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Maryland Department of Agriculture Guides For Protecting Farm Workers
By Nicole Cook Image from guide by MDA As Maryland continues reopening following weeks of stay-at-home restrictions, and farms begin welcoming their summer farmworkers, Maryland’s Department of Agriculture (MDA) has developed short, easy-to-understand, practical resources to help farms reduce the risk of COVID-19 in the workplace. The guides provide step-by-step checklists for ensuring that employers have thought about and taken steps to protect their workers’ health, and wha
Nicole Cook
Jun 30, 20202 min read
Industrial Hemp Remains Illegal to Cultivate In Maryland Until Final Regulations and Research
By Paul Goeringer, Nicole Cook, Kelly Nuckolls, Andrew Ristvey, and Dale Morris This post is not legal advice. See here for the site’s...
Paul Goeringer
Jun 28, 20183 min read
Weekly Roundup June 16th
By Sarah Fielder Court of Appeals Lifts Stay in Medical Cannabis Case Late last week, the Maryland Court of Appeals lifted a stay issued...
Admin
Jun 16, 20172 min read
Have a Nutrient Management Plan? Be Prepared for an On-Farm Record Review
By Sarah Everhart If you have a Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) administered by the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), then you...
Sarah Everhart
May 11, 20162 min read
Weekly News Update: April 22nd Edition
By Sarah Everhart Delaware Peach Crop In Peril After Killer Frost. If you happen to find a Delaware-picked peach late this summer,...
Sarah Everhart
Apr 22, 20162 min read
Weekly News Roundup: March 18th, 2016
By Mayhah Suri Agriculture Department Releases Preliminary Soil Phosphorus Data On March 14th, the Maryland Department of Agriculture...
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Mar 18, 20163 min read
Happy Holidays From Us to You
By MD Risk Management Blog We would like to take a moment to wish you all happy holidays and happy New Year! We would also like to take...
Admin
Dec 21, 20151 min read
Workshops For CSA Operators to Highlight Membership Agreements and Labor Issues
Press Release Community Supported Farm (CSA) operators or those thinking about starting a CSA are invited to attend a workshop focused on drafting better membership agreements and addressing common labor issues. The workshops are free but registration is required. They will be held: Feb. 26, from 9:30 a.m to 2 p.m., at the Frederick County University of Maryland Extension Office, 330 Montevue Lane in Frederick. Lunch will be provided. To register, call the office at (301) 6
Admin
Feb 3, 20152 min read
When Can You Call a Product Local?
By Sarah Everhart We have all seen products advertised as locally grown or locally raised at farmers markets and on menus of all manner of restaurants. But when can the term local be used, and what does it mean? Is a Delaware watermelon local or must a product advertised in Maryland as locally grown be from a Maryland farm? The U.S. Congress in the 2008 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act found that the total distance a product can be transported and still be considered a “l
Sarah Everhart
Dec 16, 20142 min read
2015 Corn And Soybeans Trend-Adjustments Released For Trend-Adjusted APH Crop Insurance Revenue and
I post about law a lot, but another portion of my job is to work with Howard Leathers on our crop insurance education partnership program with USDA’s Risk Management Agency and the Maryland Department of Agriculture. Back in August, we released an updated version of the Trend Adjusted Yield Crop Insurance Option fact sheet, reflecting the 2015 crop year trend-adjustment (TA) factors for wheat. RMA has recently updated the soybean and corn TA factors, which remained the same
Paul Goeringer
Dec 14, 20143 min read
What? More Poultry Houses?
By Mae Johnson Editor’s note: As a part of our ongoing right-to-farm law series, we are happy to have Mae Johnson, Administrator, Maryland Agricultural Conflict Resolution Service (ACReS), Maryland Department of Agriculture preparing this post. Maryland’s Right-to-Farm law requires mediation before going to court and ACReS mediates many of these Right-to-Farm disputes. We asked Mae how past mediations have worked involving the Right-to-Farm law to illustrate how neighbors h
Admin
Nov 19, 20144 min read
New Crop Insurance Publications Available
This week, a new crop insurance publication was released and an update of an existing publication was released. Federal Crop Insurance is Part of Farm Safety Net for Maryland Potato Producers (FS-981) was authored by Sudeep A. Mathew, Paul Goeringer, and Lori Lynch. Currently potato crop insurance is only available in Kent, Queen Anne’s, and Worcester counties in Maryland, but producers in other counties can talk with their local crop insurance agent to get coverage by writ
Paul Goeringer
Aug 25, 20142 min read
Farm Bill Workshops Planned for August in Maryland
Workshops Address Upcoming Changes for Dairy and Grain Producers in 2014 Farm Bill Programs ANNAPOLIS, MD (July 3, 2014) – The 2014 Farm Bill will bring changes for dairy and grain farmers in Maryland. Farmers are encouraged to participate in a series of workshops to be held across the state in August to prepare for decisions they will need to make to participate in 2014 Farm Bill programs. The workshops are sponsored by the University of Maryland’s Department of Agricultura
Paul Goeringer
Jul 10, 20142 min read
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