Legacies of our Land
Farm museum depicts early Virginia homestead
FERRUM, Va. — Imagine watching a farmer pulling the reins of two oxen that are plowing his garden, or seeing a blacksmith forming tools with heat and iron, or tasting fresh-baked bread straight out of an open-hearth oven.Likely, you might not see this today...
Thomas’s horse-drawn passion lives on in museum
BLACKSTONE, Va. — Robert “Bob” Thomas III carries on his father’s passion for horse-drawn, antique vehicles.Robert Thomas Jr. was born in Nottoway County, Va. and was a farmer, cattleman, horseman; high school teacher, coach, principal, college professor, and...
Cross credits business legacy to adaptability, service
Sandra “Sandy” Cross refers to her family business as a gift — one that she’s taken precious care of as it has transitioned into the next generation. The Cross family legacy dates back to the mid 1800s when John and Elizabeth Cross moved to North Keys in...
There are key financial measures to remember (Credit Corner)
(Editor’s note: Austin Benner is a loan officer with MidAtlantic Farm Credit.) As a young or beginning farmer, you’ll find there are many ways to prepare for the financial aspects of owning a farm. Working with an agricultural lender like Farm Credit from the...
Durbins keeps up family’s bicentennial heritage
DUNKIRK, Md. — Tiffany Durbin said there’s something sacred about White Hall, a place that’s been in her family continuously since the early 1800s. This year, she and her husband, Todd received a designation for White Hall Farm as a Maryland...
Old barn given new life as a venue for weddings
SEAFORD, Del. — Donna Vanderwende said she and her husband, Jimmy, used to dream about owning the old dairy farm at 22304 Atlanta Road in Seaford every time they drove by. They wanted to make sure the farm, the barns and the house, were preserved. So...
Knauer goes from NASCAR to a 1947 Farmall M
CAMBRIDGE, Del. — Born during the Great Depression in 1933, Frank Knauer was destined to be a third generation farmer. Frank’s father and grandfather lived in difficult times when about 400,000 families lost farms through foreclosure across the...
When Sewell’s Orchard joined Columbia’s other lost 14,000 acres of farmland
(Editor’s note: This article, part of a series of feature articles celebrating the 50th anniversary of Columbia, Md., originally appeared in the Summer 2017 issue of The Legacy, a quarterly newsletter published by the Howard County Historical Society...
Reinford brothers diversifying in competitive environment
MIFFLINTOWN, Pa. — Brett Reinford and his two brothers are in no way getting the milk for free.The fourth generation dairy farmers work 1,400 owned and rented acres where 800 cows each day produce some 6,000 gallons of milk.Their family farm, like...
Six steps to on-farm emergency preparedness (Credit Corner)
(Editor’s note: Johanna Rohrer is a marketing specialist with MidAtlantic Farm Credit.) The current pandemic we are facing has forced a lot of operations to go into emergency mode and to think about the future of their farm. My family has been having...
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