Maryland extends crop program deadline to Monday July 1
The Maryland Department of Agriculture extends all es et crop planting and small grain enhancement programs to Monday July 1. Reports to the Catoctin and Frederick Soil Conservation Districts are due by Friday from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. with seed tags and invoices or bills, plus aerial from the Farm Service Agency. Office at 92 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 230. For information call the soil conservation office at 301 895 2803 ext 3 or MDA at 410 841 5863.
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Maryland Department of Agriculture
MDA
Catoctin and
Frederick
Maryland fair association to convene annual convention
The Maryland Association of Agricultural Fairs and Shows Inc will hold its annual convention from Friday to Sunday, November 5 to 7, at the Rama da Inn in Hagerstown. A judging school occurs Thursday, November 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in quilting, sewing, crocheting, knitting and more with a $5 fee and a certificate. Registration deadline is October 22. A trade show, live and silent auction, and educational booths will be featured with speakers on advertising grants and fair customers of the new millennium. For information contact Hazel Staley, Geneva Coombs, or Diana Wilson at the listed numbers.
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Maryland Association of Agricultural Fairs and Shows Inc
Ramada Inn
Hagerstown
Hazel Staley
Geneva Coombs
Diana Wilson
Beef sale slated at Frederick Fairgrounds
The Piedmont Invitational Club Calf Sale is set for 7 p.m. on Saturday October 23 at the Frederick Fairgrounds. Forty select Crossbred steers will be offered from local breeders. For details contact sale manager Kevin Diehl at 717-642-5077.
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Frederick Fairgrounds
Kevin Diehl
Pesticide Council Meeting Set in Annapolis
The Governor's Pesticide Council will meet from 9 am to noon on Wednesday Oct. 27 in room 114 at the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Annapolis. The agenda includes GM crops IPM and notification regulations. For comments contact Mary Ellen Setting at 410 841 3710.
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Governor's Pesticide Council
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Annapolis
Mary Ellen
Frederick County Farm Bureau Dinner Meeting Set
The 78th Annual Frederick County Farm Bureau Dinner Meeting will be held at 7pm on Thursday, Oct. 28, at the New Midway Fire Hall. Advance registration is required by Wednesday, Oct. 20. For reservations contact Walter Gordon at (301) 371-7605 or mail 100 Locust Court, Middletown, 21769.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau
New Midway
Walter Gordon
Farm city day to be observed at fall dinner
The Frederick County Farm Bureau Women s Committee will observe farm city day during the Fall Dinner Meeting at 7 p m Thursday October 28 at the New Midway Fire Hall. Each family should bring a nonperishable item for the Frederick County Food Coalition plus a farm toy or farm game for the Salvation Army Christmas basket. Monetary donations are welcome. For details call (301) 898-9945.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Frederick County Farm Bureau
New Midway Fire Hall
County Farm Bureau
Women's Committee
Frederick County Food Coalition
Salvation Army
Public Dinner At Frederick County 4 H Camp
A public dinner will be held on Saturday October 30 from 12 30 p m to 3 30 p m at the Frederick County 4 H Camp and Activities Center 3702 Basford Road Frederick. The turkey oyster and country ham dinner will be served family style with adults 9 dollars and children 4 25.
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Frederick County
Basford Road
Frederick
Angus sale slated at Dawn Acres Farm in West Friendship
The Maryland Angus Association will hold its fall steer and heifer futurity sale at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday Oct 30 at Dawn Acres Angus Farm in West Friendship. Fifteen elite show heifers and 30 steer calves from Maryland and neighboring states will be offered. All calves are eligible for futurity cash awards. a free steer will be given away to a youth. For more information call 410-442-3645 or 301-829-2702.
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Maryland Angus Association
Dawn Acres Angus Farm
West Frendship
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Montgomery County Fair to Host Annual Meeting and Elections
The Montgomery County Agricultural Center will hold its annual membership meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday November 3 in the fairgrounds dining hall in Gaithersburg. Scholarship and coloring contest winners will be announced and elections to the board of directors will be held. Highlighted exhibit areas for the year 2000 fair, the year of the horse and the year of home arts, will be announced. For more information call 301-926-3100.
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Montgomery County Agricultural Center
Fairgrounds
Poultry Show Planned By Maryland Association
The Maryland State Poultry Fanciers Association schedules its 30th annual Fall Show for Saturday and Sunday, November 6-7, at the Frederick Pair grounds. For details or a premium list, contact Kay St Amour at 410 836 3736.
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Maryland State Poultry Fanciers Association
Frederick Pair
Kay St Amour
Field Day at WMREC Explores Grasses for Profit
A field day and pasture walk will be held Tuesday November 16 from 10 a.m. to noon at the University of Maryland Western Maryland Research and Education Center in Keedysville. Livestock producers will learn about annual and perennial grasses, cover crops, aerial seeding, and drought management with tours and discussions. For details call 301 694 1594 ext 3678.
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University of Maryland
Western Maryland Research and Education Center
WMREC
Keedysville Road
Keedysville
State board exam scheduled for veterinarians in Maryland
The Maryland State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners will administer the state board examination at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9, in the first floor conference room of the Maryland Department of Agriculture. Applications must be received by Tuesday, Nov 9. Candidates face a short true or false and multiple choice test on laws and regulations governing veterinary medicine with a 70 percent passing score. For more information call (410) 841-5662.
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Maryland State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Milk component pricing and farm responses rising
Nutritionist Charlie Sniffen and Miner Institute economist discuss the shift to component pricing under the federal milking order reform. They project a 9 percent drop in institute dairy gross income and stress nutrition management to sustain milk components through balanced diets, comfortable cows, and precise carbohydrate and protein strategies.
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Charlie Sniffen
Miner Institute
New York
Amish Farm Ownership Rises in Lancaster County Amid Declining Farmership
A Lancaster County study shows Old Order Amish own about 1,317 farms spanning 103 000 acres in 1997, up from 1,200 farms and 88 000 acres in 1984, while the share of Amish who farm declines. The report notes cottage industries boost income as farming grows idiosyncratic.
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Philadelphia
Lancaster County
Conrad Kanagy
Elizabethtown College
Kanagy
Kanapy
Wes Newswanger
Mennonite Information Center
Lancaster Farms
Holmes County
Ohio
Glade Valley Show Cake Brings Record $620
The grand champion sponge cake with pineapple icing created by Tammy Eaves sold for a record $620 at the Glade Valley Community Show. It was purchased by Mearl McCleaf of Mountaingate Restaurant in Thurmont.
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Glade Valley
Tammy Eaves
Mearl MecCleaf
Mountaingate Restaurant
Thurmont
Reff
Mrs. Eaves
Rayann Eaves
Walkersville Ffa
Sarah Looney
Mr. McCleaf
Ryan Eaves
Agriculture calendar highlights county events and shows
A list of October events from the Maryland Pennsylvania area includes the 54th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg October 14-23 at State Farm Show Arena. Other items cover courses, farm tours, dairy focus groups, pesticide certification exams, state grange session, field days, craft shows, harvest events, a corn maze, bingo, horse shows in Landover, a risk management conference, a farm bureau banquet, and a pesticide council meeting.
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State Farm Show
Harrisburg
Frederick County
Carroll County Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Brethren Service Center
Main SL
New Windsor
Carroll County
Maryland State Grange
American Legion
Thurmont
Buckeystown
Howard County
Department of Recreation and Parks
Western Regional Park
Carrs Mill Road
Linganore Grange
New Midway
Frederick Fairgrounds
US Airways
Landover
Pocono Manor Inn
Swiftwater
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Pleasant Valley Fire Hall
Westminster
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Annapolis
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