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.
Four family farms honored as Delaware Century Farms
Four families which have owned their farms for at least 100 years were honored as owners of Century Farms on Tuesday in a ceremony honoring Delaware agriculture’s long heritage and historic roots.
Painting series highlights Delaware’s oldest farms
The Delaware Department of Agriculture and landscape artist Mark S. Reeve are partnering on a year-long project to preserve the images of historic First State farms.
