Dec 21, 2017
Spring through fall, Jamie and Benson Tiralla stay busy caring for livestock and selling meat at the farmer’s market. But what about winter? “It’s just as busy on the farm in the winter as it is any other time of the year,” Jamie said. Maryland weather is...
Dec 14, 2017
(AND NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT) (DAVIDSONVILLE, MARYLAND) – Katie Ward was slowing down to make a turn when the eight-point buck sprang from the woods. Within a split second, the big deer bounded into the roadway, colliding with the front end of her brand-new...
Dec 7, 2017
On every chicken farm, there’s open ground between the chicken houses and the property line. Stand there, and you can look toward the chicken house, or turn around, and look to a road, a neighboring farm, or other people’s homes. Family farmers raising chickens have a...
Nov 29, 2017
What do our farm fields and school soccer fields have in common? It’s Integrated Pest Management! While schools and farms have different pest problems, both have to worry about nuisances all year long. For the farmers, whether they are planning on how to manage their...
Nov 15, 2017
When Benson and Jamie Tiralla started Monnett Farms, their first product was grass-fed beef. They sold it by the quarter or side, which means a customer would buy a portion of the beef and customize the cuts to their preferences. This was a crash course in learning...
Nov 2, 2017
(POOLESVILLE, MARYLAND) – October 2017 – When the letter came, it was during a busy week, and Eric Spates tossed it on his desk with the rest of his mail, thinking he’d get to it later. When he opened the envelope several days later, he realized he had just two days...
