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Scrap metal prices prompt farmers to clean up, cash in - Spring is planting season, but some farmers are harvesting profits from old junk that’s been lying around their buildings and fields, sometimes for decades. They’re selling scrap metal to recycling businesses and earning cash while cleaning up their farms. One business is catering to farmers by offering to leave a large trash container on their property. A typical container-load of scrap steel and iron can bring up to $1,000 at current prices, and scrap copper and aluminum are worth more. More at our farm news page>>
MidAtlantic Farm Credit reports agricultural producers are doing "fairly well" - Commodity prices are generally good, and Farm Credit's membership is strengthening their operations by managing their expenses and paying down some of their debt. The housing sector, however, is impacting some industries—especially nurseries and greenhouses, sawmilling, and timber. MidAtlantic Farm Credit earnings are steady despite volume decline. More at our farm news page>>
WV Agriculture and Forestry Hall of Fame to welcome four new members - The West Virginia Agriculture and Forestry Hall of Fame Foundation has selected four individuals for induction in 2012. These individuals will be honored at a July banquet. Inductees for 2012 are: Ralph Beckwith of Slaty Fork (forestry), Harry Stephen Conrad of Brandywine (agriculture), Mannon E. Gallegly Jr. of Morgantown (agriculture), and John Cooper of Point Pleasant (forestry).   More at our farm news page>>
 Crop conditions favorable in Maryland and Delaware - Topsoil moisture levels in mid-May were adequate in both Delaware and Maryland. Barley and winter wheat conditions were mostly good in both States. A Delaware crop reporter reports, “Corn was planted and quickly emerged due to good surface moisture and warm soil.” A Maryland crop reporter said, “Rain continued to improve soil moisture conditions. Corn and soybeans were planted and beginning to emerge.”  More at our farm news page>>