The Delaware Farm Bureau is proud to announce the winners of its annual Blue Jacket Bonanza. The program benefits students enrolled in the FFA program in Delaware who might be financially unable to purchase their own traditional blue jacket. They are awarded based on need, community service activities, leadership skills and a commitment to the[…]
Late medications, bills never received and livestock dead on arrival are just a few of the consequences Delaware farmers have faced due to problems with the United States Postal Service over the last year. Searching for answers, Delaware Farm Bureau members reached out to local and state legislators for help; Senator Chris Coons, D-Del., made[…]
Advocacy / Ag Safety / DEFB News
Though the hazards of entering a grain bin are well-known, farmers and agricultural professionals often underestimate them until it’s too late. It only takes seconds, or a simple mistake, for an adult to sink in the quicksand-like flow of grain and become fully entrapped or engulfed. Such accidents have resulted in a 62% fatality rate[…]
U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) was honored with the Friend of Farm Bureau Award Monday in recognition of his legislative support of American farmers and ranchers. The award, offered by the American Farm Bureau Federation, was presented by Delaware Farm Bureau President Richard Wilkins at the DEFB office in Camden. Also on hand for the[…]
See photos below this post! Seventy runners and walkers of all ages laced up their shoes this weekend to help the Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation raise money to help feed children in the First State. More than $16,000 was brought in from the 7th annual 5K Milk Run/Walk facilitated by TriSports Events Saturday morning, Nov.[…]
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) was honored with the Friend of Farm Bureau Award Friday afternoon in recognition of his legislative support of American farmers and ranchers. The award, offered by the American Farm Bureau Federation, was presented by Delaware Farm Bureau Board President Richard Wilkins at Stayton Farm in Houston. The family farm is[…]
The Delaware Farm Bureau’s Women’s Committee is supporting the national Wreaths Across America program this year. The committee will be asking individuals to purchase a wreath from Wreaths Across America to be placed on the Delaware Veterans Cemetery in Millsboro. Wreaths can honor the memories of specific veterans or be sponsored for generic use. Wreaths[…]
The Delaware Farm Bureau has started a Livestock Taskforce to better understand the need for an additional federally inspected processing plant, regulations involved, costs, and best practices for a processing plant. Information collected from this taskforce will help educate government officials and legislators on this supply chain issue for agriculture in Delaware. Grants are available[…]
The Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation is hosting its 7th annual 5K Milk Run/Walk this November to benefit the Food Bank of Delaware and the Ministry of Caring. The event facilitated by TriSports Events was created by the New Castle County Farm Bureau to raise needed funds for the Ministry of Caring’s Milk for Children fund[…]
Olivia Gaines, a Caesar Rodney High School senior, has been chosen as this year’s Ambassador for the Delaware Farm Bureau. In school, she is pursuing the animal science pathway and participates in many extracurricular activities. As the Delaware Farm Bureau Ambassador, she will also begin to attend events with the organization like the annual meeting,[…]
