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Farmland is being lost in Ohio, what now?

An Ohio State University professor says several multi-year studies across the Midwest have shown that farmland is being lost to urban development. Ani Katchova says her study showed that Ohio has lost 930,000 acres since 2002. “Not surprisingly, most of the agricultural land that was...

A 2025 Farm Bill means lost time

If a new farm bill isn’t completed this year, Jake Westlin with the National Association of Wheat Growers says it’s not likely Congress will address it quickly in 2025. “There’s going to be a new president. That person would have the opportunity to appoint...

Recent study shows 1.6 million acres lost to development since 2001

A recent report from the University of Illinois show the Midwest has lost 1.6 million acres of productive farmland since 2001. Ohio State University professor emeritus, Carl Zulauf says the loss accounts for 1% of total farmland across eight states. “The loss of farm land reduces...

Rains result in lost nitrogen

Farmers in wet areas of the Corn Belt are dealing with lost nitrogen. Iowa State University Extension agronomist Angie Rieck-Hinz says excessive rainfall has resulted in leaching. “We also have experienced a lot of denitrification in those ponded soils, and the question always comes...

ISDA report says almost 2% of farmland has been lost since 2010

A recent report from the Indiana State Department of Agriculture shows the state has lost two percent of its farmland over the last 12 years.   ISDA director Don Lamb says the Inventory of Lost Farmland, commissioned by the Indiana Legislative Council, shows land has...

USDA to provide assistance for milk production lost to H5N1

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says USDA has expanded the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish, or ELAP Program to cover milk losses caused by the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. “It does dramatically limit milk production for a period of time...