Double Crop
Distillery hopes to revive rye production in Maryland
DAYTON, Md. — Ricky and Leslie Bauer have been growing a new crop at Rural Rhythm Farm for a single client since 2018. Over several seasons, it’s been raised, treated, harvested, stored and then trucked to Baltimore for processing. Eventually, they expect to...
Double cropping with wheat has long history in area
Double cropping wheat is now a national imperative.On May 11, President Joe Biden highlighted how double cropping wheat and soybeans could help provide needed grains for use in both domestic as well as in international markets — especially, the president...
Northeast leads in double crop acreage percentage
The average double-cropped acreages vary by region, according to the USDA, with the Northeast region showing the highest percentage of double-cropping in the United States.In the Multi-Cropping Practices: Recent Trends in Double Cropping, issued by the USDA...
Quality high in Delmarva wheat crop tour
At the outset of this year’s Delmarva wheat crop tour, Lee Sproull, director of grain marketing for Mountaire Farms and one of the tour’s organizers, told the small group about to visit a handful of fields in Delaware and Maryland that it was likely going to...
Area barley harvest down 36 percent since 2012
While Maryland ranked as the 10th largest barley producing state in 2018, according to the USDA — barley farming has been retrenching in the three states in the region for many years.According to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, 142 farms in the nine counties...
Growers urged to scout for possible frost damage
Though more than a month has passed, many farmers are feeling the sting of late season frost events in small grains fields. Agronomists are urging farmers to scout their fields extensively to assess damage to small grain and make decisions regarding...
International consortium honors UM’s Tiwari with leadership award
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — An international group of wheat scientists recently recognized a University of Maryland professor who is working to develop new varieties of the crop for Mid-Atlantic growers. The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium,...
Corn, soybean production may be moving north
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — If warming continues unabated in the Midwest, in 50 years we can expect the best conditions for corn and soybean production to have shifted from Iowa and Illinois to Minnesota and the Dakotas, according to Penn State...
Scientist takes bird’s eye view of soybean genetics
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — High throughput genetic analysis is a tool that allows researchers to analyze a lot of DNA data in a short period of time. The work is commonly done in a lab with scientific instruments.Larry Purcell, professor of soybean...
Keep these five financial tips in mind to work with (Credit Corner)
(Editor’s note: Keith Wills is a loan officer with MidAtlantic Farm Credit.)In today’s unprecedented environment, you may find yourself becoming more self-aware of your individual and/or family finances. As a loan officer, and someone who works with...
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