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  Category: Department of Agriculture


Delaware’s wildland fire crew battling large blaze in Wyoming

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2012

July 3, 2012 Contact: Henry Poole, Delaware Forest Service Fire Program Administrator, 302-698-4548 email: henry.poole@delaware.gov   Twenty wildland firefighters from Delaware who battled fires in Colorado for the past week are now assigned to the massive Arapaho Fire located 28 miles northwest of Wheatland, Wyoming. The large blaze is considered “dangerous” by fire officials on the scene and is […]




Delaware State Veterinarian takes reins of state vets’ group

Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Delaware State Veterinarian Dr. Heather Hirst has been elected president of the Northeast District of the United States Animal Health Association, the professional group of state livestock regulatory officials.




Delaware racehorse enters Hall of Fame

Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Monday, July 2, 2012

Delaware Standardbred racehorse Rainbow Blue has been inducted into the Harness Racing “Living Horse” Hall of Fame, the first horse from Delaware to achieve this status.




Delaware’s 20 wildland firefighters now battling Colorado’s Pine Ridge Fire

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, July 2, 2012

Delaware’s crew of 20 wildland firefighters is now assigned to the Pine Ridge Fire, located 13 miles northeast of Grand Junction, Colorado.




Delaware launches pilot EBT program at farmers’ markets

Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2012

Clients of Delaware’s Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program can now buy vegetables, fruit and other items with their benefit cards at several farmers’ markets.







  Category: Department of Agriculture

Delaware’s wildland fire crew battling large blaze in Wyoming

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2012

July 3, 2012 Contact: Henry Poole, Delaware Forest Service Fire Program Administrator, 302-698-4548 email: henry.poole@delaware.gov   Twenty wildland firefighters from Delaware who battled fires in Colorado for the past week are now assigned to the massive Arapaho Fire located 28 miles northwest of Wheatland, Wyoming. The large blaze is considered “dangerous” by fire officials on the scene and is […]




Delaware State Veterinarian takes reins of state vets’ group

Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Delaware State Veterinarian Dr. Heather Hirst has been elected president of the Northeast District of the United States Animal Health Association, the professional group of state livestock regulatory officials.




Delaware racehorse enters Hall of Fame

Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Monday, July 2, 2012

Delaware Standardbred racehorse Rainbow Blue has been inducted into the Harness Racing “Living Horse” Hall of Fame, the first horse from Delaware to achieve this status.




Delaware’s 20 wildland firefighters now battling Colorado’s Pine Ridge Fire

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, July 2, 2012

Delaware’s crew of 20 wildland firefighters is now assigned to the Pine Ridge Fire, located 13 miles northeast of Grand Junction, Colorado.




Delaware launches pilot EBT program at farmers’ markets

Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2012

Clients of Delaware’s Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program can now buy vegetables, fruit and other items with their benefit cards at several farmers’ markets.