Cover Crop Info in the Mail
\nFarmers interested in conserving nutrients, controlling soil erosion and protecting water quality by planting cover crops on their fields this fall should check their mailboxes for important information regarding sign-up for the Maryland Department of Agriculture\u2019s 2011-2012 Cover Crop Program.\u00a0 This year, approximately $16 million is available to farmers who plant cover crops on their fields.\u00a0 Farmers may plant traditional cover crops at a base rate of $45\/acre and receive up to $55\/acre in add-on incentive payments.\u00a0 Harvested cover corps pay $25\/acre with a bonus payment of $10\/acre if rye is used as the cover crop.\u00a0 There are no enrollment caps and certain restrictions apply. Sign-up for the 2011-2012 Cover Crop Program runs June 21 through July 15, 2011, at local soil conservation districts. For more information, contact MDA at 410-841-5864.<\/p>\n
Nutrient Management Farmer Training and Certification Workshop Offered Nutrient Management Certification Exam Scheduled for August 6 ###<\/p>\n The Maryland Agricultural Awareness Alliance, a coalition of federal, state and local agricultural agencies and commodity groups dedicated to educating Marylanders on agricultural issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cover Crop Info in the Mail Farmers interested in conserving nutrients, controlling soil erosion and protecting water quality by planting cover crops on their fields this fall should check their mailboxes for important information regarding sign-up for the Maryland Department of Agriculture\u2019s 2011-2012 Cover Crop Program.\u00a0 This year, approximately $16 million is available to farmers Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"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_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":[12],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-agricultural-highlights"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":767,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions\/767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Maryland Department of Agriculture and University of Maryland Extension will offer a training and certification program for operators of pasture-based operations who are interested in becoming certified by MDA to write and update their own nutrient management plans. The workshop will take place over the course of four evenings on July 12, 14, 21 and 26, at the University of Maryland Extension office in Ellicott City. For more information, call 410-841-5959 or click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThe Maryland Nutrient Management Certification Exam will be offered Friday, August 5, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Maryland Department of Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis.\u00a0 Individuals who want to become certified to write nutrient management plans for farmers should attend.\u00a0 The cost is $50; however, government employees and farmers who have previously taken the exam are exempt from the exam fee.\u00a0 To register, call the Maryland Department of Agriculture at 410-841-5959 or click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n