Maryland Draft Horse and Mule Association elects officers
MDHMA held its annual meeting at the American Legion in Frederick electing officers and directors. Earle Nicholson of Urbana was chosen president, with Gloria Savage Mount Airy as vice president, Maureen Emschler Libertytown as treasurer, Barbara Nutwell Annapolis as recording secretary, Becky Smith Brookeville as corresponding secretary, and directors Charles Shafer Williamsport, Andy Flester Mount Airy, Tom Thomas New Market, Sonny Burdette Union Bridge, plus Meg Smith New Windsor not pictured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Draft Horse and Mule Association
American Legion
Frederick
Gloria Savage
Mount Airy
Maureen Emschler
Libertytown
Earle Nicholson
Urbana
Barbara Nutwell
Annapolis
Becky Smith
Brookeville
Charles Shafer
Williamsport
Andy Flester
Tom Thomas
New Market
Sonny Burdette
Union Bridge
Meg Smith
New Windsor
Susan Gestling
Senate dairy and crop price supports outlined in 1985 bill
The proposal maintains current price supports for dairy while allowing rate cuts starting 1987. Cotton, rice, sugar, peanuts, and soybeans face adjusted loan rates, marketing loans, and forgiveness provisions. Sugar import quotas shrink. peanut quotas remain with a cost of production factor. A new sunflower program pays producers, with extensive export and food aid measures, conservation rules, and farm credit shifts. The food stamp program extends four years with work requirements and spending caps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
United States
U.S
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Frederick County Farm Bureau adopts 16 new policies
Frederick FB adopts 16 resolutions to guide the county's farm bureau for the coming year. Policies include balanced federal budget advocacy, leaded fuel phase-out impact reduction, opposition to a Maryland Farm Bureau PAC, imitation foods identification, coal slurry pipeline opposition, university home economics funding, increased State Fair Board funds, bottle and can deposits, stream channelization, grain elevator licensing, governor and legislature salary opposition, support for workfare, opposition to charter government, current county law enforcement stance, praise for local news media, soil conservation cost-sharing, and recognition of Gold Star award recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Farm Bureau
Maryland
University of Maryland
State Fair Board
State of
SCS
Joe Free
Paul Minchoff
Julien Delphey
Jane Smith
Jim Montgomery
Kathleen Lucey
Mary Williams
Maryland Farm Bureau President Voices Farm Policy Concerns
Henry Holloway, president of the Maryland Farm Bureau, spoke at the 63rd Washington County Farm Bureau meeting in Boonsboro about Farm Bill 85, leaded gasoline, defense spending, and Chesapeake Bay risks. He urged stronger agriculture for national strength and noted Congresswoman Beverly Byron’s stance on testing before cutting leaded gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Farm Bureau
Henry Holloway
Chesapeake Bay
Washington County Farm Bureau
WCFB
Boonsboro
Holloway
Sam
Potomac River
Farming group revises bylaws as farmers eye Chesapeake Bay rules
Washington County farmers heard that Chesapeake Bay watershed rules may soon affect local practices within 1000 feet of the bay and its tributaries. The meeting also approved constitutional amendments aligning with Maryland Farm Bureau, disbanded the Young Farmers group by January 1 1996, and announced new officers and delegates to Ocean City Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Bay
Washington County
Maryland Farm Bureau
WCFB
John Burber
Young Farmer
Nelson Reeder
Young Farmer Group
Marylane Farm Bureau
Ocean City
Abbott
William Allenberg
Earl Barkdoll
Robert Beckley Jr
Ray Clark
Jere DeBaugh
Leonard Lowry
John Shank Sr
Joseph Thomas
County ACP tour highlights farm conservation practices and farms
The report discusses practices across multiple farms including a 126 acre berry farm and a 250 acre dairy, noting ponds for erosion control, tile drainage, grassed waterways, sediment basins, spring development, and a manure storage facility. It highlights state-funded pond installations and sustained conservation efforts by families such as the Warners, Moser, Leatherman, Garrity, Poole, and others in the Middletown Valley and Catoctin districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ring
Sierzega
Wisner
Warner Brothers
Warners
Garrity
Leatherman
Moser
Poole
Catoctin
Middletown Valley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Donald Spickler
Bonnie Beckley
Women
Cynthia Long
Michael Hockman
Charles Stiles
Susan Gesling
MDHMA
Farmhill
Maviciane
Hetaq
News-Post
Reeder
Marvin Abbott
Burtner
Keller Seibert
Charles Shank
Hagerstown
James Weddle
Chewsville
Funkstown
William Schnebly
Clear Spring
Predator
McHenry
Crusader
McHenry Auto Parts
Frederick E. Patrick & East Sts
Walkersville
Middletown
E. Frederick St
Price
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