Maryland Agricultural Commission to Meet in Annapolis
The Maryland Agricultural Commission holds a 9 30 am meeting on Wednesday July 13 at the Maryland Department of Agriculture 50 Harry S Truman Parkway Annapolis Agenda covers generic food crops and marketing programs The Montgomery County Farm Tour and Harvest Sale runs July 23 from 10 am to 4 pm featuring hayrides farm games animals and fresh produce on 23 farms Montgomery County produces 200 million dollars in agricultural products yearly Brochures and maps available from the Montgomery County Office of Economic Development 217 2345 101 Monroe Street Rockville 20850 or contact Jean Phillips Phillips Farm and Produce 972 0218 The Carroll County Farm Museum in July hosts cameras and clocks by designer Teague in the hall case open 10 am to 6 pm July August and weekends noon to 5 pm through October For more information call 410 876-2687 or 410 848-7803 The Frederick County Farm Bureau annual picnic is July 20 noon at Pinechiff Park with a covered dish The Little Farmer Farmerette contest starts at 10 30 am with judging at 11 am The Farm Bureau information booth is in the Farm and Gardening Building at the Great Frederick Fair Volunteers needed to staff the booth Call Evelyn Wilcom 865 5969 Recipes needed for handouts at the fair send to Mrs Wilcom 43038 Green Valley Road Monrovia 21770 by August 15.
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Maryland Agricultural Commission
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Harry S Truman Parkway
Annapolis
Montgomery County
Office of Econome Development
Monroe Street
Rockville
Jean Philips
Phillips Farm
Carroll County Farm Museum
Farm Bureau
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Pinechif Park
Farm Bureau Information Booth
Great Frederick Fair
Evelyn Wilcom
Wilcom
Green Valey Road
Monrovia
Kansas City
Howard County Fairgrounds
West Friendship
National Institute On Cooperative Education
Washington DC
Springfield
Ballenger Grange
Frederick Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Soil Conservation Service
Frederick
Frederick County
Maryland
Frederick Fairgrounds
Rodale Institute
Kutztown
Timberville
Rockingham County Fairgrounds
Harrisonburg
Thomas Johnson Drive
Water quality workshop set in Union Bridge
The Monocacy water quality demonstration project sponsors a workshop on innovative activities to protect water quality from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm on Thursday July 28 at the Union Bridge Community Center Union Bridge. Major topics include composting low cost low labor systems a passive air windrow system sinkholes and practical ways to cap and manage them to protect groundwater and rotational leafing lot management. Lunch is on your own from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.
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Union Bridge
Frederick County farmers urged to file crop credits before July 15
Crop programs and drought warnings affect corn and soybeans in Frederick County. Farmers must obtain 7994 acreage credit and crop bases from ASCS with proof during inspection, per County Executive Director Jan R Geisbert. July 15 is the reporting deadline for 1994 spring seeded crops to qualify for farm program benefits. Junior cattle shows draw Maryland youths to Kansas City and Des Moines with named exhibitors from New Windsor Woodbine Adamstown Frederick Baltimore Gaithersburg Clarksburg.
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Frederick County
Kansas City
Maryland
Michelle
Robby Blachett
New Windsor
Chris Patrick
Randy Mullims
Woodbine
Christy Crayford
Adamstown
Charlotte Beach
Frederick
Charles
Brandy Schwinn
Baltimore
Des Moines
Iowa
Christopher Morris
Gaithersburg
Cara
Melissa
Michael J. Harrison
Jeff
Jay Covell
Clarksburg
Crop deadline set for spring crops and nonprogram acres
Final certification date for spring seeded and non program crops including corn soybeans hay and conservation reserve program acreage is July 1st. Crops may be certified 7 30 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday at the Frederick County ASCS office. Certification records how farmers report acreage to qualify for price support deficiency payments and other farm program benefits. Jan R Geisbert and Mrs Geisbert note growers not in 1994 programs should also report acreage to establish planting history and protect crop bases.
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Frederick County
ASCS
Jan R Geisbert
Geisbert
Polled Hereford juniors hold preview show at Montgomery County Fair
About 42 juniors from Maryland New Jersey West Virginia and Virginia competed at the Maryland Polled Hereford Junior preview show at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds Judge Scott MelIntue of Berryville Virginia selected heat group winners The senior show winner was Dente Brashear of Frederick The intermediate winner Michele Blackett of New Windsor The junior division showmanship champion Shannon Kron of Monkton The heifer show champion Chris Mullinix of Woodbine with reserve Pal Hereford champion The Mullinix heifers also won bred and owned honors Michelle Blackett won the cow calf champion and reserve bred and owned The champion steer Tara Chaudry of Woodbine with reserve Chris Mullinix The champion bred and owned award went to Christy Crawford of Adamstown with reserve to Heather Emerson of Church Hill Crawford also showed the champion bull and Blackett the reserve bull
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Gaithersburg
Maryland
New Jersey
West Virginia
Virginnia
Montgomery County Fairgrounds
Berryville
Seror
Dente Brashear
Frederick
Michele Blackett
New Windsor
Shannon Kron
Monkton
Chris Mullinix
Woodbine
Michelle Blackett
Tara Chaudry
Chris Mullnix
Christy Crawford
Adamstown
Heather Emerson
Church Hall
Miss Crawford
Miss Blackett
Scott McIntire
Mullinix
Hereford
Miss Chaudry
Maryland and regional agricultural events calendar highlights
July calendar lists National Holstein Convention in Seattle Maryland 4H and cattle shows in Frederick LaPlata and Howard County events. Includes field days, contests, workshops, auctions, and a dairy princess pageant across Frederick, Howard, Washington DC area plus Virginia and Pennsylvania venues with dates from July 4 to July 29.
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Seattle Wash
Maryland
Natural Resources
Western
Hampshire Sheep Association
Charles County Fairgrounds
Carroll Manor Grange
U S concerned about Canadian wheat imports
Washington reports a four year surge in Canadian wheat purchases could cost US farm programs 682 million dollars by May 1995. The Agriculture Department urged import curbs, presenting analysis to the ITC amid hearings on why subsidies and predatory pricing allegedly depress US prices and acreage.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
International Trade Commission
Administration
David B Rohr
ITC
United States
World Trading Authorities
Canadian Wheat Board
Control Those Perennial Weeds In County Fields
Perennial weeds in county fields resist standard pre-emergence herbicides and require aggressive post emergence treatments. Intensive tillage fails to destroy taproots and rhizomes, allowing weeds to regrow each year. Scout fields, act now, and follow pesticide labels. extension help is available.
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Canada
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Hereford Assn
Seow
Rebecca Long
Mizarre
Maed Hraerorp
Juss Parveer Low
Maryland Ag Teachers Association
Central Maryland
Jefferson Community Center
Maryland Farm Bureau
Young Farmers
Jefferson Patterson Park
Catyant Cannry
Wee Srtaany
Frederick County Agribusiness Association
Glade Valley
Walkersville
U.S
James Rocheleau
Barton
Canton
Agri
Terry Poole
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