Capacity crowd attends annual Delaware Ag Safety Conference
By Carol Kinsley | March 22, 2024
VIOLA, Del. — On behalf of the Delaware Farm Bureau Promotion and Education Committee, June Unruh welcomed a capacity crowd...
Del. totals 155 Century Farms with additions of Warnicks, Evans, Fleetwoods
By Sean Clougherty | March 22, 2024
DOVER, Del. — Edward Warnick and Reginald Evans farmed in different parts of Delaware but had the same dream of...
Dozens of wind-driven wildfires sweep across Va.
By Jane W. Graham | March 22, 2024
Spring’s arrival in Virginia brought unwanted heat as wildfires driven by high wind and low humidity swept through more than...
Scholarship sources can vary throughout region
By Richard McDonough | March 22, 2024
There are generally six main ways a person can pay for a college education on the Delmarva: funds from family,...
Let’s care more about lawn care (Editorial)
March 22, 2024
Since the dawn of mandated nutrient management in the Mid-Atlantic region, the sentiment in the farming community that residential citizens,...
Are you a reporting company under new CTA? (Ag Law)
By Megan Todd | March 22, 2024
(Editor’s note: Margaret Todd is the managing director of the Agriculture Law Education Initiative for the University of Maryland Francis...
Ride recreation economy wave to new income streams (Keeping the Farm)
By Perry Hickman | March 22, 2024
(Editor’s note: Perry Hickman is the State Director of Virginia Rural Development.) I think we can all agree that agritourism...
Market showing subtle signs of improvement (Grain Marketing)
By John Hall | March 22, 2024
(Editor’s note: John Hall is a professional commodities analyst.) The market has actually shown some improvement the last few days....
Virginia Tech Agricultural Research and Extension Centers release field day schedule
March 20, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Each year, Virginia Tech’s 11 Agricultural Research and Extension Centers invite the public in for an in-depth look at...
In search of salt-tolerable crops
By Sean Clougherty | March 15, 2024
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. — As coastal flooding threatens more farmer acres, a UMES horticulturalist is looking for crop varieties that...