When people are asked what a “small farm” is, they may base their answer on the number of acres or number of animals a farm has – and they often assume that there aren’t many of them. However, small, ...

Chet Mozloom, executive director at The Lands at Hillside Farms, in the field with the farm’s ‘retired’ cows. Times Leader File Photo Funding from the Food Dignity RFSI grant will, in part, be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Registration is open for the 2026 Ohio Small Farm Conference. The event, titled Sowing Seeds for Success, will be held from 9 a.m.

Earlier this year, 205 custom operators and farm managers responded to a 2026 survey, submitting nearly 4,700 expected custom ...

Modern agriculture has evolved into a data-driven, highly coordinated operation where efficiency determines profitability. Farms are no longer small, isolated plots managed by a handful of workers.

Many farm operators provide some type of custom work or use of farm machinery to other farmers during the growing season, and payment is usually made following the completion of the harvest season.

Molly Stretten writes that small farms are vital to preserving Old Mission Peninsula’s rural character, but current ordinances make it difficult for them to remain viable. She outlines key barriers ...

Registration is open for the 2026 Ohio Small Farm Conference. The event, titled Sowing Seeds for Success, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on March 14 at the Arden Shisler Center in Wooster, ...