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2023
Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Members Give State of Ag Briefing to House Committee
Release – Governor-Elect Wes Moore Announces Longtime Maryland Farm Bureau Member as Secretary of Agriculture
Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Delegates Represent Old Line State At American Farm Bureau Convention
Release – 145 Farmers Meet with Secretary of Agriculture, Legislators During Annual Legislative Day
Release – Scholarships Available for Maryland Farm Bureau Families
Release – MDFB Pleased with Legislation Passed in First Year of New Administration
Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Announces 2023 Scholarship Winners
2022
Release – Farmers Represent Maryland At American Farm Bureau Convention
Release – Scholarships Available for Maryland Farm Bureau Families
Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Hosts Legislative Day
Release – Leaders Graduate From Farm Bureau Women’s Communications Boot Camp
Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Meets with Governor Hogan
Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Discusses Legislative Wins
Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Facilitates Black Vulture Control Permits
Release – Over 1,632 Tons of Tires Recycled Through Ag Scrap Tire Recycling Events This Spring
Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Announces Scholarship Winners
Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Endorses Legislative Candidates
Release – 58 Fire Departments Nationwide Win Life-Saving Grain Rescue Equipment
Release – MDA Announce Cover Crop Sign Up
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Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Convention Assembles to Grow and Shape State’s Agribusiness
2021
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Release – Leopold Conservation Award Comes to Maryland
Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Hires National Legislative Director
Release – Tax Proposals Put Future of American Farms at Risk
Release – Four Finalists Selected for Maryland Leopold Conservation Award
Release – Hardening the Food and Agriculture Supply Chain Against Threats
Release – Persistence Creek Farm Receives First Maryland Leopold Conservation Award
Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Convention: New Policies, Programming, Awards and Shared Knowledge Wrap-up
2020
Statement – Farm Bureau Votes in favor of one-year delay of Phosphorus Management Tool
Release – 2020 Annual Meeting Moves Fully Virtual
Release- Hough Joins Maryland Farm Bureau as Eastern Shore Manager
Release – 2020 Annual Convention Moves to Virtual Hybrid Format
Statement – Farm Bureau Applauds New COVID-19 Relief Program for Maryland’s Poultry Farmers
Statement – AGNR and Maryland Farm Bureau Collectively Support the Temporary Suspension of In-Person Youth Programming
News Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Announces Key Staff Changes
News Release – Mitchell Joins Maryland Farm Bureau Staff
Statement – Farm Bureau Applauds Hogan Administration For Funding Rural Internet
News Release – Farmers and Ranchers in Maryland Can Now Apply For Financial Assistance Through USDA’S Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
News Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Welcomes CFAP Direct Payment Details from USDA
News Release – Maryland Farm Bureau and Maryland Food Bank Launch #HungerHeroes Campaign
News Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Awards $10,000 in Scholarships to Students
Farm Bureau Highlights Immediate Challenges Facing the Agriculture Sector
News Release – Feeding Minds Press Announces Release of New Children’s Book
News Release – Maryland Farm Bureau, INTL FCStone Partner on Risk Management Tools
Statement – Broadband Mapping Legislation Headed to President’s Desk
News Release – Maryland Farm Bureau and Nationwide to Host Community Screening of Feature Film “SILO”
Statement – Regulatory Phase Out of Chlorpyrifos
News Release – Partners Hold Seventh Annual Grain Bin Safety Contest
News Release – Farm Bureau Leaders Share Concerns with Governor Hogan
Nationwide Launches Seventh Annual Safety Contest to Cultivate Awareness of Grain Bin Hazards
News Release – Ag Education, Wildlife, Right to Farm Among FarmersTop Priorities
Maryland bill would limit what foods may be labeled ‘meat’
Maryland bill to ban pesticide chlorpyrifos back for third year
Maryland hemp growers urged to work together
News Release – Davis Represents Maryland in National Discussion Meet
News Release – Delegates Briefed on the State of Maryland Agriculture
News Release – Marylanders Value Agricultural Education
News Release – Congressional Leaders in Maryland Vote “Yes” on USMCA
News Release – Hivelend Advances to Final Four of Ag Innovation Challenge
News Release – Hunters Challenged to Combat Wildlife Crop Damage
News Release – Farm Bureau Welcomes Opportunities from Hogan Budget
News Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Announces Partnership with MJM Global Insurance Brokerage Group
Md. continues funding for protective crop plantings
News Release – Three Farm Trucking Forums Offered
News Release – State Procurement of Local Foods Will Benefit Maryland Farmers
News Release – Voting Delegates Adopt 2020 Policies
2019
News Release – Members, Supporters Recognized for Excellence in Agriculture
News Release – Cole Receives Distinguished Service to Farm Bureau Award
News Release – Maryland Farm Bureau and Maryland FFA Association to Work Together
Statement – Advisory Committee Votes on Implementation of Phosphorus Management Tool
Phosphorus management deadline extension nixed by committee
News Release – Stafford, Draper, Quinn Elected Leaders of Maryland Farm Bureau
News Release – Brown Honored as Agri-Woman of the Year
News Release – Farmers Donate 5,000 Meals to Food Bank
Statement – Japan Deal a Welcome Win for Farmers
News Release – Baltimore Entrepreneurs Selected as Semi-Finalists in National Ag Innovation Challenge
Maryland continues funding for protective crop plantings
News Release – Five Maryland Farm Bureau Scholarships Available
UM expert panel examines progress of restoration measures to help Bay
Farmers seek favors from Maryland lawmakers
Remembering Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
Ag still has clout in Annapolis
New Maryland Farm Bureau Director Focused on the People
Maryland study group shut down
News Release – Melyn Rhodes Names 2019 Miss Maryland Agriculture
News Release – Rural Maryland Welcomes Hogan’s Broadband Expansion
News Release – 80th Miss Maryland Agriculture to be Selected at Maryland State Fair
News Release – Baltimore County Farm Bureau Awarded Grant to Enhance Ag Literacy
News Release – Catterton and Bauer Attend AFBF’s Women’s Communications Boot Camp
News Release – Torres to Lead Maryland Farm Bureau
News Release – Md. Farmers Talk Trade, Labor, Broadband with Members of Congress
Opinion – Misconceptions About Antibiotic Usage in Agriculture
Hogan Weighs In On Death Of Bald Eagles, Urges New Action
MFB content with legislative session in Md.
Questions remain as Md. rolls out second half of bay cleanup plan
Maryland legislators considering chlorpyrifos ban
Dairy compact would ban labeling soy and almonds as ‘milk’
Ag industry criticizing antibiotics bill
Maryland dairy woes persist as state offers help
Students rally for Del. Shoemaker’s agriculture education bill at committee hearing
Dairymen optimistic after Hogan announces $1.5 million of aid
News Release – Agriculture education, K-Tags among farmers priorities in Annapolis
Farm Bureau encouraged with early bill action
Md. writes new avian flu rules to protect poultry from risky markets
Hemp to be 2019’s new crop on the Eastern Shore
Opinion – The new Clean Water Rule is out, but nothing’s changed
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