Agriculture Secretaries and Commissioners from five Mid-Atlantic States held their 3rd annual meeting in Annapolis on April 25 to discuss mutual interests and goals of their respective agricultural communities. Agenda topics included: federal-state partnerships, water quality goals and the Chesapeake Bay, nutrient management, manure transport, the Food Safety Modernization Act, Zika virus, high path avian influenza, Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – Maryland Department of Agriculture and its partners at the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension will hold three workshops next week to provide dairy farmers with financial risk management information and updates on manure management requirements beginning this winter. Presenters from the University of Maryland, Penn State University, Maryland Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department Read the Rest…
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Annapolis, MD – The Maryland Department of Agriculture reminds citizens that fertilizer blackout dates authorized by Maryland’s Lawn Fertilizer Law take effect November 16 and run through the month of February. The law prohibits citizens from fertilizing their lawns with products containing phosphorus and nitrogen during the blackout dates. Lawn care professionals may apply nitrogen to Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD (January 7, 2015) – The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) today announced that 2014 Annual Implementation Reporting forms (AIRs) and instructions have been mailed to about 5,500 Maryland farmers who are regulated under the Nutrient Management Program. These farmers are required to manage their farms using nutrient management plans and submit AIRs to Read the Rest…
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Annapolis, MD – The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for demonstration projects from vendors, businesses, and individuals offering technologies, equipment, infrastructure, or services that can improve the management and utilization of manure and other agricultural resources. Maryland’s nutrient management regulations govern the amount, timing, and placement of crop Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD —The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) today announced that Bryan Harris has been hired for the position of Implementation Coordinator with the Nutrient Management Program. Harris began his new duties September 9. In his new position, Harris will oversee both the agricultural and turfgrass nutrient management programs. Harris joined MDA in 2002 as a nutrient Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD –The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has launched a targeted information program aimed at farmers as part of its recently introduced “Manure Happens” public outreach campaign. The end-of-summer campaign includes a series of four educational ads being circulated this month on social media and in agricultural newspapers throughout the state including Delmarva Farmer Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD (Oct. 3, 2013) – The O’Malley Administration has provided more funding and support for the Maryland Agricultural Water Quality Cost-Share Program than any other administration. That trend continued yesterday when the Board of Public Works approved $441,312 in cost-share grants, which help farmers install best management practices (BMPs) that significantly reduce nutrient runoff Read the Rest…
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Annapolis, MD — The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather input from vendors, businesses, and individuals offering technologies, equipment, infrastructure, or services that can improve the management and utilization of manure and other agricultural waste resources. Maryland’s nutrient management regulations govern the amount, timing, and placement of Read the Rest…
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Annapolis, MD — Maryland’s new lawn fertilizer law takes effect October 1 and includes new requirements for fertilizer manufacturers and homeowners. In addition, lawn care professionals must now be licensed and certified to apply fertilizers to properties that they manage. Signed into law by Governor Martin O’Malley in 2011, the Fertilizer Use Act is designed to Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) yesterday concluded its discussions with key stakeholders to clarify and fine tune how the Phosphorus Management Tool (PMT) regulations will work and how they will be applied. In addition, MDA agreed to hold briefings to inform farmers of the new proposal prior to the 30-day public Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) today announced that it has raised its cost-share funding caps for qualifying dairy and other non-poultry producers who transport manure within their own operations or to other farms where the manure can be used safely and in compliance with a current nutrient management plan. Effective immediately, Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) will allow farmers to plant small grain seed stock with a germination rate that is less than the 80 percent required by the Cover Crop Program as long as an adequate cover crop stand is established. Since weather conditions this spring have impacted seed quality, MDA Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Advisory Committee for the Animal Waste Technology Fund will meet Thursday, August 22, at 9:30 a.m. at the Maryland Department of Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis. The committee’s work focuses on determining funding mechanisms as well as developing Requests for Proposals for funding that will support pilots for alternative Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Agricultural Certainty Oversight Committee will meet Thursday, Aug. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Maryland Department of Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis. The committee is working to develop regulations needed to implement the Agricultural Certainty Program, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by Read the Rest…
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