Tag: Trade

Marketing Local Foods? How to Stand Out from the Competition

LONDON, Ohio – As the demand for local foods continues to increase, more farmers, growers and food producers are taking advantage of the increasing opportunities to sell their products at farmers markets and directly to restaurants. But making their products stand out from the competition takes some extra effort, says Mary Griffith, agriculture and natural…

Federal Aid to Offset Trade War Impacts

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Weeks before Ohio corn and soybean farmers put seed in the ground this past spring, the threat of a trade war loomed. Now both crops are thriving amid a trade war that’s likely bringing down prices of the two commodities. “I hear about it every day. There’s great concern out in the…