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Date Press Releases
April 13 Maryland Department of Agriculture Joins Ground-Breaking of New Grain Transloading Facility at Port of Baltimore
April 9 Renewed Agreement Between Maryland Department of Agriculture, EPA Supports Farmers, Environmental Stewardship
April 4 NEWS RELEASE: Cecil County Control Area Released
April 1 NEWS RELEASE: Protect Local Streams that Feed our Chesapeake Bay
March 25 NEWS RELEASE: Maryland Department of Agriculture Announces Next Steps to Address Rural Veterinary Shortage
March 23 Maryland’s Best Seeks Ice Cream Locations for 2026 Ice Cream Trail
March 20 Maryland Department of Agriculture Celebrates Proclamations Honoring Maryland’s Farming Communities
March 19 MEDIA ADVISORY: Secretary Kevin Atticks to Kick-Off Chesapeake Oyster Week at Guinness Open Gate Brewery 
March 19 NEWS RELEASE: Caroline County Control Area Released
March 17 NEWS RELEASE: Maryland’s Small Acreage Cover Crop Program Now Accepting Applications 
March 17 NEWS RELEASE: Caroline County Control Area Released
March 12 NEWS RELEASE: Preliminary Testing Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Cecil County 
March 10 NEWS RELEASE: Time to CHOW down and Celebrate-Chesapeake Oyster Week March 20-31
March 9 NEWS RELEASE: Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program Now Open
March 6 NEWS RELEASE: Department Issues Box Tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis) Quarantine in Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington Counties, and Expands Quarantine for Spotted Lanternfly
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