U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Maryland’s Eastern Shore on Wednesday to announce $6 million in federal grant funding aimed at tackling invasive catfish in the Chesapeake Bay while boosting local seafood processors.
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Wicomico County Public Library will have a new branch in Parsonsburg, named the Lewis R. Riley Library.
The Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) has announced a new program aimed at financially protecting farmers in the First State.
SALISBURY, Md. - From parking lots to ponds, nuisance geese are becoming a growing problem across Wicomico County, and County Executive Julie …
Five farms in southern Delaware were added to the Century Farm Program today, recognizing their 100 or more years of dedication to the land and agriculture. The farms, including Fifer Orchards, Culver Farm, Beauchamp Family Farms, and Hickman-Ellis Farm, were honored for their generations of hard work.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Accomack and Northampton Counties as primary natural disaster areas as severe drought conditions persist on the Commonwealth’s Eastern Shore.
Governor John Carney and Secretary of Agriculture Michael Scuse joined advocates and members of the General Assembly at Shadybrook Farms to celebrate the significance of the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Program. During the event, they unveiled a new sign for participating farms to display, highlighting their commitment to preserving agricultural land.
With 2024 just around the corner, WBOC invites you to look back on Delmarva’s year and the news we covered across the Peninsula.
PARSONSBURG, MD — Lewis R. Riley, a longtime figure in Maryland agriculture and politics and a former Secretary of Agriculture, died Sunday, N…
Many gathered Saturday in Snow Hill for the 23rd “Blessing of the Combines.”