The Delmarva Farmer Archives
Bank failures trip up grain markets (Grain Marketing)
(Editor”s note: John Hall is a professional commodities analyst.) The grain markets got hit by another outside joker last week when two banks failed in California: Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. It was reported on March 15 that additional regional...
Food Bank of Delaware includes farming space in new downstate site
MILFORD, Del. — When the Food Bank of Delaware moved into a renovated building in Newark in 2019, it also embarked on a small farm to grow produce that goes to food-insecure families and provide outreach to the community.“Once we moved in, we were like ‘This...
Maryland rushes to write nutrient management plans
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The University of Maryland and the state department of agriculture are scrambling to write nutrient management plans for hundreds of growers as the university struggles to fill job vacancies for staff who write the plans. The university’s...
Early spring weather creates grazing concerns
“Worrisome,” is the word Isaac Swortzel, of Suffangus Farm in Greenville, Va., used to describe the rapid early growth of forages brought on by an unusually warmer and wetter winter. The vigorously growing grass in late February and into March is causing...
House Ag Committee focuses on Farm Bill challenges
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture convened on Feb. 28 for the hearing, “Uncertainty, Inflation, Regulations: Challenges for American Agriculture.” This was the first hearing of the 118th Congress in preparation for the 2023 Farm Bill. In...
Incentivising climate-smart ag (Editorial)
In the span of six days, two top USDA officials visited the Mid-Atlantic in separate events, championing the department’s efforts in so-called “climate-smart agriculture.”On Feb. 24, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack hustled from the annual Ag Outlook forum to Lippy...
Heavy metals a new worry for vegetable, fruit growers (The Vegetable Grower)
(Editor’s note: Gordon Johnson is a vegetable and fruit specialist with the University of Delaware.) Recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been targeting heavy metals in foods as a health concern.In the document “Closer to Zero,” the FDA...
Crop and revenue loss assistance is here (Keeping the Farm)
(Editor’s note: Robin Talley is a district director for Delaware Farm Service Agency.) Registration is underway for additional emergency relief and pandemic assistance from USDA. Both the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase Two and Pandemic Assistance Revenue...
I read the news today, oh boy … (Grain Marketing)
(Editor’s note: John Hall is a professional commodities analyst.) Do you keep up with the news or do you avoid it and assume everything will stay the same? If you keep up with the news, do you listen to both sides? Did you see Tucker Carlson’s report on the...
Vilsack, Wojciechowski tour farm
HAMPSTEAD, Md. — With a Maryland farm as the backdrop, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski discussed their respective visions for sustainable agriculture and how domestic policies and transatlantic...
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