Washington County

FREE Pollinator Palooza Saturday, August 24 – 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Washington Co. Ag Ed Center 7303 Sharpsburg Pike, Boonsboro, MD Learn how to help our amazing pollinators. Master Gardener garden tours, talks, bee & butterfly crafts & pollinator plant sale. Call 301-791-1604 to learn...

What is 4-H? 4-H is a youth development program that provides a supportive setting for all youth to mature into competent, caring, and responsible adults through the learning of beneficial cognitive and life skills. Who may belong to 4-H? All boys and girls who are at least 8 years of age by...

Adults: The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) for adults is designed to help limited income families acquire skills necessary to maintain nutritionally sound diets. You can learn about nutrition individually or in small groups each month for 12 months when enrolled in this...

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Phosphorus Management on a Maryland Dairy Farm Nutrient management is not a policy unique to Maryland or the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. It is a national policy dealing with all of our water resources. Even if there was no Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998 or Nutrient Management Law in Maryland,...

Cover Crop Nutrient Removal 2001-2002 COVER CROP NUTRIENT REMOVAL COMPARING CEREAL RYE, ANNUAL RYEGRASS AND ITALIAN RYEGRASS University of Maryland Western Maryland Research & Education Center INTRODUCTION Cereal rye has been the cover crop of choice in the mid-Atlantic region for decades due...

Grazing vs. Confinement Intensive Grazing versus Conventional Confinement on Small Dairy Farms in Maryland Development pressures on land values and environmental constraints are making it increasingly difficult to produce milk economically in Maryland. Expanding the farm or replacing depreciated...

Perennial Grass Variety Trials PERENNIAL GRASS VARIETY TRIALS Western Maryland Research and Education Center University of Maryland Cool season perennial grasses have provided the foundation of forage production systems in Maryland and other states in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast since these...