Women take on dairy farming as ownership grows rare
Dawn breaks on a damp day as Gwen West milks 20 Holsteins on a family dairy. She and other women run or own farms, but Census data show only 3 percent of the nation’s 164,472 dairy farms are owned by women, with many serving as milking laborers or managers rather to owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slippery Rock
Gwen West
West
U.S
Carolyn Sachs
Penn State University
Pam Karg
Wisconsin Dairies
Baraboo
Wis
Walton
N.Y
Arlene McClenon
McClenon
U.S. Department of Agriculture
McClenlan
Roseau
Minn
Marsha Dahlgren
Dahlgren
Dahgren
American Breeders Service
Minnesota
Fay Dickey
Leonard, Minn
Appointments to Carroll County Agricultural Board
Edmund H. Cutterer and Judith C. Lynch were named to the Carroll County Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board, replacing Mary Clemson Wilson and Mary Grayson whose terms expired July 31. Cutterer runs 450 acres on Sycamore Spring Farm and serves in county ag affairs. Lynch operates a 94 ewe sheep farm with her husband and leads in sheep breeding associations. The board advises on preservation districts and development rights easements under the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund H. Cutterer
Judith C. Lynch
Carroll County Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board
Mary Clemson Wilson
Mary Grayson
Ms. Wilson
Ms. Grayson
Dutterer
Sycamore Spring Farm
Frizzelburg Road
Cutterer
Carroll County Farm Museum
Board of Governors
Carrol County Pest Management Association
Carolyn
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Program
Clear Ridge Road
Linwood
Lynch
The
Maryland Sheep Breeders Association
Maryland Sheep News
Cornell University
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation
Carroll County
Jane
Bil Power
Carroll County Department of Planning
N. Center St
Westminster
New Holland sells Maryland dealership to Robert Dinsmore
New Holland Inc. sold its Frederick Maryland dealership, Ceresville Ford New Holland Inc., to Robert Dinsmore of Jefferson. The store at 8102 Liberty Road Frederick remains, employs 23 staff, and serves Ford New Holland lines plus Brillion Woods Schuler and other lines. Dinsmore, a Penn State graduate raised on a dairy farm, has 22 years with New Holland and has managed the Ceresville store since 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dinemore
Fred Blum
Ford New Holland Inc
Dinsmore
New Holland Ceresville
Maryland
Frederick
Robert Dinsmore
Jefferson
Ceresville
Liberty Road
Ford
New Holland Line
Brillion, Woods, Schuler
Southewestern
Penn State University
New Holland
Coresville
Drought relief feed program offered to Frederick County farmers
Frederick County farmers qualify for drought emergency feed aid if livestock losses exceed 240 percent and nearby disaster counties are included. The ASCS administers sign ups through Dec 31 with feeding covered to Apr 30, 1988, based on livestock numbers and feed costs. Payments cap at 50 percent of cost, with details guiding feed type selection and grain equivalent calculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Washington County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Frederick
ASCS
Maryland
Ag Calendar items for Frederick News-Post schedule
Agriculture calendar lists September and October events including Great Frederick Fair at Frederick Fairgrounds Glade Valley Grange Walkersville 8 pm September 2 Damascus Community Fair Damascus High School September 20 to 27 Eastern National Livestock Show Maryland State Fairgrounds Timonium September 25 to 30 Old Dominion Draft Horse and Mule Show Warrenton Horse Show Grounds Warrenton Virginia September 26 Thurmont Grange Grange Hall 736 pm For information call (703) 364-1388 October items follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Frederick
Frederick Fairgrounds
Glade Valley
Walkersville
Damascus
Damascus High School
Maryland
Timonium
Warrenton
Thurmont
Grange Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dalhgren
Dickey
Kutztown
Dean-C-T
Linda
Charles Dean
Ridgely
Amelia Bovine Clinic
Amelia, Va
Charles Plushanski
Pride
Michael Gillis
Argyle, N.Y
Ge & Ae A
Kenneth Wisner
Brunswick
Brunswick High School
Poolesville
Walkersville High School
Middletown-Braddork
Middletown
Frederick Farm
Rose Hill Manor
Carroll Manor
Linganore-New Market
Linganore High School
Twin Arch Road
Mount Airy
Glade Valley Grange
Shank Surge Co
Hagerstown
Ouita Sakes
Sunbright
Askea
Maine
Flavorland
Hawaii
Armour
Charlie's Pizza
Little Charlie's
McCain
Lgessert
Southern States
Frederick Coop, Inc
East South Street
Callor
Paul and
Marge Ganley
Urbana Church RD
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