{"id":1465,"date":"2009-10-08T15:32:26","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T15:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2012-09-27T15:46:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T15:46:53","slug":"agricultural-media-advisory-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2009\/10\/08\/agricultural-media-advisory-october-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"AGRICULTURAL MEDIA ADVISORY – OCTOBER 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Monthly Update on Agricultural Issues and Events Taking Place Throughout Maryland<\/em><\/p>\n

Next SSCC Meeting Scheduled for October 15
\nThe State Soil Conservation Committee will hold its next meeting on Thursday, October 15, at 9:30 a.m. at the Maryland Department of Agriculture\u2019s headquarters, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis.\u00a0 The meeting is open to the public and will focus on soil conservation and water quality programs. Established in 1938, the State Soil Conservation Committee coordinates the activities of Maryland’s 24 soil conservation districts, while advising the Secretary of Agriculture on matters relating to soil and water conservation.\u00a0 For more information, contact Louise Lawrence, executive secretary, 410-841-5863.<\/p>\n

Field Day for Dairy Farmers Set for October 22, in Frederick County
\nA free field day highlighting opportunities for nitrogen conservation on dairy farms will be held Thursday, October 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Savage-Leigh Farm, 1129 Brentland Road in Knoxville, Md.\u00a0 The program will offer practical strategies that can be incorporated into farm management practices to improve nitrogen conservation and reduce fertilizer costs.\u00a0 In the morning, University of Maryland Extension and USDA Agricultural Research Service experts will discuss the latest innovations in nutritional strategies, manure application approaches that maximize nitrogen conservation and plant residue, and the economic benefits of conserving nitrogen on dairy farms.\u00a0 The afternoon program offers field demonstrations that include minimum disturbance tillage equipment for manure incorporation, no-till manure injection, cover crop seeding techniques, and straw cover for manure storage.\u00a0 The workshop, demonstrations, and lunch are free. Participants receive five continuing education credits from the Maryland Nutrient Management Program.\u00a0 Register by Friday, October 16, 2009.\u00a0 Contact Christina Maroulis-Castro of the University of Maryland Extension, Frederick County office at 301-600-3576 or smarouli@umd.edu.<\/p>\n

MAEF Banquet and Auction Set for November 5
\nThe Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation, Inc. (MAEF) will host its 21st annual banquet and auction Thursday, November 5, at Michael\u2019s 8th Avenue, 7220 Grayburn Drive in Glen Burnie, Md. Tickets are $65 per person and may be purchased by calling 410-939-9030.\u00a0 Proceeds benefit MAEF\u2019s ag educational outreach programs.<\/p>\n

Nutrient Management Education Course to be Held December 15
\nThe Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the University of Maryland will offer a free one-day continuing education course on how to use the latest version of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE2) to estimate soil losses.\u00a0 The course will take place Tuesday, December 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the University of Maryland College Park.\u00a0 Participants receive six Maryland Nutrient Management Program continuing education credits.\u00a0 Contact MDA\u2019s Mike Webster at 410-841-5959 or WebsteMD@mda.state.md.us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Monthly Update on Agricultural Issues and Events Taking Place Throughout Maryland Next SSCC Meeting Scheduled for October 15 The State Soil Conservation Committee will hold its next meeting on Thursday, October 15, at 9:30 a.m. at the Maryland Department of Agriculture\u2019s headquarters, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis.\u00a0 The meeting is open to the  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1467,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465\/revisions\/1467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}