Ohio farmers

The Ohio Agriculture Center opened its doors for the first time this year at the Ohio State Fair, boasting local food purveyors, Ohio-made products and an educational wing for visitors of all ages.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture partnered with the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities to host a cooking demonstration about safe and easy ways to make nutritious snacks with Ohio-made products.

More than 40 local vendors will now be posted outside the market at 600 E. Second St. in downtown Dayton, selling produce, meat, flowers, native plants and more.

The U.S. House passed its version of the Farm Bill after nearly a decade with no updated legislation. But some in the ag sector are concerned about the future of first-generation farmers.

The Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association teamed up with 13 other corn-producing states to send a letter, requesting transparency from the DOJ and USDA on a federal probe into fertilizer markets.

Doug Seibert has operated Peach Mountain Organics in Spring Valley with Leslie Garcia since the late '90s, selling organic goods to local businesses and farmers markets.

The Trump Administration approved the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program to assist farmers across the country with financial struggles, brought on by trade market disruptions and increased production costs.

Ohio corn farmers navigated several mishaps, including design errors and unreliable weather, to deliver the fall staple.

Farm Safety Net programs typically help farmers access loans, commodity or program payments and disaster assistance — services that have been halted as agencies during the government shutdown.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture says producers in the state destroyed more than 15 million birds in the latest outbreak; At one point, Ohio had the most cases of bird flu in the country. The latest case was on April 14.

The Shagbark Seed and Mill in Athens used the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program for over two years. Now that funding is being cut by DOGE.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Darke County, Ohio, to talk about their bird flu response. "There's no part of America that has been more ravaged with the avian bird flu than where we stand right now and so that's why we're here."