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Drone industry worries about privacy backlash
WASHINGTON — It’s a good bet that in the not-so-distant future aerial drones will be part of Americans’ everyday lives, performing countless useful functions. A far cry from the killing […]
USDA: Highest corn acreage since 1936 expected
DES MOINES, Iowa — Farmers intend to plant 97.3 million acres of corn this year, the most since 1936, the USDA’s spring planting survey said Thursday. The overall corn acreage […]
Eye Opener: Gun bill could be voted on soon
A few government and politics headlines for Wednesday.
Environmental groups split over Md. farm certainty
Environmental groups are splitting over a bill designed to give farmers more certainty about how Chesapeake Bay restoration regulations will affect them. The bill is scheduled for a hearing next […]
Florists add a dash of local color
This Valentine’s Day, as flower purchasers bring home bouquets of red roses and vases of pink carnations, few may realize that their blooms traveled from as far as Colombia and Ecuador before reaching their significant other.
Farmers protest septic system law from tractors
ANNAPOLIS — Farmers rode their tractors on the streets of the state capital on Tuesday to draw attention to a measure that would repeal a law designed to fight pollution […]
Smithsonian to collect farm objects for exhibit
WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History working with farmers to build a new collection showing the evolution of modern agriculture. The museum announced Monday that it’s working […]
Food stamp cuts worry farmers at markets
Tatiana Nicolayeva, a Ukrainian immigrant, has been coming to her Park Heights neighborhood farmers market for years. She can buy produce at the grocery store down the block, but she […]
Md. organic firms not worried about California initiative
Owners of small organic businesses in Maryland aren’t fretting about a California ballot initiative that would require the labeling of genetically engineered ingredients in products like food and clothing because, […]
Gas money may not ripen for farmers
At the highest point atop his 500 acres, Delvin E. Mast points across the valley, where — six generations ago — his family first started farming in Garrett County.
Md. lawmakers don’t think farm bill will pass before Oct.
With the U.S. Farm Bill of 2008 about to expire Sept. 30, advocates from Maryland and across the nation are pressuring Congress to quickly pass the 2012 bill that would […]
New Windsor farmers start state’s first sheep dairy
NEW WINDSOR — Tucked on the outskirts of New Windsor, Shepherds Manor Creamery is the first sheep dairy in Maryland, making artisan cheeses and delicate soaps from their sheep’s milk, […]
