Gaithersburg farmer wins DuPont Young Leader Award
Regional agribusiness notes Randy Stabler, who runs 3,000 acres of corn and soybeans with 150 cows, earns the DuPont Young Leader Award from national soy associations. The Frederick County Farm Bureau hosts a county agriculture festival at Francis Scott Key Mall featuring dairy activities and sundae building with sponsors including Southern States and Central Maryland Farm Credit.
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Gaithersburg
Randy Stabler
Mid- Atlantic Soybean Association
American Soybean Association
DuPont
U.S
Denver
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Francis Scott Key
Frederick
Woodsboro
Maryland
Pesticide council to meet and a Frederick film showing
The Maryland Governor's Pesticide Council will meet at 9 a.m. June 30 in room 114 at the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Annapolis to hear on wildlife impacts and surface water monitoring. Frederick filmmaker Robert Rooy will show a sustainable agriculture video at the June 23 New Market Grange meeting, with a 7 p.m. supper.
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Maryland
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Annapolis
Mary Elen
California
Robert Rooy
New Market Grange
Grange Hall
Mr. Rocy
Homicide
Lonesome Dove
Diner
Iowa
Chad
Togo
Bangladesh
Nepal
U.S
Betty Thompson
Catoctin Soil Conservation District Supervisor Nomination Call
Nominations are being accepted by the Maryland Soil Conservation Committee for a supervisor to fill the expired term of John Summers on the Catoctin District Board. The term expires July 29, 1998 and Summers may seek reappointment. Nomination forms are available locally and must be received by July 6.
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Catoctin
Frederick
Soil Conservation District
Thomas Johnson Drive
North Amber
Frederick County adds 4-H faculty assistant Pat Stabler
Pat Stabler joins Frederick County 4-H as faculty assistant after 21 years in family life and 4-H roles. She will work with county agents to expand home economics, nutrition bowls, and natural resources programs while leveraging strong volunteer support and a four day work week.
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Frederick County
Pat Stabler
Carroll County
Stabler
Maryland plans to boost dairy industry through Pro-Dairy program
The Maryland dairy plan calls for UMD Animal Sciences with Extension and Experiment Stations to lead in research teaching and outreach. It proposes a Maryland Dairy Producers Association a milk commission and licensing for fluid dairy distributors with possible price minimums and cost of production rules. Environmental cost share programs and new technologies such as crop modeling methane use and biodiversity will be studied to aid profitability and safe products.
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Clover Clan
Laytonsville
Stabler
Montgomery County
Ture
University of Maryland Animal Sciences Department
Maryland Institute For Agriculture and Natural Resources
Maryland Dairy Producers Association
Maryland
Cooperative Extension Service
University of Maryland
Maryland Department of Agriculture
State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Agriculture calendar highlights upcoming events
Calendar lists events from June to July including the American Jersey Cattle Club Convention in Greensboro North Carolina June 19 to 23 the 65th Maryland FFA Convention in Hagerstown June 22 to 23 and the National Holstein Convention in Rochester New York June 27 to 30 Also noted are meetings at New Market Grange July 23 Beef Promotion and Research Board Summer Meeting in Hershey Pennsylvania June 25 to 26 Maryland 4 H Teen Focus in Chestertown June 26 to 29 Thurmeont Grange Meeting June 28 and other gatherings at Frederick and Saddleview Ranch July 11 plus Maryland Yo Ag Teachers July 7 to 9 and Carrall Manor Grange Weiner Roast July 5 and Six thirty n July 26 27 28.
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American Jersey Cattle Club
Greensboro
N.C
Ramada Inn
Hagerstown
New Market Grange
New Market Grange Halls
Beef Promotion and Research Board
Hershey Lodge
Hershey
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Young Farmers Sundae
Francis Scott Key Mall
Frederick
Maryland
Washington College
Chestertown
Rochester
N.Y
Thurmeont Grange
Grange Hall
Wheat midds and farm safety guidance near Winchester
Hershey opens a pasta plant near Winchester with Miller Milling handling durum wheat, producing 30,000 tons of wheat midds yearly for feed use. Nutritional notes include 18 percent crude protein with 30 percent bypass protein, high phosphorus, magnesium, low calcium, and energy near barley and corn. Value estimates suggest $125-$130 per ton delivered, with recommendations to keep feeding to 20-25 percent of dry matter. The piece also highlights farm safety gear availability through local ag supply stores and deductible gifting.
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Hershey Co
Winchester
Miller Milling Co
Hershey
Extension Service
Ag Supply Store Board
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James Richardson
Chesapeake Bay
Pesticide Council
SCD
The
Frederick News-Post
Nutrena
Steve
Jody
Susan G. Summers
Carrall Manor Grange
Yo-Ag
Saddleview Ranch
Kenneth Wisner
Hesston
Caen Ae
Cap Stine Road
Mt, Zion Rd
Rederick
Ford New Holland
OF Ie
Ceresville Ford
New Holland
Liberty Road
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