News from the fields, farms and beyondâ¦
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.
The Fair Hill Organizing Committee (FHOC), an affiliate of the Sport and Entertainment Corporation of Maryland (The Sport Corp.), today announced tickets for the inaugural Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill will go on sale Monday, June 14 at 10 a.m. EDT. Ticket information and purchasing options will be available at Maryland5Star.us/Tickets.
The much-anticipated Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill will take place October 14-17 at the new Fair Hill Special Event Zone in Cecil County, Maryland. The event, one of only two 5 Star (CCI5 -L) equestrian events in the United States and seventh worldwide, will showcase four days of world-class competition at the Olympic sport of Eventing’s highest level. Spectators will see Eventing’s elite athletes and horses competing at the new venue for the first time across three disciplines, dressage, cross-country, and show jumping for a combined $325,000 in prize money.