Farm City Week Open House Set by Frederick Co CES
Frederick County Cooperative Extension Service and Farm Bureau Women’s Committee host a Farm City Week open house from 10 am to 3 pm on Tuesday Nov 22 at the Extension Office 330 Montevue Lane. Exhibits include safety, grains and breads, horticulture, and 4-H. Call Kaye Derr at 694 1599 or Louise Ediger at 893 9945 for details.
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Frederick County Cooperative Extension Service
CES
Frederick County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Montevue Lane
Kaye Derr
County
Louise Ediger
Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Thurmont Riding Club Horse Fun Day on Nov 20
The Thurmont Riding Club hosts a horse fun day at 9 a.m. Sunday November 20 on Roddy Road show grounds near Thurmont. Non-members pay 20 for all day or 4 per class. members pay 10 all day or additional family member fee. English and Western classes offered. youth under 17 must wear boots and hard hats. Bring a covered dish or pay 4 for lunch. For more information call Melissa Hobbs at 447-2407 or 447-2268.
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Thurmont
Melissa Hobbs
Veterinary board meeting set for November 17 in Annapolis
The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners will hold a 9 a.m. meeting Thursday November 17 in the conference room at the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Annapolis.
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State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Annapolis
Old-Fashioned Holiday at Carroll County Farm Museum
Holiday visitors will be guided by candlelight through a 19th Century Farmhouse in Westminster during the Old-Fashioned holiday events. The event runs Nov 25 to Dec 4 with hours 10 am to 4 pm and 8 pm on Saturdays. admission is 1 dollar. Reservations via Farm Museum office at 410-848-7775 or 876-2667. Includes foods, poinsettias, crafts, wagon rides on weekends, and Santa in the broomshop.
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Carroll County Farm Museum
Westminster
Farm Museum
Santa
Maryland Pleasure Horse Seminar Planned at South Carroll High
The Maryland Pleasure Horse Seminar will run 8 30 a m to 3 p m on Saturday December 3 at South Carroll High School. Topics include alternative therapies disease updates health nutrition buying hay barns and financial management for horse operations. Cost is 15 per person with lunch and materials. Daycare for ages 1 to 8 available. Advance registration via Carroll County Extension Office 410 848 4611.
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Maryland
South Carroll High School
Carroll County Extension Office
Estate planning seminars for farm owners offered
The Cooperative Extension Service University of Maryland Farm Credit Banks host estate planning seminars for farm woodland greenhouse and nursery owners. Two sessions run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on December 2 at the Columbia Inn Columbia and December 3 at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel Hagerstown with a 40 dollar single or 75 dollar couple registration that includes a workbook and lunch. Space limited to 100. checks payable to Extension Advisory Council send to AgSeminar Series CES Carroll County Office Westminster 21157. For more information 410 313 2707.
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University of Maryland System
Farm Credit Banks
Columbia Inn
Columbia
Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel
Hagerstown
Extension Advisory Council
AgSeminar
CES
Carroll County
Agricultural Center
Westminster
Cooperative Extension
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Dad
Maryland
Howard Johnson Plaza
National Grange Plans 128th Convention in Peoria Ill
The National Grange will hold its 128th annual convention from November 14 to 20 in Peoria Illinois. Topics include the 1995 Farm Bill rural education and the GATT. Founded in 1867 the Grange serves 300 000 members through 4 000 local chapters in 38 states.
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National Grange
Peoria
Ill
Grange
Six-State Tillage Conference Set for Carlisle
The six-state Mid-Atlantic Conservation Tillage Conference will occur on Wednesday December 14 at the Embers Inn and Convention Center in Carlisle Pennsylvania. Topics cover no till ideas for spring clean water soil fertility herbicides and machinery. Program runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch tickets cost six dollars each and must be bought by December 5. For more information call Milt Nelson at 4054596.
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Embers Inn
Carlisle
Milt Nelson
Maryland names Powell as assistant secretary of resource conservation
Royden Nathan Powell III has been named assistant secretary of resource conservation at the Maryland Department of Agriculture. He succeeds Rosemary Roswell who left in August. Powell holds a degree from the University of Virginia in environmental science and natural resource management and previously served as president of the Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts from 1989 to 1992.
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Royden Nathan Powell III
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Rosemary Roswell
Powell
University of Virginia
Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Fresh Turkeys Plentiful in Maryland Says Ag Secretary
Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Lewis R Riley announced a plentiful supply of fresh turkeys this year. Local producers with freshly dressed birds include Hillside Turkey Farm in Thurmont, Whispering Pines Turkey Farm in Mount Airy, and Maple Lawn Farms, Inc. in Fulton with listed contact numbers.
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Maryland
Lewis R Riley
Hillside Turkey Farm
Thurmont
Whispering Pines Turkey Farm
Mount Airy
Maple Lawn Farms, Inc
Fulton
Farm income outlook dim as crop prices slump nationwide
Washington sources report corn soybeans and livestock prices falling may force economists to cut farm cash earnings this year. A record 9.6 billion bushels of corn and rising factory-farm pork output threaten income despite government support.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Gary L. Benjamin
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Bob McElroy
USDA
Russia
Soviet Union
National Pork Producers Council
Tom Daschle
South Dakota
Bob Kerrey
Nebraska
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Charles Grassley
Estate planning for farm families urged by seminar
A Maryland extension article stresses early estate planning for farms facing retirement and equity tied up in land and livestock. It notes liquidity risks, potential tax bills, and the need for a mission and transfer goals, urging attendance at a December 3 seminar in Hagerstown with pre registration by November 23.
Community show cake auction crowns champions at Ballenger event
Brad Kennedy baked the winning red velvet cake bought by Marshall Frook for 102 dollars as proceeds from the junior champion cake funded land purchases for the Half Acre Club at Frederick County 4 H Camp and Activities Center in Jefferson. Bob Myers and Marshall Flock bought the adult champion carrot cake baked by Edward O Hara, held by Karen O Hara, with 207 dollars raised benefiting the community show.
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Ballenger
Brad Kennedy
Marshall Frook
Frederick County
Jefferson
Bob Myers
Marshall Flock
Edward O'Hara
Karen O’hara
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