Although oil and gas production is up, Chesapeake posts 3Q loss
Chesapeake's Utica shale net production in the third quarter dropped 15 percent, as the company curtailed production as a result of weak product pricing.
Groups ask US Supreme Court to hear EPA-Chesapeake Bay case
The Pa. Farm Bureau is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a federal court decision that upholds the EPA’s implementation of a TMDL plan in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Webinars offer farm management information
Ohio State University Extension is offering a free, four-part webinar series on managing risk and financial management.
Grain harvest winds down to early finish
Although it is only the start of November, this strange and accelerated crop year is winding down to a close.
NMPF: Phase out dairy cattle tail docking by January 2017
ORLANDO — The board of the National Milk Producers Federation has set Jan. 1, 2017, as the date for dairy farmers participating in the...
Harvesting (and marketing) grain in hope
More than any other time in recent memory, farmers this year are harvesting in hope. That is, their collective marketing plan is to hope that prices get better.
International panel warns that meat causes cancer
The World Health Organization now classifies the consumption of red meat as 'probably' carcinogenic to humans. Processed meat was classified as carcinogenic to humans.
Dairymen have until Nov. 20 to join Margin Protection Program
Dairymen have until Nov. 20 to enroll in the federal Margin Protection Program for coverage in 2016.
Ohio electric co-ops file challenge to EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Ohio-based Buckeye Power joined the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in petitioning the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan.
Co-ops set records for income for fourth consecutive year
Cooperatives earned $6.5 billion in net income and generated $246.7 billion in total revenue last year.
