ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has announced that cost-share grants are available to help farmers cover the cost of injecting or incorporating manure and other eligible organic nutrients into cropland as required by Maryland’s nutrient management regulations. Maryland’s revised nutrient management regulations require farmers to inject or incorporate manure and other Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – Maryland Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance today announced that Maryland farmers participating in the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) 2014-2015 Cover Crop Program planted a record 478,000 acres of cover crops on their fields last fall to control soil erosion, reduce nutrient runoff and protect water quality in streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Board of Public Works approved $773,022 in Agricultural Water Quality Cost-Share grants on September 17, which help farmers install best management practices that significantly reduce nutrient runoff in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and accelerate Bay restoration. The O’Malley-Brown Administration has supported more farmer pollution reduction projects cost-share program than any other Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The O’Malley-Brown Administration has provided more funding and support for the Maryland Agricultural Water Quality Cost-Share Program than any other administration. That trend continued today when the Board of Public Works approved $328,187 in cost-share grants, which help farmers install best management practices (BMPs) that significantly reduce nutrient runoff in the Chesapeake Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Martin O’Malley announced today that the Board of Public Works approved $278,751 in agricultural cost-share grants in eight counties for 18 projects that will prevent soil erosion, manage nutrients and safeguard water quality in streams, rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. Together, these projects will prevent 2722.25 pounds of nitrogen, 1189.71 pounds Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has announced that beginning July 1, conservation grants will be available to farmers who want to establish pasture for a management intensive grazing (MIG) system for their livestock that protects the soil from erosion, reduces nutrient losses and safeguards water quality in streams, rivers and the Read the Rest…
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