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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1989
Page
9
A wrapup of upcoming agricultural meetings and events in Frederick County and nearby areas. Plans include group discussions, farm tours, and educational sessions for growers, ranchers, and community members interested in sustainable practices and local food systems.
Corn growers nationwide are urged to enter the National Corn Yield Contest with a July 1 deadline for $56 per hybrid postmarked by July 1 or $70 per hybrid from July 2 to Aug. Entry requires NCGA membership, a 16 acre field, and fixed classifications across seven contest classes. State and national winners will be honored at the Core Classic in Phoenix, Arizona, February 21 to 23, 1990.
The Carroll County western horse circuit will hold a Sunday show at 9 a.m. June 25 at the Carroll County Agriculture Center in Westminster. Classes include showmanship, halter, western pleasure, pony walk, rope events, leadline, trail, horsemanship, riding and jumping events. Judge Lytin Stevenson. Three age groups: youth 12 and under, juniors 13 to 17, seniors 18 plus. Entry fee $3 per class. Contact Holly Bollinger 848-6031 or Chris Morgan 848-5685 for details.
The tree assistance program TAP ends June 30 under the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988. It offers cost share payments to commercial growers who lost tree seedlings in 1987 and 1988 droughts, for fruits nuts Christmas trees wood syrup and other uses. Ms Staley notes many eligible growers may be unaware or unsure where to inquire, contact Frederick County ASCS for details.
The Carroll County Farmers Market is now open each Saturday from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. through Sept. 2 at the ag center on Smith Avenue beside the farm museum. It offers baked goods eggs meats fruits plants and crafts with demonstrations. Breakfast and lunch are available and parking is free. For details contact Connie Bialecki or Anita O'Day.
University extension entomologist Dr. Galen Dively reports slugs are a major issue in continuous no till corn and strawberry patches across Maryland. Gray garden slug dominates, juveniles hatch from overwintered eggs, thrive at night, leave silver trails, and injure young seedlings especially where surface trash is heavy.
Agri-Views notes no registered products effectively control slugs in corn and mesurol is illegal as a bait. Few chemicals perform well. homemade Larvia bait matches mesurol in some tests but lacks registration. No-till methods shift toward chisel plow or conventional tillage, while hot weather reduced damage by pushing slugs deeper. Emergency options may emerge in 1990. pre-emergence checks and night applications of 30 percent urea-based nitrogen are advised for early infestations.
Tom Sierzega of the U S Soil Conservation Service notes warm season grasses like switchgrass big bluestem and little bluestem can curb summer pasture losses. He warns overgrazed fields cause erosion up to 20 tons per acre yearly on steep, bare pastures and urges rotational grazing and feeding one pasture to warm season grasses to sustain livestock through summer.
The Ag Calendar lists upcoming farm group activities and agriculture events across Maryland in 1989. Entries include Maryland Future Farmers convention in Timonium, Holstein and Brown Swiss events in Frederick and Timonium, fairs at Carroll and Frederick counties, and various 4-H and Jersey programs with dates and venues such as the Howard County Fairgrounds West Friendship and McCurdy Field Frederick. Offical deadline for additions is Friday noon before Tuesday publication.
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