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2024

Maryland Farm Bureau Testifies on the State of Agriculture in Annapolis

MDFB Announces $10,000 in Scholarships for 2024-2025 Academic Year

Maryland Farmers Meet With Elected Officials at Annual Day in Annapolis

Maryland Loses Over 12,000 Acres of Farmland in Census of Agriculture

MDFB Invites Marylanders to Celebrate Local Agriculture on National Ag Day

Maryland Farm Bureau Applauds Passage SB367/HB481, Allowing Deer Management Programs to Continue

MDFB Satisfied With Results of 2024 Maryland General Assembly

ICYMI: Maryland Agriculture Must be a Part of Key Bridge Recovery Plans

Maryland Farm Bureau Launches May Membership Month

Maryland Farm Bureau-led Legal Effort Upholds Maryland’s Right-to-Farm Law

Statement on the Reopening of the Port of Baltimore

Cost of Summer Cookout Reaches Record High

ICYMI: MDFB President Raley on Drought Facing Maryland Farmers

ICYMI: Baltimore Banner, “Heat and drought threaten Maryland farmers as grain prices plummet”

Governor Wes Moore Scoops Ice Cream at Maryland Farm Bureau’s Dairy Bar

Farmers Experience 23% Drop in Income from 2022

Maryland Farm Bureau Opposes the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project

What They’re Saying: Maryland Farm Bureau Opposes MPRP

Maryland Farm Bureau to Host 109th Annual Convention in Cambridge

Maryland Farm Bureau Releases 2024 Voting Guide Highlighting Candidates’ Agricultural Platform

MDFB Urges Motorists to Share the Road with Farmers During Harvest Season, Releases PSA

Maryland Farm Bureau Urges Farmers to Vote in Pivotal Election

Thanksgiving Dinner Costs Down 5%, Still Above Pre-Pandemic Levels

Maryland Farm Bureau Hosts 109th Annual Convention, Engage in Discussions with State Officials

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

Release –  Welch Named New Executive Director of Maryland Farm Bureau 

Maryland Farm Bureau Announces New Director of Communications

Maryland Farm Bureau Advocates for Farmers and Key Legislation in Capitol Hill Meetings

Over 2,000 Tons of Tires Recycled Through Ag Scrap Tire Recycling Events

Maryland Farm Bureau Announces New Key Staff Changes

Maryland Farm Bureau Urges Passage of Farm Bill for American Families

10 Maryland Fire Departments Win Life-Saving Grain Bin Rescue Equipment

MDFB Applauds New USDA Rule on Expanded Transparency in the Poultry Industry

Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner Down Slightly from Record High in 2022

Maryland Farm Bureau Convenes 108th Annual Convention; Elects New President

Maryland Farm Bureau’s Board of Directors Meets with Governor Wes Moore

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 

Release – Maryland Farm Bureau Convention Assembles to Grow and Shape State’s Agribusiness

2021

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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