GENERAL AG NEWS
■ GYPSY MOTH SPRAYING SLATED
Hi* Maryland Department of Apiculture, in cooperation with federal and county agencies, plans to spray for gypsy
moths on about 64,500 acres statewide during the spring of 1995. This year’s hot spots include the Eastern Shore
and Charles County, which contain more than 10 percent of the aptay aites. MDA bat provided a toll-free
information number for landowners to find out about treatment schedulee. The number is 1-100-492-2105 for counties
east of, and including, Baltimore County. For Anne Arundel County, Southern Maryland and areas west of Baltimore
County, the number is 1-100-492-2106.
■ MARYLAND TOBACCO AUCTIONS COMPLETED
The 1995 Maryland tobacco auctions have been completed. The average tobacco price for the season was $163.46
per hundred pounds. The auctions spanned a four-week period with fifteen sale days. The 1995 price increased from
$151.22 per hundred pounds garnered in 1994. The record average price for Maryland tobacco cams at the 1991
auction at 5187.19 per hundred pounds. This year's auction sold 11,731,296 pounds of tobacco produced on some
1,300 acres. In 1994, 11,838,461 pounds of tobacco grown on 9,300 acres.were sold. For mote Information,
contact Harold Kanarek at 410-141-3512.
■ PRECISION AGRICULTURE FIELD DAY SET FOR JUNE 19
A Precision Agriculture Field Day is set for June 19 at the USDA-ARS BeltsvOle Agricultural Research Center
(BARC), located a short distance north of the Washington Beltway at 100300 Baltimore Ave. (U.S. Highway 1). Field
day plans are being coordinated by the Potash and Phosphate Institute (PPI) Foundation for Agronomic Research
(FAR), the Fertilizer Iqstitute and BARC.
Visitors will see how space-a(e technology is providing important tools for nutrient management and other aspects
of modem crop production. Exhibits will open at 9 a.m. in tens on the BARC grounds. They will show computer
hardware and software, as well as related technology developments. A joint House and Senate agriculture heating
will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the auditorium of the Administration Building.
Noon lunch will be provided by the Maryland Grain Producers Association and the Maryland Crain Producers
Utilization Board. The afternoon program includes bus tours to see live demonstrations of precision farming
experiments at BARC. Barley harvesting and alfalfa fertilization will be demonstrated.
Participants should register by May 26 for the lunch and bus tours. Call Dr. William K. Griffith at 703-450-4135
far registration information.
MAY 1995
■ CHANGES SLATED FOR CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
The Consolidated Firm Service Agency hu announced three major changes for the Conservation Reserve Program.
During 1995, producers enrolled in the program will be able to extend the maturity of existing contracts for one year,
withdraw certain land from the program, and begin land preparation before July 1 with proper approval (applies to
producers whose contracts expire this year). Certain restrictions and requirements apply. Call the Consolidated Farm
Services Agency at 410-381-4550 for details.
ALLEGANY COUNTY
■ POND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP PLANNED
The Allegany Soil Conservation District is sponsoring an evening pond workshop on Thursday, June S at 7 p.m. at
Spring Valley Fishing Lake in Oldtown. The meeting will target citizens who own or manage a pond. Various
government officials wilt be available to offer information on permits required for maintenance and repairs, chemical
algae control applications and fish species and populations. For more information, contact the Allegany Sod
Conservation District at 301-777-1747.
■ ALLEGANY SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT WORKS WITH BOY SCOUTS
The Allegany Soil Conservation District it working with the Potomac Council of the Boy Scouts of America to
perform water quality monitoring on 6.2 miles of Allegany County streams in the Upper Seven Springs Run
Watershed. A major portion of the stream system feeds a recreational pood located on Scout property which suffers
from algae blooms. The project gives the scouts an opportunity to meet requirements for the Environmental Science
Merit Badge Program, while addressing water quality issues in their own back yard. The results of the monitoring
work will be used to develop an action plan for pool management. Funding for the program was made available
through the Chesapeake Bay Trust. For more information, contact Ben Cooper at the Allegany County Soil
Conservation District, 301-777-1747.
DORCHESTER COUNTY
■ ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE COURSE SET FOR JULY 10-14
Tbs Dorchester Soil Conservation District is sponsoring su environments! science course for county high school
students entitled, ‘The Lend and Water Connection,’ July 10-14 at the Horn Point Environmental Laboratory in
Cambridge. To register, ceil Christine Evens at 410-228-3733.
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