by Jamie Clark Tiralla | Aug 18, 2017
By JAMIE CLARK TIRALLA AFP Correspondent GRASONVILLE, Md. (Aug. 22, 2017) — Finding grant money is only a third of the battle, grant writing experts said at the recent LEAD Maryland Alumni Committee Grant workshop. “Identify the need first,” said Cheryl DeBerry, the... 
by Carol Kinsley | Aug 18, 2017
By CAROL KINSLEY AFP Correspondent GEORGETOWN, Del. (Aug. 22, 2017) — “Cover crops and soil health go hand in hand,” Dr. Mark Van Gessel, University of Delaware Extension weed science specialist, told a room full of farmers on who had come to the Carvel Research and... by Jonathan Cribbs | Aug 18, 2017
By JONATHAN CRIBBS Associate Editor (Aug. 22, 2017) Regional farm property values leveled off this year following a years-long recovery from the recession, recently released USDA data show. The average value of Maryland farm real estate remained unchanged at $7,060... by BreAnn Fields | Aug 18, 2017
By BREANN FIELDS AFP Correspondent BOONSBORO, Md. (Aug. 22, 2017) —With her family starting a dairy operation in the 1930s called Heflin Bros. Inc., in Frederick County, Morgan Figgins said she always knew agriculture was in her blood. They rent the facility out to... by BreAnn Fields | Aug 18, 2017
By BREANN FIELDS AFP Correspondent BOONSBORO, Md. (Aug. 22, 2017) — Imagine you just turned old enough to become a senior 4-H member. You have been waiting so long to become one of the “older guys” — the experienced members that make everything look effortless. Then,...
