Ag Progress Days
Ramseys pondering transition between generations
Mid-Atlantic Grower WILMINGTON, Del. (Nov. 14, 2017) — Like a lot of farm kids, Carl Ramsey got started at an early age. His father Stewart recalls toting Carl in his car seat on the tractor while making hay. Before he was a teenager, Carl was operating equipment and...
Wentworth blossoming with floral arrangements
Mid-Atlantic Grower HOLLYWOOD, Md. (Nov. 14, 2017) — Two acres turned out to be the right size for Priscilla Wentworth to get her first year underway at Anchored Roots Farm, LLC in St. Mary’s County. She said the first year has been an important learning experience...
Organics offering risk, reward for beginning farmer
Mid-Atlantic Grower QUEENSTOWN, Md. (Nov. 14, 2017) — Scaling up in a grain operation has challenges. In an organic grain business, there’s an added hurdle of the transition period. Matt Nielsen of Tidewater Organics, LLC said organics is the niche he needed to get...
With one foot still on farm, Dove ‘loves’ new challenge
Mid-Atlantic Grower WOODBINE, Md. (Nov. 14, 2017) — Some call it no man’s land, others say it’s growing pains. It’s the stage of business growth where you become too big to be small and too small to be big. John Dove of Love Dove Farms in Howard County found himself...
Will farmers be driving Lamborghinis? (Column)
Mid-Atlantic Grower Editor’s note: Ben Alder is senior advisor for SVN Land Group in Salisbury, Md., and national co-chairman of SVN’s Land Product Council. He can be contacted at ben@svnlandgroup.com.) (Nov. 14, 2017) Before you start sending me hate mail for the...
Plan today for a successful tomorrow (Column)
Mid-Atlantic Grower (Editor’s note: Lisa Cunningham is a loan officer for MidAtlantic Farm Credit in Denton, Md. She can be contacted at 888-339-3334.) (Nov. 14, 2017) Starting a new farm operation is not an easy feat. You spend a lot of time carefully preparing all...
Agribusiness banking opens shot in contracted markets (Column)
Mid-Atlantic Grower (Editor’s note: John Eyster is the manager of M&T Bank’s Agricultural Business Lending Group. He can be contacted at jeyster@mtb.com.) (Nov. 14, 2017) Thanks to a wet summer, Delmarva farmers are harvesting a potentially record-setting crop...
Solving the puzzle of poultry farm financing (Column)
Mid-Atlantic Grower (Editor’s note: Becky Adams is a poultry loan officer for First Financial Bank in Laurel, Del. She can be contacted at radams@ffb1.com.) (Nov. 14, 2017) Everyone always asks me what they need in order to borrow money. They also ask if they can make...
What’s ahead for 2017?
Facebook The Delmarva Farmer AG DESICIONS A monthly supplement to The Delmarva Farmer As the harvest of most crops in the Mid-Atlantic region draws to a close, farmers put more attention to the coming year. The Delmarva Farmer asked leaders in national,...
Hurt: Cattle prices: More room for recovery?
Facebook The Delmarva Farmer AG DESICIONS A monthly supplement to The Delmarva Farmer (Editor’s note: Chris Hurt is a professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University.) Some are saying this is the most volatile cattle market ever. An evaluation of that...
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