Mark Davis named executive director of Delaware Harness Racing Commission
Department of Agriculture | Kent County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
The acting executive director of the Delaware Harness Racing Commission has been named to the post permanently. Mark Davis, the Delaware Department of Agriculture’s deputy principal assistant and policy advisor, had been acting director since September 2013 after previously serving as a liaison to the harness racing industry.
Grants available for Delaware crop promotion and research
Department of Agriculture | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
More than $336,000 in federal grant funding is now available for projects to help produce, market or access Delaware-grown fruit, vegetables and certain other crops.
2014 Arbor Day School Poster Contest Winners
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The Delaware Forest Service has announced the winners of its annual Arbor Day School Poster Contest with a theme of “Trees are terrific… in cities and towns!” This year’s statewide winner is Isabella Garber, a fifth-grader at Christ the Teacher School in Newark. Her poster was judged the best overall on the following qualities: artistic expression, originality, neatness, and use of theme. Complete archive of winners at delawaretrees.com.
New Delaware study points to benefits of irrigation
Delaware Economic Development Office (2013-2017) | Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Irrigation can increase grain production and profitability even in a near-ideal growing season, a new survey of Delaware cropland shows.
Delaware Forest Service to hold 19th “Fire Camp” at Redden State Forest on April 26
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2014
The Delaware Forest Service will hold its 19th annual Fire Camp at Redden State Forest near Georgetown on Saturday, April 26 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The intensive one-day seminar provides hands-on training to volunteer wildland firefighters and, weather permitting, will feature a “live burn” exercise in which crew members battle an actual wildfire.
