Grange To Meet In Walkersville Maryland
Glade Valley Grange members will gather at 7 30 p m Tuesday March 12 at Glade United Church of Christ Walkersville Ralph Fisher and Trego Zimmerman will run the program Myron Wilhide of Carroll County on the dairy task force will discuss the dairy situation
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Glade Valley Grange
Glade United Church of Christ
Walkersville
Myron Wilhide
Carroll County
Grange Agriculture
Ralph Fisher
Trego Zimmerman
Covell earns bronze and silver awards in junior Angus program
Diana Covell of Clarksburg has qualified for the bronze and silver levels of the National Junior Angus Association. An 18 year old junior member since 1988, she has attended the LEAD Conference and served as treasurer of the state junior Angus association, participating in many state and regional shows and leadership activities. The awards mark the first two levels of the program begun in 1972.
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Diana Covell
Clarksburg
Miss Covell
American Angus Association
Maryland Shorthorn Breeders to Convene Annual Meeting
The Maryland Shorthorn Association will hold its annual meeting at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at the Dun-Dee Country Inn in Frederick. The banquet will feature a year-end update, officer elections, and national and local state reports plus a short program.
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Maryland Shorthorn Association
Dun-Dee Country Inn
Frederick
Nutrient management conference set in Solomons Maryland
A two day conference on nutrient management will be held Wednesday and Thursday, March 13 and 14, at the Holiday Inn in Solomons. It will cover urban and agricultural programs with a $60 fee including registration materials, lunches, beverage breaks and a reception at the Calvert Marine Museum. Contact the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay at (410) 377-6270 for details.
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Holiday Inn
Solomons
Calvert Marine Museum
The
Alliance For the Chesapeake Bay
Model Horse Show Opens in Washington County Center
The first open invitational model horse show is set for Saturday May 18 at the new Washington County Agricultural Center near Hagerstown. A preparation workshop happens Saturday April 13 at the center with Breyers representative and a tabletop show ring for performance classes. Call 791-1404 by April 1 to register.
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Washington County Agricultural Center
Hagerstown
Breyer’s
Maryland Agricultural Commission Meeting Scheduled at UM Campus
The Maryland Agricultural Commission will meet at 9 30 a m on Wednesday March 13 at the University of Maryland Animal Sciences Agriculture Engineering Building. Agenda includes university programs legislation and state agency activities.
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Maryland Agricultural Commission
University of Maryland, Animal Sciences Agriculture Engineering Building
Farmers urged to buy crop insurance by March 15
Producers planting oats, corn and soybeans must purchase catastrophic crop insurance by Friday March 15 to remain eligible for farm operating and ownership loans, acreage reduction programs, new CRP contracts and price support loans on 1996 crops. For details call Jan Roop at 662-1321.
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Jan Roop
Sire Power Acquires Maryland Bred Gold Sire Prospect
Sire Power Inc acquires a Holstein bull bred in Maryland for its Gold sire development program Glen-Tactin Slocum Baily-ET, sired by Glen-Tactin Slocum and bred by William John and Michael Allen of Jefferson. His dam Glen-Tactin Lead Bresha-ET is by Rothrock Tradition Leadman, with approved Gold herds offering incentives. For more information, call (717) 836-3168.
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Maryland
Sire Power Inc
William, John
Michael Allen
Jefferson
Rothrock Tradition
Maryland agriculture events calendar dense with meetings and fairs
March events span Frederick County and beyond from farm coop annual meeting in Frederick to Wash DC Drive-In at Holiday Inn and a Rochester dairy conference. Includes FFA activities at Linganore High School, herd improvement, Grange meetings in Walkersville, PRO-FARM Quicken courses at Frederick Community College, and multiple annual banquets and sales across Maryland and nearby states.
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Maryland Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Frederick County
Jefferson
Maryland Farm Bureau
Washington
Holiday Inn-Capitol
D.C
Northeast Dairy Producers Conference
Rochester Marriott
Rochester
Frederick Community College
Carroll County
Westminster
Frederick
Maryland
FFA
Linganore High School
Walkersville
Frederick Cooperative
University of Maryland College of Agriculture
Columbia Inn
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Btown Swiss Association
New Midway
Maryland Shorthorn Association
Dun-Dee Country Inn
Awards highlight Jersey meeting at Maryland club banquet
The Maryland Jersey Cattle Club annual banquet showcased new officers. Michael Forsythe was elected president and praised the breed's profitability while noting market shrinkage. Senior and junior award winners were named, including John Stiles Memorial Award recipient Mary Ellen Seraydian and top production honors for Emily Birch and Ryan Downey, among others. An auction for the junior Jersey program raised over $1,000.
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Maryland Jersey Cattle Club
Jersey
Michael Forsythe
Forsythe
Mary Ellen Seraydian
Taneytown
John Stiles
Dr Hoopes
Fern Hines
Union Bridge
Jersey Club
Emily Birch
White Hall
Amanda Holland
Uniontown
Abby Fawley
Jefferson
Christopher Davidson
Worton
Ryan Downey
Williamsport
Andrew Cowell
Keymar
Adam Harvey
Heather Long
Thurmont
Andrea Hood
Libertytown
Alicia Feuillet
Damascus
Wade Downey
Christopher Beachey
Darryl Hood
Ashley Burdette
Mount Airy
Heather Hines
Kimberly Holland
Maryland
Ryan Savage
Knoxville
Miss Burdette
Miss Hines
Christopher Birch
Brandy Bussard
New Windsor
Adam Covell
Robin Fawley
Birch
James Osborn
Windy Knoll Farm
Gaywinds Farm
Edward
Carol Kahler
Osborn
Dhir
Windy Knoll
Mr Forsythe
James Stonesifer
Sharon Osborn
Western
William Eliason
Eastern
Fern
Cindy Hines
Thomas Mason
Allen Stiles
Laurie Zimmerman
Duane Norman
Debbie Osborn
Kay Semple
Erin Feuillet
Katie Bussard
Rebecca Long
J. Hansen Hoffman
Maryland Jersey
Conservation education teachers win district award program
The Catoctin and Frederick Soil Conservation Districts with the Maryland and National Associations sponsor a nationwide competition to recognize teachers in elementary and secondary education for innovative conservation education programs. Eligible full-time teachers submit a nomination form with brief recommendations and narrative content, with district winners advancing to state and national judging. prizes include monetary awards and a trip to the national meeting. Contact 695-2803 or visit 92 Thomas Johnson Drive, Frederick, for details.
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Catoctin
Frederick
Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts
National Association of Conservation Districts
United States
Commonwealths
Conservation District Board
Board of Supervisors
Maryland Association of Conservation Districts
Maryland
National Association
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Frederick County Bureau
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University of Maryland
College Park
Niewspa Prehrihive
News-Post
Queen Acres
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