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We're glad you're here!What Maryland Farmers Want You To Know About Wheat and Glyphosate
Myth: Farmers douse wheat with Roundup/glyphosate prior to harvestTruth: Roundup, which is the most common brand name for the herbicide containing the active ingredient glyphosate, is rarely used by Maryland farmers as a pre-harvest treatment on wheat.Farmers in...
Ice Cream Cones, Soybeans, Rain and Beetles
(POOLESVILLE, MARYLAND) – Mid-June 2017 - Over at a farm called “Surmont,” Eric Spates watches his new farmhand begin to master round-baling hay. “He just started,” Spates explains. “There’s an art to it. The first couple ones look like ice cream cones, and then...
4 things you won’t find on Maryland food labels
(SUDLERSVILLE, MARYLAND) - Food packaging performs several functions: It protects the food inside, creates convenience and portion control, and perhaps most importantly provides nutritional information and ingredient listings of the food inside. Here are four...
5 Ways You Can Help Maryland Farmers and the Chesapeake Bay
(POOLESVILLE, MARYLAND) - Farmers are having a moment right now. It seems like everyone is in love with the romance of farming and the seemingly simple life it promises. Beyond the romantic soft-focus photos you see of neat rows of crops and fiery sunsets, Maryland...
3 Things Ocean City Vacationers Should Know About Maryland Farms
(OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND) - If someone else is driving, it’s tempting to bury your nose in your cell phone and use a beach-bound road trip to catch up on your Insta. Every now and then, though, it’s good to give your eyes a break and focus on a distant sight. Here are...
