The Delmarva Farmer Archives
County agrees to buy Lothian grain elevator
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Anne Arundel County announced last week that it will purchase Perdue’s grain elevator in Lothian for $1.25 million, ending two years of speculation about the facility’s future after the poultry integrator sought to shutter and sell it. The...
Value-added agricultural tax bill runs into snag
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A bill to address complaints about recent heavy tax increases on value-added agricultural operations is “on life support” as the end of the legislative session approaches, a Maryland Farm Bureau lobbyist said last week. The Senate bill —...
MGPA funds assistance for on-farm research
QUEENSTOWN, Md. — The Maryland Grain Producers Association is calling for growers to consider signing up for one of three new on-farm research trials set for the 2023 growing season. Maryland grain check-off dollars are funding technical assistance through the...
Cultivating conservation workshop set for April 5 (Ag Law)
(Editor’s note: Sarah Everhart is a senior legal specialist with the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney and should not be viewed as legal advice.) Have you ever tried to...
Broadening clean water focus for healthier communities (Keeping the Farm)
(Editor’s note: Perry Hickman is the state director for Virginia Rural Development.) With World Water Day in the rear-view mirror and Earth Day on the horizon, this is a great time to talk about one of our state’s most precious natural resources. The vast...
Chicken Festival to return this fall
SALISBURY, Md. — Whenever the Delmarva Chicken Festival comes up in conversation in public or on social media, questions about its return inevitably follow, Holly Porter said.Last week, Porter, executive director of the Delmarva Chicken Association, had the...
Witnesses to first House Ag Committee Farm Bill hearing offer solutions
WASHINGTON — Several key agricultural leaders lent their expertise with testimonies and comments during the House Agricultural Committee hearing on Feb. 28. That first hearing of the 118th Congress in preparation for the 2023 Farm Bill focused on the...
Highland Orchards Farm Market thrives with direct-to-consumers sales
WILMINGTON, Del. — Ruth Linton and her mother Elaine Linton are co-owners of Highland Orchards Farm Market in the Brandywine Hundred in New Castle County. The family owns about five-and-a-half acres at this site in North Wilmington. About four acres of the...
Livestock breeds (Pig Tales)
(Editor’s note: Dr. Rich Barczewski is a Professor Emeritus from Delaware State University.) I was once told by a professor that I really respected, that the one thing that he was most disappointed in, during his lifetime was the loss of integrity by purebred...
Inflation Reduction Act a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ shot (Keeping the Farm)
(Editor’s note: John Markon is a public affairs technician with Virginia NRCS.) Ripple effects from the passage by Congress of last year’s Inflation Reduction Act will soon be felt throughout Virginia, including the two counties on the Eastern Shore.NRCS Chief...
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