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October 9, 2007
By Shawn Belt
Horticulturist
National Plant Materials Center
(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of two columns that will explain the importance of windbreaks on poultry farms. The second column will appear in the August edition of The Mid-Atlantic Poultry Farmer. For the full poultry air quality tech note, go to http://www.plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/pubs/mdpmctn7166.pdf)
UMES to research new flooring system for houses - By STEPHANIE JORDAN
Staff Reporter - PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - An experimental flooring
To halt bird flu, researchers perfect poultry depopulation - MOUNT PLEASANT MILLS, PA. (AP) - His eyes scan 5,000 ducks quacking
Dale Boyce awarded with top DPI honor at banquet
Urgent action needed, comments due to DHS by May 9
(Editor’s Note: This is an open letter from DPI Executive Director Bill Satterfield to the region’s poultry growers.)
Solar energy will power Laurel, Del. poultry house - By STEPHANIE JORDAN - Staff Writer - LAUREL, Del. - A solar-powered poultry house is
January 9, 2007
Solar Photovoltaic Arrays, similar to the ones above, will help power a poultry house at a Laurel, Del., farm as part of a research project to examine the use of solar power as a source of energy for poultry houses.
Photo courtesy of WorldWater & Power Corp.
UDel, partners to create first solar-powered house - By STEPHANIE JORDAN - Staff Writer - LAUREL, Del. - More and more people are
ARS brings ‘optical sensing’ to poultry inspections - BELTSVILLE, Md. - Take another look at
USDA releases Web-based energy awareness tool for growers - A Web-based energy awareness tool designed to
December 12, 2006
Susan Monahan of Dover, Del., used both the University of Delaware Blue Hens and Delaware State University Hornets to decorate her winning egg in the White House Egg Contest.
Photos courtesy of Susan Monahan
November 14, 2007
Loan officers with MidAtlantic Farm Credit toured Bill and Mary Lou Brown’s farm, along with Perdue’s Hatchery and Allen’s Processing Plant in Hurlock, Md., to get an in-depth look at the Delmarva’s poultry industry earlier this month.
Photo by Stephanie Jordan
MidAtlantic Farm Credit groups tour poultry facilities - By STEPHANIE JORDAN - Staff Writer - HURLOCK, Md. - Earlier this month, loan
Use winter ventilation to control moisture - By Gary Van Wicklen - Extension Poultry Engineer - University of Delaware
Dealing with avian flu on an international level - By Robert Alphin - Poultry Research Coordinator
University of Delaware - It is essential for the international community to