Agriculture Calendar entries and upcoming farm events listed
The Ag Calendar revised weekly lists farm group activities and deadlines for Frederick area agricultural events. Notable items include Cloister farm meetings, Pomona Grange Banquet at New Midway Fire Hall, Maryland Beekeepers Honey Show in Annapolis, Maryland Young Farmers meeting in Cambridge, Carroll Manor and Maryland Ag Women events, National Future Farmers convention in Kansas City, and Kick-off Dinner in Baltimore. Also noted are Heart of Maryland Tractor Pullers Awards in Urbana, Maryland Farm Bureau Convention in Hagerstown, and Ballenger Grange Christmas Party with dates in November and December.
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Frederick News-Post
Rear Farm Group
ens-Pont
Frederick
Mihai
Frederick County
Pomona
New Midway Fire Hall
Maryland
SLI
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Heart of Maryland Tractor Pullers Association
Urbana
Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation
Stouffer's Harborpiste
Baltimore
Thurmont
Decline in Maryland honey yields prompts beekeeper guidance
Maryland produced about one third of normal honey in 1989 due to heavy rains washing nectar from blossoms. Allegany, Garrett, and the Eastern Shore saw the largest drops while central Maryland varied by location. State apiary inspector Barton Smith Jr urges beekeepers to assess and feed colonies to ensure 60 pounds per colony for winter survival, noting 1776 beekeepers with 12,376 colonies and over 30 million dollars in crops depend on pollination.
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Maryland
Allegany
Garrett
L. Barton Smith Jr
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Manure Pit Dangers Highlight Farming Hazards
A regional warning on manure pit methane asphyxia details two Ohio deaths in June and five Michigan fatalities in July within a single farm family. The fatalities occurred as workers entered outdoor and indoor pits to clear obstructions and rescue others, with victims succumbing to oxygen deprivation. The piece also urges feed program review as harvest winds down, noting dairy price signals and Extension Service help for nutrition and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Michigan
Bidding High and Saving: 4H Steer Sale Tops $875
The article details a Maryland Polled Hereford Association sale where Bobby bought a steer for 550 dollars and Chris bid the top price of 875 dollars. Mrs. Birch notes family support on feed costs, enabling youth to fund steer projects and even buy their own animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Maryland Polled Hereford Association
Birch
Emily
Chris
Education center wins national farmland award
The Clagett Center at Diagett Farm Education Center in Upper Marlboro earned an American Farmland Trust Agricultural Conservation award in public education. The center, a hands on model near the Patuxent River, links farming to Bay conservation with half the land used for research with UM, EPA, and USDA and the other half for low input organic farming sold by a tenant farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Diagett
Upper Marlboro
America Farmland Trust
Homer
Clagett Center
Clagett
Mal Grossi
AFT
Patuxent River
Chesapeake Bay
University of Maryland, Environmental Protection Ager
U.S. Department of Agculture
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Dew
Predenck County
Waverly Drive
Opera
Maryland Farm Bureau
Ramada Convention Center
Hagerstown
Ballenger Grange
Kenneth Wisner
Jim Gilford
Mark Crewe
Heather Johnson
Justin
Hereford Association
Eteer
Chiia Davis
Education Center
Mount Saint Mary's College
THE
John Doub
Ruth Riemenschneider
John Ausherman
Blue Ridge Mountains
Memorial
Mt. St. Mary's College
Rt. 15
Gettysburg
WGET
Knott Athletic
Chambersburg R.A
St. Mary’s College
Emmitsburg
Running Club
Qnty
Seax
Merwy
Redex
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