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Governor’s Weekly Message Transcript: Celebrating Ongoing Agricultural Efforts at the Delaware State Fair

Governor Markell shares his highlights from Governor’s Day at the 2015 Delaware State Fair.




Governor’s Weekly Message: Celebrating Ongoing Agricultural Efforts at the Delaware State Fair

Governor Markell shares his highlights from Governor’s Day at the 2015 Delaware State Fair.




Townsend-area farmers receive New Castle Conservation District’s Cooperator of Year Award

Norman and Gwen Pierce, owners of Union Ridge Farms near Townsend, are the recipients of the New Castle Conservation District’s Cooperator of the Year Award, presented annually to a farmer in the district who has exhibited a high degree of interest in conservation for their farm operation.




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

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.




Governor’s 2015 Agricultural and Urban Conservation Award winners honored today

The Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village was the setting for the Stewardship Week proclamation presentation of the annual Governor’s Agricultural and Urban Conservation Awards.







 Pages Tagged With: "agriculture"

Governor’s Weekly Message Transcript: Celebrating Ongoing Agricultural Efforts at the Delaware State Fair

Governor Markell shares his highlights from Governor’s Day at the 2015 Delaware State Fair.




Governor’s Weekly Message: Celebrating Ongoing Agricultural Efforts at the Delaware State Fair

Governor Markell shares his highlights from Governor’s Day at the 2015 Delaware State Fair.




Townsend-area farmers receive New Castle Conservation District’s Cooperator of Year Award

Norman and Gwen Pierce, owners of Union Ridge Farms near Townsend, are the recipients of the New Castle Conservation District’s Cooperator of the Year Award, presented annually to a farmer in the district who has exhibited a high degree of interest in conservation for their farm operation.




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

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.




Governor’s 2015 Agricultural and Urban Conservation Award winners honored today

The Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village was the setting for the Stewardship Week proclamation presentation of the annual Governor’s Agricultural and Urban Conservation Awards.