Spring Planting
A year later, future of So. Md. elevator still in question
LOTHIAN, Md. — A year after the Southern Maryland agricultural community successfully pleaded with Perdue Agribusiness to delay the closure of a regional grain elevator, no clear plans to save the facility have materialized yet, growers and local officials...
Farmers finding niches within commodity crops
Farmers who grow field crops typically are paid prices that reflect prevailing commodity markets. Some farmers in the Delmarva states, though, have found ways to secure premiums for some of their field crops, including barley, soybeans, and wheat.“We work...
Chickweed controlled in high tunnel soil steaming
HERSHEY, Pa. — Becky Maden, University of Vermont Extension, presented to participants of the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention data from her several years’ study of soil steaming in high tunnels.Focusing on chickweed, she noted that uncontrolled...
Potatoes an underrated product throughout Delmarva
Idaho and Maine are well known as producers of potatoes, but the Delmarva also has a number of farms producing the spuds that Americans love. Potatoes here are harvested for both use as baked potatoes and French fries as well as for transformation into potato...
Onion thrips tend to overwinter in alfalfa, small grains
HERSHEY, Pa. — At the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention, Dr. Karly Regan examined insecticide controls for one of the most damaging onion pests— onion thrips.An educator with Penn State Extension at Franklin County, Regan also studied onion thrips...
Learn how to manage weeds of field-grown cut flowers
HERSHEY, Pa. — Dr. Andrew Senesac, of Cornell University Extension, outlined numerous options for managing weeds of field grown cut flowers at the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention.Senesac pointed out, “The first opportunity for weed management...
Interest rising in biosolids
By SEAN CLOUGHERTYManaging Editor In the midst of record-setting fertilizer prices, farmers are eyeing ways to reduce input costs but maintain productivity in their fields. One avenue gaining more attention this year is in using municipal biosolids. “I’m...
Grains specialist offers fertilizer insights in trying year
BLACKSBURG, Va. — The only thing certain about fertilizer costs this growing season is uncertainty. Speaking to a group of New River Valley farmers, Wade Thomason, Virginia Tech Extension grains specialist, predicted fertilizer prices that have risen at...
Farm, home and land improvements for profitability (Choice Voice)
(Editor’s note: Jeanie Hamilton is a loan officer with MidAtlantic Farm Credit.) Whether your goal is to expand your business, provide a future on the farm for your children, or increase the equity in your home, borrowing to make capital improvements can be...
CSAs expanding operations after COVID-19 effect
Ruth Linton said her farm, Highland Orchards, is planting as much as it can. The Wilmington, Del., fruit and vegetable operation was flooded a year ago with customers desperate for local food as the pandemic emptied shelves and made people skittish about...
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