The Delmarva Farmer Archives
Judges celebrate hard work by youth, parents at Delaware State Fair’s Livestock Extravaganza
HARRINGTON, Del. — From the hundreds of market animals junior exhibitors brought to the Delaware State Fair, only a few could be named Grand Champion or Reserve Champion at the fair’s Livestock Extravaganza.After a two-year hiatus due to COVID restrictions,...
Mark Fuchs honored at Md. Commodity Classic
CENTREVILLE, Md. — An award to Mark Fuchs for his lengthy agronomic career and contributions to the grain industry required a lengthy introduction at the Maryland Commodity Classic last week. To accept it, Fuchs humbly took just a few moments. “It’s been a...
Food inflation: Zero percent at my farm (Viewpoint)
(Editor’s note: Emmett C. Snead III, a Virginia Farm Bureau member, is the owner of Snead’s Farm in Fredericksburg, Va.) The past year has been a time of economic volatility and turmoil unlike any period I have seen in my more than six decades of...
State-of-the-art beef facility among upgrades at Va. Tech
BLACKSBURG, Va. — With grain prices so high, Virginia beef producers will have to look at alternative sources of feed such as distillery grains sourced from the region to stay profitable. Virginia Tech should soon be in an ideal place to assist that...
Maryland Commodity Classic set for July 28
QUEENSTOWN, Md. — The 24th Annual Maryland Commodity Classic, set for July 28 at the Queen Anne’s County 4-H Park, has a full day of activities for grain farmers. The Maryland Commodity Classic is the grain industry’s largest networking and educational event...
Opportunity continues to knock at Mill Creek Farms
PORT ROYAL, Va. — Along the banks of the Rappahannock River, Camden Farm is steeped in U.S. history. It was established in 1785, when John Pratt came to Caroline County from King George County and purchased 661 acres, naming it Camden. The manor house was...
Midwest grain farmers visit Shore
SUDLERSVILLE, Md. — When a large busload of grain producers from the Midwest visited their farm on July 12, Jennie and Hans Schmidt spent about an hour explaining the peculiarities of agriculture in the Delmarva region. Crop diversity and environmental...
Pesticide education to be discussed
HARRiNGTON, Del. — Delaware Cooperative Extension and Sussex County Master Gardeners will offer something new at the Delaware State Fair this year that could save your child’s life: pesticide education. No, they won’t teach kids how to safely apply herbicides...
For generations, Delaware State Fair has been family tradition for O’Days
SEAFORD, Del. — A fifth generation is growing up on the O’Day farm, and five of them will be showing animals at the Delaware State Fair this year.Family patriarch, Bill O’Day, was born in the farmhouse on land one of his grandfathers purchased in 1936. Bill...
Sinkland’s sunflowers shining in the Virginia sun
RINER, Va. — A second year of bright yellow sunflowers growing atop Sinkland Farm’s hill here mixes joy and sorrow in an effort to help heal a hurting world. The Sinkland Farm Sunflower Festival will be open each weekend of July.The former dairy farm has...
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