When you think of the path to becoming a farmer, working as a Registered Dietitian might not be the first stepping stone that comes to mind. But for Jennie Schmidt of Schmidt Farms Inc. in Sudlersville, the transition from human health to soil health was a natural...
Did you know that farmers protect their seeds from pests well before planting them? One tool Maryland farmers use is seed treatment — specifically, a class of products called neonicotinoids. While the name sounds complex, the concept is simple. Jason Scott, a farmer...
Stillpoint Farm began in 2007 when Tom Barse and his wife, Carolann McConaughy, set out to find the perfect piece of land in Frederick County. “Carolann had had a small farm where she raised horses in Howard County, and I had started farming in the 1970s in Preston...
Winter transforms the landscape at Deere Valley Farm, a 160-acre farm in Dickerson that has been in the Baker family since the 1920s. While the fields of corn, wheat and soybeans rest under a blanket of frost or snow, the farm’s 120 head of Angus-cross cattle adapt to...
