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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1990
Page
9
The Washington County Extension Service sponsors the first Women’s Farm Winter Meeting to be held February 6 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Girls’ Club on Washington Street. For information and registration call 791-1504.
Extension dairy specialist Dr. Robert R. Peters notes would be dairying gains for those adopting new tech and managing margins, as the Dairying Today meeting runs 3 30 a m to 3 pm February 7. Topics cover BST, robotic milkers, mastitis control, incubation, plate counts, rancidity, Mid Atlantic economic climate, and newsprint bedding. Lunch is $2 with reservations via Frederick County Cooperative Extension at 694 1594. The Catoctin FFA inducted 14 Greenhands and sent members to Region I contests with top placements in extemporaneous and Creed Speaking.
Beth Lynch daughter of Dr and Mrs Donald Lynch of Frederick was hired as an autopsy technician at the Maryland Department of Agriculture Animal Health Laboratory in Frederick. She will assist with autopsies of animals submitted to the laboratory.
The Maryland Soybean Board invites soybean research pre-proposals for FY90 funding. Submissions are due by February 9. Applicants should use the Soybean Checkoff Research Funding Grant Application. Applications may be obtained from the board at P.O. Box 319 Salisbury MD 21801 or by calling 742-9500.
The 1980 expansion of federal crop insurance failed to curb disaster payments. Only 13 percent of farmers used subsidized insurance while $3.9 billion in direct aid and $1.1 billion in insurance payments were issued last year. Critics say Congress ferner relied on disaster bailouts over insurance, prompting calls for a stronger, self-sufficient system.
For 74 years the Penn State Farm Show showcased farming life while debates over crop insurance swirled. Veterans like M Donald Clifton recalled drought losses and warned against overreliance on disaster aid, as GAO and Congress pushed reforms to make insurance farmers first defense and trim costly disaster programs. The FCIC faced losses and overoptimistic forecasts, prompting calls for faster, more solid rate setting and policy deployment.
The Frederick News-Post Ag Calendar lists farm group events for February and March 1990. Highlights include a Feb 3 family farm forum in Middletown, Feb 12 Freestate Rabbit Club meeting, Feb 21 Braddock Grange, Feb 26 Thurmont Grange, and March events such as the Maryland State Holstein Convention in Aberdeen, a Holstein sale in Bel Air, a Beef Identification Day in Howard County, and the Equine Form to Function clinic with Dr. Deb Bennett. Additional Ag Week at Frederick Towne Mall is noted, with multiple Grange meetings through March 26. Contact numbers 473-8965 and 447-6680/241-3020 provided.
The 1990 Frederick County Winter Meeting runs February 6 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the new Walkersville Firehall with registration at 9:30 a.m. The $2 admission includes lunch. Sessions cover cutting field losses, nitrogen in corn, soybean varieties, small grain diseases, weed control, crop production costs, nutrient management, and 1990 government programs along with agribusiness exhibits and a farm pond management segment.
Farmers with 2 FSA soil and water conservation plans should begin implementing BMPs now to stay compliant for federal programs. Full plan implementation is due by January 1, 1995, with limited seeding windows March 15 to May 15 and August 15 to October 15. BMPs include grass waterways contour farming and cover crops.
A free farm pond and crop program hosted by University of Maryland Sea Grant Extension and Frederick County Extension Service at the Central Alarm Building 200 Montevue Lane Frederick from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March. It covers pond types constraints culture potential and water quality monitoring and management techniques including identifying and controlling aquatic vegetation and its water quality impact. Call 694-1594 for reservations.
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