Perdue adds grass-fed beef producer to premium meat holdings
Panorama Meats, the nation’s largest producer of 100 percent grass-fed and grass-finished certified organic beef, has been acquired by Perdue Premium Meat Company, Inc.
A...
Delaware Electric Cooperative installs 100,000th meter
Delaware Electric Cooperative has installed its 100,000th meter, a milestone for the not-for-profit utility founded in 1936.
The 100,000th meter was installed to serve a...
Mountaire opens North Carolina processing plant
Officials in North Carolina cut the ribbon on this week on the $170 million Mountaire processing plant in Siler City.
The 40-acre complex will employ...
Delmarva Poultry Industry recognizes growers, industry supporters
Twelve chicken growers and four honorees were recognized at the Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) Booster Banquet. The banquet is a 1,800-member trade association's...
DuPont study shows growing interest in plant-based meat options
DuPont Nutrition & Health released a report showing consumer attitudes toward plant-based meat alternatives reveal interest and market opportunity in the meat-free, meal solution...
Controlled burn aims to provide home for pollinators that have fallen victim to...
State officials hope that a controlled burn last month on a 43-acre former farm field along U.S. Route 301 will aid “Delaware’s first pollinator...
Smithfield Foods to open distribution center in western Cecil County, MD
Smithfield Foods, Inc., the world's largest pork processor and hog producer, is opening a new distribution center in Cecil County that will create 240...
Dow now listed on stock exchange with completion of first DowDuPont spinoff
Dow will trade on the New York Stock Exchange beginning today.
The separation was completed on Monday for the Michigan-based company.
DowDuPont common stockholders received one...
Flooding, softer plastics market lower earnings forecast as Dow splits off
Flooding in the Midwest and softer results in plastics and packaging are expected to have a negative effect on DowDuPont’s first quarter results.
The company...
Elizabeth Warren takes on ag giants
Good afternoon,
Mention the name Elizabeth Warren and you are bound to raise the blood pressure of executives in Delaware and elsewhere.
The Massachusetts senator, presidential...
State ag department offers funding for specialty crop efforts
The Delaware Department of Agriculture is seeking applications for this year’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, with nearly $359,000 allocated to assist in increasing the...
Food Bank’s $15 million investment in our future
Good afternoon,
I had a chance to tour the new Food Bank of Delaware’s impressive 80,000-square-foot warehouse on Lake Drive in the Pencader area south of...
Delaware Ag Department, Delaware State launch hemp research pilot program
The Delaware Department of Agriculture launched the Delaware Hemp Research Pilot Program in partnership with Delaware State University’s College of Agriculture and Related Sciences.
“The...
Lantern fly quarantine order calls on businesses, residents to look for egg masses
The Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) is quarantining 11 zip codes in northern New Castle County in an effort to eradicate, control, and prevent...
Merck Animal Health expands Millsboro operation
Merck Animal Health announced increased investment and expansion at its U.S. manufacturing and warehousing site in Millsboro.
The company expanded its manufacturing capacity and capabilities in...
Corteva acquires Canola product line from BASF
Wilmington-based Corteva Agriscience , Agriculture Division of DowDuPont has acquired the Clearfield Canola Production System in Canada and the United States from BASF.
Clearfield canola is...
Mountaire completes clean-up at Millsboro area site after sewage discharge
Mountaire Farms of Delaware reported to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Friday that the company’s cleanup of an accidental release...
Mountaire sewage spill did not move into waterways
(Editor's note: The Town manager of Millsboro asked that it be made clear that the spill did not take place within the municipality)
The Mountaire ...
DowDuPont shares drop on flat sales and possible slowdown in economic growth
DowDuPont reported flat sales and operating income in the fourth quarter.
The company missed Wall Street sales estimates, with shares tumbling nine percent as...
Organic poultry farm in Hartly opts for solar
A Delaware organic poultry farm has gone solar.
“As you can imagine, our electric bills are rather costly, especially during the summer months,” said Katharine...
