Saturday, May 9, 2026
natural gas well

In 2020, 7.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas came out of more than 10,000 unconventional wells in Pennsylvania. That’s the largest volume of natural gas produced in the state in a single year, according to the state's annual Oil and Gas Report.
A bull bucking in an arena.

This year, one of Jeremy Minor's bucking bulls, Slamming Gears, won the 2020 Bull of the Year at the Premier Bulls Tour Finals, in May, in Florida.
solar panels

Public hearings are set for two new proposed solar farms in central Ohio: Prairie Prairie Solar in Franklin County and Union Ridge in Licking County. There is nearly 4,000 megawatts of solar farms awaiting approval before the Ohio Power Siting Board.
crayfish

Catching crayfish is a fun summer activity. Learn where to find them, when they're most active and how to catch them.
Lake Erie

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Dorothy Pelanda announced July 6 that H2Ohio’s farmer incentive program is expanding into 10 additional counties in the Western Lake Erie Basin.
Pennsylvania Capitol

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf approved the state’s next budget June 30. The final budget includes funding for many agricultural programs that Wolf zeroed out in his initial proposed budget earlier this year, but some were disappointed not to see more funding for broadband expansion and conservation.
Grand champion steer

Harrison County Fair exhibitors sold 421 lots at the sale June 25, for a total of $555,540.25.
hellbender

Eastern hellbenders are the gentle giants of North American salamanders. Learn more about this endangered species and what's being done to help it.
A dock at Lake Erie

Researchers are expecting a relatively mild harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie this summer. This follows a similarly mild bloom in 2020.
dog working spotted lanternfly

A spotted lanternfly detection dog named Lucky, the first of her kind in the country, is working for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture to find egg masses in hard to reach areas. She's one arm of the state's multi-pronged approach to tackling the spotted lanternfly problem.