Cecil Soil Conservation District Scholarships

Cecil Soil Conservation District has announced it will be offering scholarships again this year. Please click the link below for more information and the application packets. Deadline is April 28, 2023.

Landowner Oriented Agricultural Law Webinars

Will Be Held in March and April

The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AREC) will host five webinars via zoom every Friday starting on Friday, March 31, and ending on Friday, April 28. The free webinars will cover those legal issues that Maryland landowners may face. A grant funds the program through the Northeast Risk Management Education Center.  

The webinars 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. As well as additional feature speakers Tim Bishton with Crow Insurance Agency, Stephanie Brophy with Dulany Leahy Curtis & Brophy LLP, and Brooke Schumm with Levin Gann, P.A.

Each webinar will begin at 12:00 pm and run to 1:30 pm. The dates and topics are:

●      March 31- Negligence, Livestock, and Guests on Farmland

●      April 7- Fencing and Right to Farm

●      April 14- Agricultural Leasing

●      April 21- Understanding Insurance

●      April 28- Working with an Ag Law Attorney

Participants will receive copies of Extension fact sheets and other valuable documents as a part of the workshop series.  To register, please visit http://bit.ly/3I7CfRG. 

For more information, please get in touch with Paul Goeringer at lgoering@umd.edu.

This is material is based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA under Award Number 2021‐70027‐34693.

Dicamba Pesticide Training

March 8, 2023

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Baltimore County Extension Office

​This free training is for operators who use dicamba products that include over-the-top soybean use. NOTE: To be eligible to participate in the training and spray dicamba, you have to already be a certified applicator.

How to Register:

Contact Erika Crowl

Phone: 410-887-8090

Email: ecrowl@umd.edu

Estate and Succession Planning Survey is Now Available

For Maryland Agricultural Operators

(blog excerpt) The University of Maryland Extension receives requests for educational resources related to estate and succession planning, but often when those resources are made available, few agricultural operations take advantage of the resources. Researchers from the University of Maryland are surveying to determine the estate and succession planning needs of Maryland agricultural operations. All agricultural producers, service providers, and anyone working with operators may participate in the survey. You can find the survey here.

The information gathered will help Extension develop new resources and tools to support agricultural operations as they consider estate and succession planning. Participation is voluntary and confidential. Anyone that completes a survey will be given the option to enter a raffle for 1 of 8 $50 gift cards. Horizons Farm Credit provided funding for the gift cards.

If you are interested in participating, please complete the survey here on this website.

Read the complete blog here.

UME Grain Marketing Site Updated for 2023

This website includes grain marketing information as well as many other topics related to farm risk management including custom rates, crop budgets, and lease agreements. Explore grain marketing topics such as Maryland Cash Rental Rates, Custom Rates, Crop Budgets, and various Other Resources and Tools you can use to make decisions.