{"id":29014,"date":"2025-05-01T11:39:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=29014"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:39:20","slug":"department-releases-new-video-on-the-effects-of-saltwater-intrusion-on-farmland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2025\/05\/01\/department-releases-new-video-on-the-effects-of-saltwater-intrusion-on-farmland\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Releases New Video on the Effects of Saltwater Intrusion on Farmland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Harford County, Soil Conservation, Maryland, Molly Hill Farms, Horses, Agriculture<\/p><\/div>\n

ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 1, 2025)<\/strong>– The\u00a0Maryland Department of Agriculture\u00a0<\/strong>has released a new\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0Conservation Video Series<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>focusing on saltwater intrusion’s effects on farmland in Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore\u00a0<\/strong>through the\u00a0Conservation Resource YouTube\u00a0<\/strong>page.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Saltwater intrusion occurs when seawater flows into coastal areas like Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore. It can lead to unsafe drinking water, ghost forests, lower crop yields, and soils that can’t support plant growth. The\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0highlights how saltwater intrusion has affected a Dorchester County farm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Launched in 2022, the department’s\u00a0Conservation Video Series\u00a0<\/em>showcases local farmers and the conservation projects they have installed to manage manure, safeguard local streams, build healthy soils, and protect the natural resources that we all depend on. The videos are an excellent way for producers, citizens, teachers, and students to meet local farmers and conservation experts who are making a meaningful impact. You can watch all of the conservation videos on the department\u2019s YouTube channel by clicking the Conservation Videos\u00a0playlist<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Additional videos on conservation practices that benefit Maryland farms will be posted in the coming weeks and months. For more information on MDA’s Resource Conservation programs, please visit the\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 1, 2025)– The\u00a0Maryland Department of Agriculture\u00a0has released a new\u00a0video\u00a0in the\u00a0Conservation Video Series\u00a0focusing on saltwater intrusion’s effects on farmland in Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore\u00a0through the\u00a0Conservation Resource YouTube\u00a0page.\u00a0\u00a0 Saltwater intrusion occurs when seawater flows into coastal areas like Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore. It can lead to unsafe drinking water, ghost forests, lower crop yields,  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"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-29014","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\/29014","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\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29016,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29014\/revisions\/29016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}