Frederick County Students Win Maryland 4-H Scholarships
Three Frederick County graduates received Maryland 4-H Foundation scholarships. David Gordon of Middletown earned the W Lawson King Memorial Scholarship for agricultural communications at Butler Community College in Kansas. Laura Keilholtz of Thurmont won the Barbara Pye Streaker Memorial Scholarship to study elementary education at Frederick Community College. Steven O Hara of Frederick received the Howard Warfield Clark Sr Memorial Scholarship for engineering studies at the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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Frederick County
Maryland 4-H Foundation
David Gordon
Middletown
W. Lawson King
Butler Community College
Kansas
Laura Keilholtz
Thurmont
Barbara Pye Streaker
Frederick Community College
Steven O'Hara
Frederick
Howard Warfield Clark Sr
University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Frederick County Farm Bureau awards scholarships
The Frederick County Farm Bureau distributed five $500 scholarships through its education committee. Steven O’Hara and Jessica Stevens received the main awards, while Christopher Burch Laura Keilholtz and Jody Powell were honored with women’s committee scholarships.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau
Steven O’hara
Jessica Stevens
Frederick County Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Christopher Burch
Laura Keilholtz
Jody Powell
Farm Bureau
Judy Stuart Named Car roll Extension Director Emerges After Change
Judy Stuart, extension educator with nearly 30 years in the program, will replace David Greene as Car roll County Extension director. She has served 15 years in the county as family and consumer sciences educator and will assume Greene's administrative duties while Michael Bell and Bryan Butler divide the agricultural responsibilities.
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Judy Stuart
David Greene
Carroll County
Ms. Stuart
Mr. Greene
Michael Bell
Bryan Butler
International horse trainer to offer lessons
Dominique Barbier, international horse trainer and instructor, will offer training and lessons on Friday and Saturday, July 24-25, at Cedar Rowe Farm near Emmitsburg. Ms Barbier has published several books and videos on training and riding horses with lightness. For more information call Linda Dennis ton at (301) 447-6240.
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Dominique Barbier
Cedar Rowe Farm
Emmitsburg
Ms. Barbier
Linda Denniston
Ag Field Day at Western Maryland Center in Keedysville
The Western Maryland Research and Education Center will host an Ag Field Day from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday July 29 at the Keedysville center. Tours tillage and planting demos, equipment displays, and farm business programs featured. A park lunch runs 1 to 2 p.m. for $5. Reservations due by July 27. Call (301) 432-2767 for details.
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Western Maryland Research and Education Center
Keedysville
Frederick County Farm Family of the Year deadline extended
Applications are due by Monday August 2 for the Frederick County Farm Family of the Year contest. The award honors production proficiency, civic involvement, and soil water and energy conservation. Open to all family farms in Frederick County for at least five years. Presentation set for September 17 at the Great Frederick Fair grandstand. Call John Stump at 301 663 4192 for the revised form and mail to 925 East Street PO Box 607 Frederick 21705.
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Frederick County
Frederick
John Stump
Stump
East Street
Outdoors Woman BOW workshop set at Western Maryland Center
The Becoming an Outdoors Woman program offers a multi day workshop August 29 to 22 at the Western Maryland 4 H Center Garrett County. Maryland Department of Natural Resources hosts courses in ATV skills forestry small game hunting firearm safety kayaking and more with meals included and a $174 fee. Registration is limited and 18 plus participants must register in advance. Contact Nancy Smogar or Dave Manning for details.
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Maryland
Garrett County
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Nancy Smogar
Dave Manning
Thurmont Riding Club horse show set for August 22
The Thurmont Riding Club will host a hunter jumper show at 8 30 a m Sunday August 22 at the club grounds on Roddy Road Thurmont. Ribbons will be awarded for 1st through 6th in individual classes and trophies for champion and reserve champion across 10 divisions. For more information call 301 447 1774 or 301 4497 3320.
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Thurmont
Roddy Road
Maryland Pork Producers to elect delegates at State Fairgrounds
The Maryland Pork Producers Association will hold elections for two pork producer delegates to the 2000 National Pork Board Delegation Body at 10 a.m. on Saturday August 24. The MPPA board meeting will run with the election at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. Residents who pay all assessments may be candidates. For more information contact Lynne Hoot at 410 956-5771.
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Maryland Pork Producers Association
National Pork Board
Maryland State Fairgrounds
Timonium
Mppa Board of Directors
Lynne Hoot
Farm Aid 99 concert set for Bristow Virginia venue
Farm Aid 99 is scheduled for Sunday September 12 at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow Virginia. Tickets go on sale July 17 at 10 a.m. at the pavilion box office and Ticketmaster outlets or by phone. Prices are 42.50 for pavilion 27.50 for lawn and 65 for premium corn belt seats. The show features Willie Nelson Neil Young John Mellencamp and other artists including Dave Matthews Band Trisha Yearwood The Mavericks Sawyer Brown Steve Earle and Susan Tedeschi. To donate call 800 FARM-AID.
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Nissan Pavillion
Bristow
Ticketmaster
Willie Nelson
Neil Young
John Mellencamp
Dave Matthews Band
Trisha Yearwood the Mavericks
Sawyer Brown
Steve Earle
Susan Tedeschi
Call
Mid-Atlantic No-till Conference 25th Anniversary Planned
Plans are underway for the 25th anniversary Mid-Atlantic No-till Conference on February 24 2000 at Four Points Hotel Hagerstown and February 25 2000 at Holiday Inn Grantville PA. input is welcome on dates and topics with informal roundtable discussions. The 20th annual Delmarva Corn and Soybean Technology Conference dates are not set. Contact Herbert Reed at 410 535 3662 for no till and Gordon Johnson at 302 697 4000 for corn and soybean conference.
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Four Points
Hagerstown
Holiday Inn
Grantville
Herbert Reed
Gordon Johnson
Farmers Need Understanding Amid Drought and Prices Slump
A Frederick County farmer laments 1999 drought and low prices for milk, grain, and cattle. He urges public understanding of farming costs, conservation efforts, and environmental safeguards, noting urban misunderstanding and ongoing land development. Contact Catoctin and Frederick Soil Conservation Districts at 301 695 2803 ext 3 for details.
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Frederick County
Catoctin
Frederick
Frederick 4-H extemp champions win awards at UMD
Warren Zentz won the 1999 Maryland 4-H Extemporaneous Speaking competition with Lauren Roop as reserve champion. Jean Greene, Extension specialist for 4-H youth development, presented the awards during the event at the University of Maryland.
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Frederick County
Bronze award honors Chad Hahn at Atlantic Regional Preview
Chad Hahn of Rocky Ridge received the National Junior Angus Association Bronze award at the 1999 Atlantic National Junior Angus Regional Preview Show on May 29 in Timonium. Melissa Pickrell, NJAA director, presented the prize. The award honors participation in NJAA activities showmanship leadership and use of performance testing along with progress in producing and merchandising Angus cattle.
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Chad
Hahn
Rocky Ridge
Timonium
Melissa Pickrell
National Junior Angus Association
Junior Angus Association
Pasture recovery steps after drought and reseeding plans
The article outlines drought damage to permanent pastures mainly cool season grasses and legumes and advises delaying heavy grazing. It recommends letting regrowth reach four to six inches, grazing half the growth, soil testing and fertilizing, reseeding thinning areas between August 15 and September 15 using a no till drill for better seed-soil contact, and considering overseeding or renovation as needed with patience for recovery.
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Kentucky
Maryland July Agriculture Calendar events list
The July calendar lists multiple Maryland agriculture events from July 19 to August 6. Highlights include the Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts annual meeting in Solomon's Island, Living History Camp at Carroll County Farm Museum, Maryland Horse Jamboree in Westminster, All-American Junior Hereford Expo in Chadron Neb, Farm Bureau Picnic in Rocky Ridge, Maryland Dairy Princess Contest in Frederick, and the Washington County Ag Expo in Sharpsburg, among others. The schedule spans farm shows, exhibitions, conferences, and education activities across counties with locations such as Centreville, New Windsor, Havre de Grace, Walkersville, and Keedysville.
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Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Solomon's Island
Carroll County Farm Museum
Westminster
Carroll County Agricultural Center
Dawes County Fairgrounds
Chadron
Neb
Farm Bureau
Mount Tabor Park
Rocky Ridge
Maryland
Ian Frederick
Queen Anne's County
Centreville
Dairy Marketing and Management Focus Group
Brethren Service Center
Main St
New Windsor
Frederick County
Pomona Grange
Lingapore United Methodist Church
Unionville
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