{"id":30028,"date":"2026-09-11T12:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=30028"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:38:13","slug":"register-now-for-the-inaugural-equine-conservation-summit-to-be-held-november-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2026\/09\/11\/register-now-for-the-inaugural-equine-conservation-summit-to-be-held-november-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Register Now for the Inaugural Equine Conservation Summit to be Held November 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>ANNAPOLIS, MD (September 10, 2026) \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Maryland Department of Agriculture\u2019s Horse Outreach Workgroup is pleased to announce the first Equine Conservation Summit will be held on <\/span><b>Saturday, November 14, 2026 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in California, Maryland at the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Summit is geared toward anyone who owns or cares for horses, and will run from 9:00 a.m. &#8211; 4:00 p.m. ET. Featuring a series of educational workshops that cover soil health, nutrient management, equine nutrition and pasture maintenance, it will provide Maryland equine enthusiasts with the resources needed to benefit both horses and land. The day will conclude with the opportunity for horse farm owners to ask questions of a panel that can help them find the technical and financial resources needed to achieve their goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, the Summit will feature an Exhibit Hall where attendees can check out new products, services and ideas. Participants are encouraged to join an informal gathering after the Summit\u2019s conclusion at The Greene Turtle in California, Maryland to network with other members of the equine community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/whova.com\/web\/b@4TS0qY7TQIn9J0CoVJ7cyCxxUHpw@l9TcUrrAPt2Y=\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summit\u2019s website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to register and learn more about the event. Registration costs $50. If you have any questions or wish to sponsor the event, please contact Maryland Conservation Partnership Coordinator Becky Remsberg at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:becky.remsberg@maryland.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">becky.remsberg@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Horse Outreach Workgroup provides information to horse owners on pasture and manure management, and is made up of representatives from local Soil Conservation Districts, the Maryland Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service, University of Maryland Extension, Maryland Horse Council and Maryland Horse Industry Board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD (September 10, 2026) \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture\u2019s Horse Outreach Workgroup is pleased to announce the first Equine Conservation Summit will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2026 in California, Maryland at the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland.\u00a0 The Summit is geared toward anyone who owns or cares for horses,<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2026\/09\/11\/register-now-for-the-inaugural-equine-conservation-summit-to-be-held-november-14\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":283,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[403,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mda-newsroom","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30028","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\/283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30029,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30028\/revisions\/30029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}