Owning and Renting Farmland in MD: Answers to Common Legal Questions
Thu, Jan 26
|UME - Washington County Office
Are you owning, renting, or moving to an agricultural area and have questions about common legal issues from right-to-farm, leasing, livestock liability, and solar? Then this workshop is for you
Time & Location
Jan 26, 2023, 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM EST
UME - Washington County Office, 7303 Sharpsburg Pike, Boonsboro, MD 21713, USA
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About the event
The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AREC) will host two one-day workshops on Jan. 26thin Boonesboro and Jan. 31st at Chesapeake College. The So You Want to Own Farmland in Maryland workshops will be from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.
The free program will cover those legal issues that Maryland landowners may face. A grant funds the program through the Northeast Risk Management Education Center.
The workshop will feature Paul Goeringer, a Senior Faculty Specialist and Extension Specialist in agricultural law. He will address leasing, landowner liability issues, right-to-farm law, fencing laws, livestock liability, and estate planning. The workshops will also involve research related to solar development by Elizabeth Thilmany, a Faculty Specialist in AREC.
“These workshops will be a great opportunity for landowners and other professionals in rural areas to learn about some of the basic legal issues that many deal with daily. They can understand their rights…
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