Corteva dives into farm gaming
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It turns out that there is more to down on agricultural gaming than Farmville.
Over the weekend, the Farming Simulator World Championship was held. It was a big deal in the esports world with...
$2 million in federal seed funding going to state food system program
A $2 million investment in seed funding will establish the First State Integrated Food System Program.
This new program, which will be developed by the Delaware Council on Farm and Food Policy, will help stabilize and...
Kenny Family Shoprites mark 25th anniversary
Kenny Family ShopRite Stores of Delaware (Delaware Supermarkets Inc.) marked its 25th year in business with a Mural Ribbon-Cutting event earlier this month at their orignal Stanton ShopRite.
The event featured a new mural by local...
DC group files suit against Georgetown chicken waste to biogas plant
Washington, D.C.-based Food and Water Watch has filed a lawsuit that seeks a judicial review of a renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Sussex County.
The suit was filed in Delaware Superior Court on behalf...
State announces program calling for a new tree for every Delawarean
On Tuesday, Gov.John Carney launched a new program that aims to plant a tree for every Delawarean as part of the state’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.
The initiative was originally announced in Carney’s...
Mountaire announces union decertification vote
According to the National Labor Relations Board, employees at Mountaire’s Selbyville processing plant will get the chance to vote on keeping United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 27 later this month.
The NLRB had...
Canadian fertilizer company executive named Corteva’s CEO
Chuck Magro was appointed as Corteva's new CEO, effective Nov. 1. He will also join Corteva’s Board of Directors.
Magro previously served as CEO of Nutrien, an international fertilzer producer based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in the...
Update: Monsanto successor Bayer says AG’s lawsuit appears to be ‘without merit’
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings filed a lawsuit this week against Monsanto and two corporate spinoffs.
The lawsuit seeks to recover damages and cleanup costs associated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which Monsanto manufactured for decades.
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Deadline nears for joining Delmarva Chicken Assn. electric buying group
Delmarva Chicken Association invited new and current members who are Delmarva Power customers to join its next Electric Buying Group, with a deadline to take action by Sept. 10.
The current DCA Electric Buying Group...
Carney signs Clean Water bill
Gov. John Carney Thursday signed into law House Bill 200, the Clean Water for Delaware Act.
HB 200, sponsored by House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst, D-Bear, establishes a framework for assessing needs and planning to...
