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Landowner Oriented Agricultural Law Workshop To Be Held

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Poultry barns and a small farm are surrounded by forested land in Wicomico County, Md., on June 18, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath_Chesapeake Bay Program)
Poultry barns and a small farm are surrounded by forested land in Wicomico County, Md., on June 18, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath_Chesapeake Bay Program)

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The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AREC) and the Ag Law Education Initiative will host another one-day workshop on Feb. 26th at Chesapeake College. The So You Want to Own Farmland in Maryland workshop will be from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm with registration starting at 9 am and the workshop starting at 9:30 am.

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 Principal 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 many deal with daily.  They can understand their rights and responsibilities whether they are involved in agriculture or own land in a rural area,” said Goeringer.

Lunch is provided with the workshop.  The workshop will begin at 9 am with a check-in, and the workshops will run from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.  The event will be held at Chesapeake College in the Higher Education Center building.

Participants will receive copies of Extension fact sheets and other valuable documents as a part of the workshop series. 

For more information or to register, go to https://agrisk.umd.edu/events.  For more information, please contact Paul Goeringer at lgoering@umd.edu.

This is material is based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA under Award Number 2023-70027-40447.

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