Mountaire offers $1 million to Selbyville in bid to quell traffic concerns
Mountaire Farms has offered $1 million in reaching a solution to traffic issues at the street leading to its plant in Selbyville.
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Harrington farmers honored for environmental stewardship
Poultry farmers John and Linda Brown were recognized during Delaware Ag Week for their efforts to improve water quality and reduce nutrient runoff with...
Corteva herbicide product line sold to California company
American Vanguard Corporation has acquired the Quizalofop (QPE) product line of herbicides from Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont.
Corteva is slated to be spun...
Land & Litter Challenge seeks solutions to poultry waste issues
The Delmarva Land & Litter Challenge (DLLC) - a partnership effort between members of the poultry industry, environmental advocates and regulators - is inviting...
Delmarva Poultry buying group members to see 11 percent cut in power costs
Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. negotiated with electricity providers to secure a new supply rate for its members in a new electric buying group that...
Jester family, Marty Desmond honored by N.C. County Farm Bureau
The Larry Jester family of Townsend and Farm Credit’s Marty Desmond were honored at the New Castle County Farm Bureau’s annual banquet last month.
Jester and his...
Perdue AgriBusiness announces $30 million grain facility in Baltimore County
Perdue AgriBusiness, a division of Perdue Farms, announced today a $30 million investment to open an organic grain receiving and storage facility at Tradepoint...
Update: ATF at scene of fire that destroyed Townsend’s Willey Farms
A five-alarm fire early Monday morning destroyed a Townsend market and garden center.
The state Fire Marshal's Office remained mum on the possible cause of...
Ag spinoff Corteva to manage DuPont pension plan
Corteva Agriscience will handle pension plans for both DuPont and Corteva after the two companies are separated from DowDuPont next year.
The announcement was made...
DowDuPont announces boards of spinoff companies
DowDuPont announced the members of the future boards of directors its three future spinoffs - of Dow, DuPont, and Corteva Agriscience.
DowDuPont CEO Ed Breen...
Poultry processor Allen Harim agrees to $300,000 settlement with DNREC
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and Allen Harim, LLC signed a Conciliation Order by Consent in settling violations at...
Deadline extended as farmland preservation effort seeks applicants
The State of Delaware, armed with additional funds, wants more farms in its farmland preservation efforts and has extended the deadline for applications.
Since 1996,...
Potentially destructive Lantern Fly found in Dover area believed to be lone ‘hitchhiker’
Early on the Delaware Department of Agriculture dubbed the invasive spotted lanternfly, present in portions of Pennsylvania and found in New Castle County last...
Industrial accident claims life of Allen Harim worker at Harbeson plant
Delaware State Police are investigating the death of a man in an industrial accident at a Sussex County poultry processing plant.
On Friday at about...
Mountaire’s donates $210,000 to Selbyville for road reapair
Mountaire's Amanda Irwin, senior director of processing operations, presented Selbyville, with a donation of $210,000 to help pay for improvements to Railroad Avenue.
The company's...
Perdue shipping half a million pounds of food -stricken Carolinas
In response to flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, Perdue Farms is sending truckloads of food and the Perdue Chicken Food Truck to...
Perdue rolls out millennial-friendly packaging of chicken products
Perdue is introducing a new package design for its line of fresh chicken with an eye toward the millennial market.
The contemporary design introduces what the...
Mountaire sends 2 truckloads to flood-stricken North Carolina
Mountaire Farms has sent a truckload of chicken as well as other supplies from Delaware to North Carolina.
The family-owned company has poultry plants in...
Bloom Energy claims possible breakthrough in generating power with landfill, agricultural gas
Bloom Energy announced it will introduce technology that could use its servers to produce electricity from landfill and other types of biogas.
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