Regional ag savings drive ends soon for Frederick County farmers
Frederick County producers must sign up by Friday April 26 for acreage reduction programs offered by ASCS. County Director Jan Staley notes option to withdraw if returning any advance payments. Programs provide price support loans and deficiency payments with target level protection. Acreage reductions set at 15 percent for wheat 7.5 percent for corn barley and sorghum and zero percent for cats. Applications are filed at the Frederick County ASCS Office 45 Waverley Drive Frederick.
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Frederick County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County
Jan Staley
ASCS
Waverley Drive
Frederick
Student ag day slated at Maryland College Park
The Maryland Cavalry Regiment will be a highlight at the 66th annual Student Ag Day on Saturday April 27 in College Park. Events run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with cattle shows, horse drills, a petting zoo, music, and a swine showmanship contest among eight College of Agriculture faculty.
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Maryland Cavalry Regiment
University of Maryland
College Park
College of Agriculture
Agriculture Student Council
Brenda Irwin
Gamber
Animal Science
Regents Drive
Farm Drive
Call
Maryland Pork Expo set for April 27 at Howard County Fairgrounds
The Maryland Pork Expo will be held Saturday April 27 at the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship. Highlights include junior market hog show swine judging school feeder pig sale and open market hog show with new video judging classes.
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Howard County Fairgrounds
West Friendship
William Curry
University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service
Maryland Pork Producers Association
Richard Soper
Westminster
FFA
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Lancaster Stockyard office to close May 17
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Lancaster Stockyard field office will close Friday May 17. The Summerdale regional office near Harrisburg will offer livestock certification services previously provided by the Lancaster office. For more information call 717-3400 or 717-5301.
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Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Lancaster
Summerdale
Harrisburg
Spring planting day announced near Libertytown
An old-fashioned spring planting day begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday April 27 at the Paul and Ruth Spurrier farm near Libertytown, with a rain date of May 5. Sonny Burdette will demonstrate draft horse plowing and planting, a petting zoo will entertain, and lunch will be sold by the Junior Maryland Draft Horse and Mule Association. The farm sits on Md 75, north of Libertytown and south of Johnsville. For more information, call 893-3941.
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Paul and
Ruth Spurrier
Libertytown
Sonny Burdette
Maryland Draft Horse and Mule Association
MD. 75
Johnsville
Call
Washington County Expo Crafts Show At Hagerstown Speedway
The Washington County Agriculture Expo hosts a craft show with its fair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday Aug. 10 at Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown. Activities include antique machinery, slow tractor race, banjo and fiddle contest, live music, horse and rabbit shows, and fair exhibits. Craft applications go to Joanna Calimer at 17 W Fourth St Waynesboro PA 17268.
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Washington County Agriculture Expo
Hagerstown Speedway
Hagerstown
Joanna Calimer
Fourth St
Waynesboro
Local attends national land grant leaders seminar in DC
Janet S. Schmidt of Frederick attended the National Land-Grant University Lay Leaders Seminar in Washington DC where over 300 delegates from across the country participated. The meeting featured 34 town meetings to discuss land‑grant university concerns including food safety water quality youth and families at risk community vitality sustainable agriculture and environmental preservation. University of Maryland had eight citizen leaders in attendance.
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Janet S. Schmidt
Frederick
National Land- Grant University
Washington, D.C
University of Maryland
Polled Hereford Leaders Elected Officers and Directors
The Maryland Polled Hereford Association announced new officers and directors. Front row shows vice president Danny Jones Frederick president Thelma Mills Gaithersburg treasurer Dr John Burk Gaithersburg and secretary Cyndy Howes Keymar. Back row includes Willis Emory Hughesville Betsy Rippeon Gaithersburg Richard Blair Hockessin Del and Harry Taylor Libertytown.
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Maryland Polled Hereford Association
Danny Jones
Brookeville
Thelma Mills
Frederick
John Burk
Gaithersburg
Cyndy Howes
Keymar
Willis Emory
Hughesville
Betsy Rippeon
Richard Blair
Hockessin
Del
Harry Taylor
Libertytown
Frederick Soil Conservation District Scholarship Notice
The district offers a conservation scholarship for students pursuing renewable natural resources land use or conservation related studies. Applicants submit to the Scholarship Committee at 6919A Baltimore National Pike Frederick MD 21702 with two letters of recommendation by May 31. Recipients may reapply yearly with transcripts and must provide tuition and related expense details for payments.
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Frederick
Baltimore National Pike
Soil Conservation District
Alfalfa weevil IPM scouts detect early Maryland larvae
Maryland alfalfa IPM scouts report a few weevil larvae in central and western regions. favorable late fall and winter weather boosted survival leading to overwintering eggs hatching early. growers may delay spraying until three or more larvae per stem with 25 percent defoliation, or risk second spring surge.
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IPM
Maryland
Agriculture Calendar Updates From Frederick News-Post
The Ag Calendar for 1991 in the Frederick News-Post invites farm groups to submit free listings. Deadline is noon Friday before Tuesday publication. Entries include various meetings, sales, contests and events across Maryland with dates from April through May at multiple farms and fairgrounds.
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Frederick
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