4/24 Think Big! - Chesapeake Fields project showcased in Maryland - By MARK POWELL - Kent County, Md., farmer Gary Miller calls Chesapeake Fields, “Mr. Hall’s idea.” That might be as good a description as any of a concept that’s aim is to find . . . .

4/17 Scuse gets nod as Del. ag secretary - By CAROL KINSLEY - Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has nominated Michael T. Scuse of Smyrna, Del., to be the next state secretary of agriculture. She made . . . .

4/10 21,743 acres down, 1.9 million to go - 1% of Md.nutrient management plans done - By MARK POWELL - Many of Maryland’s farmers are not likely to meet the 2001 deadline to have nutrient management plans done . . . .

4/03 Fairs worrying over funding - By MARK POWELL - Over the past two months, the Great Frederick Fair’s executive assistant, Becky Brashear, has sent . . . .

3/27 USDA on a ‘witch hunt’ in TSE case - By CAROL KINSLEY One hundred twenty-five innocent lambs, rams and ewes are on their way . . . .4/10 the response

3/20 Foot-and-mouth vigilance urged - FMD not here, but officials push for caution - BSE worries lead to McDonald’s action - By MARK POWELL While foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known . . . .

3/13 Shore congressman: Peacemaker - By MARK POWELL - Maryland’s Eastern Shore Congressman Wayne Gilchrest wants to take up the role . . . .

3/06 Dixon opposes bonds for buyout - By MARK POWELL - At a legislative hearing in Annapolis last week, it was apparent that there are at . . . .