The State Soil Conservation Committee will meet Thursday, April 18, at 9:30 am at the Maryland Department of Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis. The meeting is open to the public and will focus on soil conservation and water quality program implementation and policy development. Established in 1938, the State Soil Conservation Committee coordinates the activities of Maryland’s 24 soil conservation districts, while advising the Secretary of Agriculture on matters relating to soil and water conservation. For more information, contact Louise Lawrence, Executive Secretary, 410.841.5863. Innovations in Manure Application Field Day Set for April 24 An on-farm manure application field day featuring demonstrations of the latest technology in vertical tillage equipment used to incorporate manure into the soil will be held Wednesday, April 24, from 10 am to 2 pm at Cove Run Farm and the Hickory Environmental Center in Accident, Maryland (Garrett County). The event will feature field demonstrations of minimum disturbance tillage equipment, manure incorporation and no till manure injection. Maryland Department of Agriculture and University of Maryland Extension experts will be on hand to discuss strategies that maximize nutrient utilization, the economic benefits of conserving nitrogen on dairy farms, ammonia loss management, GPS technology and Maryland’s [...]
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