fracking

The Senate confirmed New Mexico Democratic Representative Deb Haaland as the new Secretary of the Interior. Haaland is the first American Indian to hold the post. Native American groups applauded her confirmation, but there is controversy over her views on oil and gas leases on federal land and fracking ...

Presidential candidate Joe Biden says he wants to move the nation’s vehicles away from fossil fuel to electricity. In addition, his party has called for U.S. agriculture to be the first in the world with net-zero emissions. However, American Farm Bureau said that’s not a reality. The AFB ...

Thanks to fears and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus, oil prices are trading at the lowest levels we’ve seen in the past 12 months.  As of Monday, prices for West Texas Crude were trading around $52 per barrel.  And while that figure was up slightly, its part of a larger trend, pushing oil prices lower since the world first caught wind of the health problems in China.   What i...

Gas and oil production has increased considerably in the United States over the past decade.  Between 2004 and 2014, production increased 69%, with two-thirds of that production originating on farmland.  What does that mean for both farm operators and non-operator landlords in terms of potential income, leasing, etc.? Clau...