Delmarva Poultry honors industry leaders, outstanding growers
Hundreds of farmers, chicken company employees, representatives of allied businesses, and friends of the Delmarva Peninsula’s chicken community gathered in Salisbury for the Delmarva Poultry...
U.S. Customs faces difficult task of inspecting fruit for hitchhiking inspect pests
U.S. Customs and Border Protection face a formidable job in inspecting fresh fruit arriving in the region, the agency noted in a rare press...
DNREC to keep comment period open on waste transport permits at Allen Harim sites
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will extend the written public comment period for amended waste transporter permit applications for Denali Water...
Inland Bays report takes Mountaire, DNREC to task for wastewater problems
The Center for the Inland Bays has taken Mountaire and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to task for what the organization sees...
Poultry processor Mountaire gets permit for sludge storage as improvements to waste treatment system...
Delaware Department of Natural Resources Secretary Shawn Garvin has issued an order allowing poultry processor Mountaire to store sludge from its wastewater operation in...
Law firms threaten Mountaire with federal lawsuit over water pollution allegations
Environmental toxic tort lawyers at Jacobs & Crumplar and other firms have sent a warning to Mountaire Farms poultry processing plant that calls for...
Allen Harim to appeal DNREC wastewater penalties totaling nearly $250,000
Allen Harim’s Harbeson plant faces nearly $250,000 in penalties for wastewater violations.
The Secretary’s Order from The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control...
Poultry industry praises emissions exemption in budget bill
The omnibus spending bill passed by Congress and signed by President Trump restored an exemption for farmers from regulations under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...
Corteva ag software business expands ties with satellite image company
Corteva and its software business Granular, announced an agreement with Planet – an integrated aerospace and data analytics company.
Corteva is the newly named agriculture...
SBA to take another look at poultry loan practices
The U.S. Small Business Administration will be taking a closer look at loan policies for poultry operations.
A report from the SBA Inspector General reviewed...
Poultry is a $3.4 billion industry on Delmarva
The broiler business processed 4.2 billion pounds of Delmarva-raised chickens in 2017 at a wholesale value of $3.4 billion, according to new data released by...
DuPont name to live on with ag business to become Corteva
DowDuPont announced brand names for each of three divisions that will be spun off.
While some product names will change at separation, many products within...
Millsboro poultry farm wins national honor
A Millsboro poultry farm was one of six nationwide to be recognized for environmental excellence during the 2018 International Production & Processing Expo, recently...
WJBR rolls out New MIX 99.5
Beasley Media Group, LLC, offered more details on the launch of The New MIX 99.5 WJBR-FM, Wilmington.
As previously announced, Michael and Jessie In The...
DowDuPont reports strong earnings, moves up spin-off timetable
DowDuPont reported strong results for the fourth quarter and 2017 and announced a speeded-up timetable for spinning off the giant company into three parts.
The...
Houston farm family wins environmental award
For the third year in a row, an Allen Harim farm family was presented with the Environmental Stewardship Award on Monday during Delaware Ag...
Fifer Orchards wins top state agriculture award
Fifer Orchards was honored with the Secretary’s Award for its overall contribution to agriculture at the Delaware Agricultural Industry Dinner this week.
“There has never...
DuPont Sumitomo announce crop protection agreement
DuPont and Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited announced a global agreement to collaborate on the development, registration, and commercialization of protection products applied to crop...
More residents near Mountaire plant getting bottled water after well tests
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has determined that more homes near the Mountaire chicken processing plant near Millsboro should receive bottled water.
DNREC working...
Mountaire fires wastewater workers, announces plans for upgrades at Millsboro site
Mountaire Farms has fired workers at its wastewater treatment plant in Millsboro following the discovery of problems that led to a Violation Notice this...
