Catoctin FFA Sells Citrus To Support Activities
The Catoctin FFA is selling citrus through Friday November 18. To place orders contact a Catoctin FFA member or call Catoctin High School at 271-7406. Proceeds fund the chapter activities for the year. Fruit pickup is planned for Thursday December 8.
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Catoctin Ffa
Catoctin High School
FFA
Soil Speaking Contest Set At Frederick County Office
The Soil and Water Conservation Speak Off Contest will be at 7 30 pm Monday Nov 7 at the Frederick County Extension Office 330 Montevue Lane Frederick The theme Give Water a Hand speeches run three to five minutes open to all high school students prizes include 75 50 25 first second and third winning taped speech to advance to the state contest on Jan 23 1995 contact Sarah Holter for applications at Catoctin Frederick SCD Office Suite 230 North Amber 92 Thomas Johnson Drive Frederick 21702 695 2803 or 371 6287.
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Frederick County Extension Office
Montevue Lane
Frederick
Sarah Holter
Catoctin-Frederick
Council to hold forum on pesticide council meeting
The Maryland Pesticide Council invites public participation at its meeting in Annapolis on Wednesday Oct 26. Those wishing to present must write to Mary Ellen Setting at the Maryland Department of Agriculture or call 410 841-5710. Requests are due by Monday Oct 24.
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Maryland Pesticide Council
Annapolis
Mary Ellen
Council
Governor’s Pesticide Council
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Harry S. Truman Parkway
Indoor riding pavilion dedicated at Glenwood center in Maryland
Therapeutic and Recreational Riding Center dedicates its $150000 indoor pavilion at 4 p.m. Saturday October 22 in Glenwood. The event honors Barbara Porter and follows with a family picnic and a country evening concert. The center at 3750 Shady Lane advances a $3.6 million plan to build a modern facility for people with disabilities with support from The Porter Co of Gaithersburg and TRRC board members.
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Maryland
Glenwood
U.S
Helen Tuel
TRRC
Barbara Porter
Robert Porter
Bob Porter Co
Gaithersburg
Porter Co
Shady Lane
Monrovia rider earns AQHA horseback hours award
Jennifer Cramer of Monrovia earned recognition for logging 50 hours in the AQHA Horseback Riding Program. The program grants AQHA recognition for riding time. Current members must submit an official application and pay a one time enrollment fee of 25 dollars.
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Jennifer Cramer
Monrovia
American Quarter Horse Association
AQHA
P.O. Box
Amarillo
Texas
Middletown Woman Appointed Sales Rep for Hoffman Seeds
Kitty Baer of Middletown has been named a sales representative for Frederick County by Hoffman Seeds Inc. She has 32 years in the community and 20 years in farming, and she belongs to the Frederick County Guernsey Breeders Catoctin Fish and Game Ladies Auxiliary. She leads the Middletown Valley Dairy H Club. contact 371-4769 for more information.
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Hoffman Seeds Inc
Kitty Baer
Middletown
Frederick County
Estate planning seminars planned for farm owners
Cooperative Extension Service University of Maryland and Farm Credit Banks announce estate planning seminars for farm woodland greenhouse and nursery owners. Two sessions in December at Columbia Inn Columbia and Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel Hagerstown run 9 am to 4 pm. Registration 40 single 75 couple includes workbook lunch. space 100. Call 590-9638 for details.
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Cooperative Extension Service
University of Maryland At College Park
Farm Credit Banks
Columbia Inn
Columbia
Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel
Hagerstown
Angus delegate elected as alternate to Angus Assoc meeting
Dean E. Considine of Middletown was elected as an alternate delegate to the 111th annual American Angus Association meeting. The session runs Sunday through Tuesday in Louisville Ky, alongside the convention banquet and the Roll of Victory Angus Show at the North American International Livestock Exposition.
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Dean E. Considine
Middletown
Louisville
Expansion conference on Dairy Farm Facilities and Planning
A national conference and trade show titled Expansion Strategies for Dairy Farms Facilities and Financial Planning will be held Thursday December 8 and Friday December 9 at the Turf Valley Hotel Ellicott City. The program features 25 presentations by specialists in dairy facilities agricultural lending and environmental planning with an exhibits section for dairy equipment manufacturers lenders consultants and related services. For details a brochure program map and registration form are available from the Carroll County Extension Office Westminster Maryland 21157 or by telephone at (410) 848-4611 or (410) 875-2801.
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Turf Valley Hotel
Ellicott City
Turf Valley
Carroll County
Preservation foundation to hold meeting in Williamsport
The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation Board of Trustees will meet at 10 a.m. on Tuesday October 25 in Washington County at the Redmans Association on 16129 Lappans Road Williamsport. Agenda includes district petitions district and easement amendments and policy issues. Call (410) 941-5860 for directions.
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The
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation
Washington County
Redmans Association
Lappans Road
Williamsport
USDA restructures agencies with NRCS forum in October
Congressional approval clears the way for reorganizing USDA agencies including renaming SCS to NRCS and forming the Consolidated Farm Services Agency. Western Maryland holds a public forum at the Hagerstown Ramada Inn on October 20 from 9 am to 3 pm with lunch. call 695-2803 for details.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
USDA
Franklin Roosevelt
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Catoctin
Frederick
Consolidated Farm Services Agency
CFSA
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Hagerstown Ramada Inn
Western Maryland
Agriculture Calendar entries for Frederick County shows meetings and events
The Ag Calendar lists farm group activities for October and November 1994, including Farm Bureau board meetings at Bettys Restaurant, Grange officer elections, livestock sales at Frederick Fairgrounds, horse shows in Howard County and West Friendship, and county extension events. Notable dates include Oct 18 board and grange meetings, Oct 20 22 Maryland G Session, Oct 23 Mid Maryland Horse Show, Oct 28 Shorthorn sale, Nov 9-12 FFA Convention, and Nov 15 board and Ballenger Grange events.
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Frederick
Frederick County Farm Bureau Board
Betty's
Ballenger Grange
Maryland G
Howard County Fairgrounds
West Friendship
Washion International Horse Show
Usair
Lacr
Middle Milk Marketing Association
Huntalley
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Pleasant Valley Fire Hall
Howard County Fair Association
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Walkersville
Maryland Shorthorn Association
Frederick Fairgrounds
Kansas City
Hagerstown Junior College
Louisville
Betty’s
Managing Environmental Mastitis in Dairy Herds
Article outlines how late rainfall boosts corn yield but raises dairy herd mastitis risk. It contrasts contagious versus environmental pathogens, notes environmental strains often spike SCC briefly, and stresses preventative steps: on-farm cultures, clean calving areas, dry housing, moisture control, and meticulous milking prep to reduce infections across cows, heifers, and dry cows.
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