Monday, February 9, 2026

At its 106th annual meeting, the Ohio Farm Bureau honored top members, lauded young ag leaders and reinforced Ohio’s commitment to agriculture.
Standing corn in snow

The disruption of normal routines on the Chicago Board of Trade means anything can happen to the price of corn, soybeans and wheat in December.
an unconventional oil and gas drilling rig sits in a green field in eastern Ohio

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on Dec. 30 for the state of West Virginia to receive primacy to permit Class VI wells.
WVU Ugly Christmas Sweater Horse Show

WVU Equine Studies hosts its second Ugly Christmas Sweater Horse Show on Dec. 8 to raise funds for WVU's Rosenbaum Family House
Cecil Township

Residents in township across western Pa. fight for increased oil and gas well pad setbacks while organizations fight for a bigger change at the state level.
Brazil soybean plantation

Marlin Clark offers an update on the grain markets ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture World Agricultural Supply and Demand Report.

The West Virginia state legislature allocated $10 million in surplus funds to go to livestock farmers as they recover from this year’s historic drought conditions.
Ground cedar

Tami Gingrich explores the unique features of an ancient group of vascular plants known as the clubmosses that evolved over 400 million years ago.
Jim Abram's book

Jim Abrams poured his love of the outdoors into writing “A Crusade for Conservation,” a book detailing the ODNR Division of Wildlife’s 150-year history.

Since the 1970s, nearly 3,000 acres of the Darby Plains have been restored to their original glory, using grass and wildflower seeds from those tiny patches of the original plains.