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  Category: Department of Agriculture


DDA begins annual surveillance for emerald ash borer (EAB)

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015

With the arrival of summer, the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) Forest Service and Plant Industries sections would like to alert homeowners, campers, and tree care professionals to look for signs or symptoms of emerald ash borer, otherwise known as EAB, a destructive wood-boring pest of ash trees. At the same time, DDA is beginning its own annual surveillance to look for EAB in the First State. EAB has been found in 25 states, including those in the Mid-Atlantic nearest to Delaware (Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia). The nearest known location of EAB to Delaware is in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia.



Care is urged after imported fire ants found in palm tree shipment

Department of Agriculture | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2015

State authorities are alerting local businesses and purchasers of tropical nursery stock of the recent detection of fire ants in a shipment of palm trees imported from Florida. The red imported fire ants were detected during a routine check at a Sussex County business by the Delaware Department of Agriculture’s Plant Industries nursery inspection team. They were eradicated and do not pose a threat.



Gov. Markell Celebrates Arbor Day at Appoquinimink

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Friday, May 1, 2015

Governor Jack A. Markell celebrated Arbor Day today by honoring the winners of the Delaware Forest Service’s annual school poster contest and joining Appoquinimink High School students and staff to plant more than 30 trees donated by Delmarva Power, which was also recognized with a “Tree Line USA” Award.



Delaware horse racing has $182 million economic impact, study finds

Department of Agriculture | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Delaware horse racing contributed more than $182 million to the state’s economy in 2014, supporting the equivalent of more than 1,500 full-time jobs, according to an economic impact study released today.



Delaware farmers’ market season begins

Department of Agriculture | News | Date Posted: Thursday, April 16, 2015

The 2015 Delaware farmers’ market season opens this week, kicking off another great local growing season after a record-setting 2014. “A taste of Delaware is available at any local farmers’ market or farmstand, where First State families can buy directly from our state’s farm families,” said Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee.






  Category: Department of Agriculture

DDA begins annual surveillance for emerald ash borer (EAB)

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015

With the arrival of summer, the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) Forest Service and Plant Industries sections would like to alert homeowners, campers, and tree care professionals to look for signs or symptoms of emerald ash borer, otherwise known as EAB, a destructive wood-boring pest of ash trees. At the same time, DDA is beginning its own annual surveillance to look for EAB in the First State. EAB has been found in 25 states, including those in the Mid-Atlantic nearest to Delaware (Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia). The nearest known location of EAB to Delaware is in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia.



Care is urged after imported fire ants found in palm tree shipment

Department of Agriculture | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2015

State authorities are alerting local businesses and purchasers of tropical nursery stock of the recent detection of fire ants in a shipment of palm trees imported from Florida. The red imported fire ants were detected during a routine check at a Sussex County business by the Delaware Department of Agriculture’s Plant Industries nursery inspection team. They were eradicated and do not pose a threat.



Gov. Markell Celebrates Arbor Day at Appoquinimink

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Friday, May 1, 2015

Governor Jack A. Markell celebrated Arbor Day today by honoring the winners of the Delaware Forest Service’s annual school poster contest and joining Appoquinimink High School students and staff to plant more than 30 trees donated by Delmarva Power, which was also recognized with a “Tree Line USA” Award.



Delaware horse racing has $182 million economic impact, study finds

Department of Agriculture | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Delaware horse racing contributed more than $182 million to the state’s economy in 2014, supporting the equivalent of more than 1,500 full-time jobs, according to an economic impact study released today.



Delaware farmers’ market season begins

Department of Agriculture | News | Date Posted: Thursday, April 16, 2015

The 2015 Delaware farmers’ market season opens this week, kicking off another great local growing season after a record-setting 2014. “A taste of Delaware is available at any local farmers’ market or farmstand, where First State families can buy directly from our state’s farm families,” said Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee.