Sustainable Agriculture Field Day at Beltsville Center
The sixth annual Sustainable Agriculture and Integrated Pest Management Field Day runs from 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Thursday August 13 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Tours showcase manure and nutrient management research with registration due by Friday August 7. Contact Judy Holliday for materials via phone fax or email.
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Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
Judy Hollidayne
Four-H science adventure for Montgomery youth starts fall
The Montgomery County Extension Service offers 4-H Adventure in Science for ages 8 to 15 from mid-October to mid-March. Four sites Bechtel National Institutes of Health National Institute of Standards and Technology and Comsat host activities in astronomy rocketry chemistry physics and physiology. Registration covers materials and parents donate hours. call the 4-H office at (301) for details.
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Montgomery County Extension Service
Bechtel
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Comsat
Grange meeting and breed field day planned
American Karate Academy students and instructor Jeff Clark will demonstrate karate at the New Market Grange meeting at 7 30 p m on Wednesday July. Grange members also plan the educational booth for the Frederick Fair. For details call 01 865 5499. Colonial Charolais Field Day is set for Saturday July 18 at the Central Maryland Research and Education Center Clarksville. A 4 H judging contest and an adult seminar on nutrient management start 8 30 a m with weight guessing cattle skills and more. For information call 410 442 2005 or 301 831 9243. Farmers in Frederick County must file spring crop reports by Wednesday July 15 to be eligible for USDA programs. Reporting is free before July 15 and late fees apply afterward. For information contact the Frederick County Farm Service Agency at 301 682 1321 ext 2.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau
Mount Tabor Park
Rocky Ridge
Jenny Rhoderick
American Karate Academy
Jeff Clark
New Market
Grange
Frederick Fair
Central Maryland Research and Education Center
Clarksville
Frederick County
United States Department of Agriculture
Pasture Compaction and Flexible Management Tips
The article explains pasture compaction from livestock weight, contrasting with crop equipment. It advises relocating livestock to higher well drained pastures after wet weather and using moisture retaining pastures during dry periods to reduce soil compression. For more guidance contact Catoctin and Frederick Soil Conservation Districts in Frederick Maryland.
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Catoctin and
Frederick Soil Conservation Districts
Thomas Johnson Dr
Frederick
July Agriculture Calendar Frederick County Pasture Walk and Events
A busy July schedule lists the Frederick County Pasture Walk at Catoctin Station Farm on July 7 from 7 to 9 pm, plus a series of statewide farming events including the National Brown Swiss Convention in Salina Kansas, Dairy Open House in Clarksville, Angus Hereford Joint Field Day at Mullinix Farm, Queen Contest in Montgomery County, Pomona Grange Picnic in Johnsville, Nutrient Management Training in Annapolis, Holstein Shows in Howard County and Frederick, and the final crop reporting day at Frederick County Farm Service Agency, with related dates through July 16.
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Frederick County
Catoctin Station
Jefferson
Salina
Kan
Central Maryland Research and Education Center
Clarksville
Mullinix
Gene
Charlotte Mullinix
Woodbine
Montgomery County Farm Bureau
Montgomery County
Pomona Grange
Raritan Park
Johnsville
Maryland Department of Agricul
Ture
Annapolis
Howard County
West Friendship
United Church of Christ
Walkersville
Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Rocky Gap Lodge
Cumberland
Frederick County Farm Service Agency
Frederick-Montgomery
Frederick Fairgrounds
Four-Hers win state horse honors in Maryland
Frederick County 4-H youth topped the Maryland 4-H Horse Judging contest at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds Gaithersburg with over 100 participants. All three county teams took first, advancing to the Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup in Louisville Kentucky in November. Individual placings featured Kemerer Ashley Casper and McCutcheon among top juniors, with Khuen Heaton White also high in intermediate and hippology events.
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Prederick County
Maryland
Montgomery County
Gaithersburg
Louisville
Frederick County
Andrea Kneer
Teresa Porterfield
Ashley Kemerer
Ashley Casper
Aubry Coates
Rachel McCutcheon
Miss Kemerer
Miss Coates
Miss Casper
Miss McCutcheon
Amy Kneer
Karyn Casper
Amanda Kemerer
Paige Khuen
Brittany White
Lorraine Tomlinson
Laura Heaton
Miss Khuen
Miss Heaton
Miss White
Miss Kemeter
Kathy Axline
Shanna Bradshaw
Kristine Freeman
Julie McCutcheon
Sarah Kitchen
Randi Webb
Marlee Richards
Miss Bradshaw
Take All Disease Threat to Small Grain Crops
Take all severe on wheat and barley, with roots brown and dead at jointing. Infection comes from crop residues and infected roots, spreading through soil up to five months. Breaking grass crop rotation and using legumes can reduce the fungus, as there are no labeled fungicides for control.
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Frederick County Agricultural Business Group
Glade Valley
John Falkenstein
Catoctin
Conservation Districy
Timothy Jn
Timothy Jacobsen
Agri
Hreterich
Belarus
Cap Stine Road
Mt. Zion Rd
American Raw Milk Producers Pricing Association
Armppa
M&w
Rising Sun