits in his milking parlor, overlooking what is left of his 95 cow operation. “Three hundred years of history is something that a lot of people in our country cannot even talk about,” Rock said. That’s how long the farm has been in his family. While the land […] By Nicole Erwin May 11 Agriculture Drowning In Milk: Dairy Farmers Look For Lifelines In Flooded Market Nicole Erwin
Sep 8 Agriculture Trouble In The Air: Herbicide Dicamba Blamed For Crop Damage Jacob Goodman drove toward a soybean field in western Kentucky in hopes of seeing something different. Most of the 2,500 acres of soybeans his family farms here in Fulton County haven’t been looking so good, but trees that line Running Slough River protect this plot. “Where I’m gonna take you to right now, we have […] By Nicole Erwin Sep 8 Agriculture Trouble In The Air: Herbicide Dicamba Blamed For Crop Damage Nicole Erwin
Apr 7 Agriculture Free Trade And Food: Farmers Grow Nervous About NAFTA’s Future Farmers in the Ohio Valley are waiting to see how President Trump’s choice to lead the Agriculture Department might affect their fortunes. Concerns over trade have held up a confirmation vote for nominee Sonny Perdue, and trade is also on the minds of regional growers. Farmers here have been big winners under the North American […] By Nicole Erwin Apr 7 Agriculture Free Trade And Food: Farmers Grow Nervous About NAFTA’s Future Nicole Erwin
Jan 20 Agriculture Stopping Superbug: A New Farm Rule Targets Antibiotic Resistance A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control offers a stark example of the declining power of medicine’s most important weapons against infectious disease. The CDC noted that a patient who died at a Nevada hospital last year had an infection that was resistant to 26 different antibiotic treatments. That’s essentially the entire antibiotic arsenal […] By Lisa Gillespie and Nicole Erwin Jan 20 Agriculture Stopping Superbug: A New Farm Rule Targets Antibiotic Resistance Lisa Gillespie and Nicole Erwin
Oct 14 Agriculture Piggy Express: ‘Right To Farm’ Law Shields Giant Hog Operation Mount St. Joseph in Daviess County, Kentucky, may appear calm with the Green River flowing past homes that dot the farmland here. But there is trouble in the air and it comes along with the smell of a large hog farm. Sixty-three year old Jerry O’Bryan was born and raised on a farm in Daviess […] By Nicole Erwin Oct 14 Agriculture Piggy Express: ‘Right To Farm’ Law Shields Giant Hog Operation Nicole Erwin
Sep 16 Agriculture Data Farming: How Big Data Is Revolutionizing Big Ag It’s harvest time and a semi full of corn just pulled onto the scales at Seven Springs Farm in Cadiz, Kentucky. On the scale, the analytics work begins: moisture content, weight, production rates, and more are all recorded. This is just one truck and many more will follow with much more to be stored and […] By Nicole Erwin Sep 16 Agriculture Data Farming: How Big Data Is Revolutionizing Big Ag Nicole Erwin
Aug 19 Agriculture Grazing In The Grass: An Old-Fashioned Idea Holds New Promise For Sustainable Farming On 120 acres in Marion, Kentucky, small-scale farmer Joseph Mast is taking an innovative approach to provide for his growing family of nine. Mast belongs to an Amish community and is reluctant when it comes to media. He makes a concession, however, when the conversation involves sustainable farming. “I’ll talk grass any day,” said Mast. […] By Nicole Erwin Aug 19 Agriculture Grazing In The Grass: An Old-Fashioned Idea Holds New Promise For Sustainable Farming Nicole Erwin