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Business & EconomyFarmland prices are historically high across the country, including in the Miami Valley. Land has been selling for well over ten thousand dollars an acre across the region over the past few months.
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Total payments to farmers reached $46 billion, a record. Many received more than $100,000, yet didn't necessarily need the help.
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Earl Lehner digs a big plastic scoop into a feed bin and dumps it into tray. There are four small pens next to one another, housing calves that are only a鈥
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Farm workers in California are facing the double health threat of working during the coronavirus pandemic and fire season. Wildfire smoke often makes the air quality dangerous for harvesting produce.
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Paul Dorrance has raised grass-fed livestock in Chillicothe for years, but his animals are not considered organic. It's a conundrum facing more Ohio鈥
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Local advocates for migrant workers are calling for more protections against the coronavirus on Ohio鈥檚 farms. Protective measures like handwashing and social distancing are not possible under farmworkers鈥 current living conditions, said Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE) Managing Attorney Eugenio Mollo. 鈥淭he close proximity of individuals in overcrowded dwellings is of deep concern, and we need mandates to address this issue,鈥 Mollo said. 鈥淚n Ohio, many of them are living in employer-provided individual housing units without running water.鈥
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Farming and food agencies met virtually Tuesday morning to discuss recommendations for building a more resilient food system in Ohio.The recommendations鈥
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When COVID-19 infections forced pork companies to close processing plants, some farmers predicted that it would force them to euthanize millions of hogs. The actual number has been much lower.
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Studies have found the rates of mental illness and suicide are higher for farmers . They work long hours, have limited social contact and are at the...
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Sonny Perdue says he expects "85-90% production in probably a very few days or weeks." He also says the government is stepping up efforts to buy food from farmers and distribute it to families.