Tuesday, December 23, 2025
sign at drilling site

Chesapeake Energy is selling its oil and gas interests in the Utica Shale area in Ohio for approximately $2 billion to Encino Acquisition Partners.

Still, as a place were top produce growers and pie makers earn blue ribbons, county fairs have morphed into wild rides, fried anything and unique contests.
pastured poultry chickens

Since May 18, USDA has confirmed 66 cases of virulent Newcastle disease in backyard birds in California. Learn more about the disease and its symptoms.
squash

State food safety inspectors will visit farms on request, and do a mock inspection to determine whether the grower is meeting new FSMA protocols.
Nobleland Farm

Nobleland Farm has been in Nancy Snook's family since 1895 and cattle have always been a part of the hilly landscape that defines Noble County.
workshop

Retirement planning, financial risk management and farm transition planning are to be topics of several Farm Bureau Financial Essentials workshops.
tractor

The working equipment field demos at Empire Farm Days, Aug. 7-9, in Seneca Falls, New York, will include manure application demonstrations.
gardening news

Catch up on local gardening news in Portage County and Trumbull County, Ohio.
cow

The Western Pennsylvania Red & White Holstein show was held July 21 at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds. Jeff Brown judged 36 head of cattle.
Healthy soil

Soil scientists at Ohio State University and Cornell University think a test for protein in soil could also be used as a test for available nitrogen.