Maryland region adds seminar on horse care and safety
The Maryland Pleasure Horse Seminar moves to February 24 at South Carroll High School with topics on pasture management manure composting liability feeding safety budgeting and shoeing Registration is 15 with a late fee after February 12 For details call 410 848 4611 or 410 666 1022 Farmers may qualify for Emergency Conservation Program aid for flood damage through the Frederick County Farm Service Agency requirements include county and state committee reviews cost shares up to 64 percent or 200000 on site inspections and contact 92 Thomas Johnson Drive Frederick 662 1321 The Agricultural Atlas of the United States highlights growth and farming via 300 maps based on the 1992 Census contact Bureau of the Census Washington DC 20200 1 800 523 3215
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South Carroll High School
Frederick County Farm Service Agency
Thomas Johnson Drive
Frederick
United States
Agriculture and Financialistics Division
Bureau of the Census
Washington, D.C
Flock and Gamebird Seminar Rescheduled
A seminar for small poultry flock and gamebird owners has been rescheduled to 8 a.m. to 3 45 p.m. Saturday February 10 at the Carroll County Agriculture Center Westminster. Topics cover flock management nutrition avian diseases planning flock ratite management and predators. Advanced registration due February 2. Fee 10 lunch materials. 5 for FFA and 4-H youth. Contact Bob Tjaden or Charles Wabeck for details.
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Carroll County Agriculture Center
Westminster
Bob Tjaden
Charles Wabeck
Frederick County Ag Week Seeks Theme and Artwork
Frederick County Ag Week at the Mall runs Feb 26 to March 3 at Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick with the theme Frederick County Agriculture It’s Farming and More. A contest for a new theme and artwork offers a $100 savings bond to the winner with submissions at the Central Maryland Antique Tractor Club booth by Feb 28 and the winner announced March 3. Call Ted Albaugh or Ronald Murphy for details.
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Frederick County
Ag Week
Francis Scott Key
Frederick
Central Maryland
Antique Tractor Club
Ted Albaugh
Ronald Murphy
Farm Bureau to Hold Candidate School in Annapolis
Maryland Farm Bureau will host a two day candidate school February 15 and 16 at the Holiday Inn Annapolis. The program teaches electorate evaluation campaign structure fundraising and election day strategy with help from American Farm Bureau Federation and party staffs. Cost is 105 per person and 85 for a spouse. Reservations at 410 922 3426.
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Holiday Inn
Annapolis
American Farm Bureau Federation
Grange meeting rescheduled to February 13
The Glade Valley Grange installation of officers is moved to 7 30 p m Tuesday February 13 in the town hall basement. A report from the legislative committee will be presented.
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Legislative Committee
Maryland Agriculture Calendar events February schedule
A compact list of February agriculture events across Maryland and nearby locations. Highlights include Maryland Agriculture Dinner in Baltimore at Michael's Eighth Avenue, PROFFARM Leadership Workshop in Frederick, Holstein Dance in Walkersville, and multiple pasture workshops, dairy leader meetings, and farm conferences slated through Feb 20.
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Michael's
Russian visitors tour Frederick farm show at Gladhill Tractor Mart
Russian visitors toured Frederick on Saturday to learn about American agriculture. In a top photo, Wayne E Lunke and Pavel Sorokin stand with Aleaxaner Zaveryukha deputy prime minister, Gennady Romanenko president of Moscow's Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Victor Limarev and Maurice Gladhill. Zaveryukha hands a gift to Bernard Gladhill as others watch from left including the translator Sorokin.
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Gladhill Tractor Mart
Wayne E. Lunke
John Deere
Aleaxaner Zaveryukha
Russian Federation
Gennady Romanenko
Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Moscow
Victor Limarev
Pavel Sorokin
Washington
Mr. Zaveryukha
Bernard (Buck) Gladhill
Mr. Sorokin
Maurice Gladhill
Mr. Romanenko
Farm policy overhaul not included in stopgap bill
In Washington Democrats oppose adding a full farm program overhaul to a stopgap funding bill. After talks with farm-state lawmakers including Senate leaders, a compromise is urged, with Disagreement over extending current programs versus a separate bill. Congress must act this week to avoid a government shutdown.
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Dan Glickman
Glickman
Capitol Hill
Republican Agriculture Committee
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Tom Daschle
D-S.d
Congress
Clinton
Dairy Spotlight focuses on future dairy practices at Walkersville
On Wednesday February 7, Dairying Today at Walkersville Fire Hall opens at 9 a.m. with a trade show and registration. Dr. Brian Perkins discusses nutrition for transition cows, followed by Dr. Mark Warner on futuristic dairy reproduction. Dan McFarland covers cow comfort and future paybacks. Afternoon sessions revisit nutrition, Capitol Hill dairy policy updates by Jim Barr, and Kevin Menen on milk futures trading for producers.
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Walkersville
Brian Perkins
Dairy Tech Management Services Inc
Vermont
Perkins
Mark Warner
University of Maryland
Warner
Dan McFarland
Penn State
McFarland
National Milk Producer Federation
Jim Barr
Capitol Hill
Kevin Menen
Early acreage release announced
Washington announces an early-out option for Conservation Reserve Program contracts expiring Sept. 30 allowing landowners to release some acres for spring farming. Most environmentally sensitive land stays protected. move comes amid pressure from grain dealers and livestock feeders. Farmers seek more acres due to tight grain supplies and high prices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Record Farm Export Year Is Possible For 1996
Washington AP U S agricultural exports are on a record pace for 1996 with farmers predicted to sell 58 billion dollars of products overseas in the year ending Sept 30. The outlook is 3.9 billion above the 1994-95 record and 3.5 billion above last August’s projection. Exports rise in grains seeds cotton oilseeds beef and poultry led by corn shipments worth 5.9 billion dollars to Japan and other buyers. U S coffee imports forecast at 3 billion for 1996 while imports total 29 billion.
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Agriculture Department
USDA
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South Korea
Taiwan
Egypt
China
European Union
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