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When a large national meat processing company was hacked and put out of commission it created a panic that meat supplies would dry up at grocery stores.
However there are a growing number of Cecil County farmers raising beef, chicken, lamb, goat and other livestock with a ready supply of meats ready to go into freezers.
One of those is
Christopher Price is a third generation farmer raising Angus beef.
âMy grandfather bought this farm in 1948 and started a beef operation,â Price said.
Now more than 70 years later Price said most of the business is in freezer beef ordered by customers and picked up at one of two processors; Haass in Dover or Sudlersville Meat Locker.
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Jerry England checks from the ground while Jerry Waterson checks from the seat of a Farmall to see if the sled is working properly before the tractor pulls started Saturday morning at the Cecil County Farm Museum and Regional Agricultural Center.
CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY JANE BELLMYER
Proof there s no wrong way to drive a tractor, these competitors at the Cecil County Farm Museum and Regional Agricultural Center line up to be weighed Saturday before the tractor pulls begin
CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY JANE BELLMYER
John Ferraro welcomes competitors and fans to the tractor pulls at the Cecil County Farm Museum and Regional Agricultural Center. Ferraro said this was the first pull in the area since the pandemic began.
ELKTON â Plans are being made to present the Cecil County Fair this summer according to the fair board of directors.
Last year the annual nine-day event was yet another cancellation due to the pandemic. With the first day set for July 23 organizers are indicating there will be a Cecil County Fair happening. We met with the (Cecil County) health department last week and we ve been in contact with Maryland Department of Natural Resources, said Don Moore, fair board president. The plan is to have a fair in 2021.
However Moore cautioned because Cecil County s COVID-19 infection numbers are on the rise once again the planning is, at best, a fluid situation.
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