{"id":25822,"date":"2021-09-09T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=25822"},"modified":"2021-09-09T14:00:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:00:31","slug":"department-reminds-rural-marylanders-to-expect-an-increase-in-low-flying-planes-due-to-fall-cover-crop-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2021\/09\/09\/department-reminds-rural-marylanders-to-expect-an-increase-in-low-flying-planes-due-to-fall-cover-crop-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Reminds Rural Marylanders to Expect an Increase in Low-Flying Planes Due to Fall Cover Crop Planting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/b>\u2013<\/span> The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) reminds citizens in rural areas to expect an increase in low-flying airplanes or helicopters through Oct. 10, 2021, due to aerial seeding for fall cover crop planting. This time of year, farmers enrolled in Maryland\u2019s <\/span>Cover Crop Program<\/span><\/a> are planting wheat, rye, barley, and legume seeds onto their fields to help protect water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries and improve soil health.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMaryland\u2019s Cover Crop Program is one of the most popular agriculture conservation programs in the state and recognized across the nation,\u201d said Secretary Joe Bartenfelder. \u201cDuring the fall, farmers participating in the program plant cover crops to ensure runoff from fields does not enter local waterways. People living in rural Maryland should expect to see an increase in low-flying aircraft over the next month while aerial seeding is taking place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Farmers enrolled in the program can plant cover crops by <\/span>incorporating seeds into newly harvested fields or aerially seeding them into standing corn, soybeans, or sorghum. Once established, cover crops work all winter long to provide a living, protective cover against erosion and nutrient runoff while building the soil\u2019s organic matter for the next year\u2019s crop. <\/span>While planting cover crops, no pesticides or fertilizers are applied. For aerial seeding, small planes will take off from local airports serving the county or region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maryland\u2019s Cover Crop Program<\/span><\/a> is funded by the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund and the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund. The program <\/span>is administered by MDA and the state\u2019s 24 soil conservation districts through the Maryland Agricultural Water Quality Cost-Share (MACS) Program. For more information, please contact your <\/span>local soil conservation district. <\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter\u00a0<\/span>@MdAgDept<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) reminds citizens in rural areas to expect an increase in low-flying airplanes or helicopters through Oct. 10, 2021, due to aerial seeding for fall cover crop planting. This time of year, farmers enrolled in Maryland\u2019s Cover Crop Program are planting wheat, rye, barley, and legume seeds  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"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-25822","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\/25822","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\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25824,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25822\/revisions\/25824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}