Penn State, Beaver to offer course in shale exploration
BEAVER, Pa. — The Penn State Beaver Office of Continuing Education will offer the on-campus course “Shale Exploration, Development and Production” from 8 a.m....
Academy Award-winning filmmaker to direct feature documentary about young farmers and ranchers
AUSTIN, Texas–James Moll, Oscar winning and two-time Emmy winning filmmaker, announced today that he is producing a feature-length documentary about the next generation of American...
St. Patrick’s Day is all about the green
WASHINGTON -- The year's biggest Irish holiday falls on a Sunday this year, but that won't stop millions of Americans from celebrating St. Patrick's...
Pork Board OKs $3 million for summer push
ORLANDO — New market challenges and opportunities inspired the National Pork Board March 7 to approve adding $3 million in additional pork checkoff funds...
Utica and Marcellus shale: Chesapeake isn’t the only drilling company on permit list
All of the permits issued during February in Carroll County were to Chesapeake Exploration LLC. Find out what other counties and drillers were issued permits.
Ronnie Kirk, we barely knew you … but we remember
On Feb. 27, the eve the Great Sequester, President Barack Obama left the Oval Office and its byzantine game of federal budget chicken to...
Tom Vilsack to lead US delegation at G-8 Summit
WASHINGTON— Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will lead the U.S. delegation at the G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture on April 29-30, 2013...
Hugo Chavez death may create fragile ag climate in Venezuela
The death of Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, creates uncertainty in that country's ag sectors, too.
Sluggish exports, sequestration are threatening pork price recovery
The current U.S. pork industry outlook suggests it will be late summer before hog producers see break-even conditions.
Pollinator short course to focus on threats to bees
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Farmers, gardeners, beekeepers, naturalists and others with an interest in bees are invited to attend The Power of Pollinators Short Course,...
