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Webinar to Address Issues Associated With Hiring and Training New Employees on the Farm

Paul Goeringer

Jun 24, 2019
1 min

Webinar to Address Issues Associated With Hiring and Training New Employees on the Farm

See here for the site’s reposting policy. Agricultural operations may not always take the time to do simple background checks or provide employees with the proper initial training that can cause huge issues down the road. Recent news has highlighted what can go wrong when agricultural operations hire employees with limited knowledge of agricultural practices. The University of Maryland will host a webinar focused on proper hiring and training techniques for agricultural ope

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May 11, 2018
2 min

Weekly Roundup May 11th

By Sarah Fielder Upcoming Webinar Series Kicks Off With Dicamba Webinar More growers will be using dicamba-resistant technology in the 2018 crop year. In past years, other regions have seen increased complaints as growers have increased the use of dicamba-resistant technology. The Ag Law Education Initiative will kick off a series of webinars with a webinar focused on an overview of current issues with the dicamba-resistant technology and new dicamba formulations. This web

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Feb 16, 2018
3 min

Weekly Roundup Feb. 16th

By Sarah Fielder Budget Deal Includes Fix for Cotton and Dairy Early last Friday morning, Congress passed a budget deal that included a fix for the cotton programs and dairy programs. With dairy, the Dairy Margin Protection Program (MPP) would now be calculated on a monthly basis rather than a bimonthly basis, premiums would be changed for medium and small dairy farms on $4.50 and $5 coverage levels, and includes other fixes to MPP that dairy producers had asked for. The bi

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Sep 22, 2017
2 min

Weekly Roundup Sept. 22nd

By Sarah Fielder Updated Right-to-Farm Law Fact Sheet is Now Available Maryland producers and neighbors often have questions on the state’s right-to-farm law. The General Assembly updated the law to include commercial seafood operations. To aid these operations and ag operations, Paul Goeringer and Lori Lynch updated their popular fact sheet to reflect the changes. You can check out the fact sheet, here https://go.umd.edu/RTFMD. Save the Date for the Ag Outlook and Policy

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Aug 25, 2017
1 min

Weekly Roundup August 25th

By Sarah Fielder Did you miss last week’s Understanding Hunting Liability and Resources Webinar? Good news, it was recorded and you can listen to it here. Have you signed up for the 2018 Agriculture and Environmental Law Conference? This event has sold out the last two years so don’t delay- registration is now open and can be done online here. The Perils of Pesticide Drift. Chemical spraying misses its mark with alarming frequency, and neighboring farms—especially organic o

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Aug 11, 2017
2 min

Weekly Roundup August 10th

By Sarah Fielder Circuit Court Strikes Down Montgomery County Pesticide Ban Late last week, the Circuit Court in Montgomery County struck down the county’s ban on cosmetic uses of pesticides on lawns. The judge saw the ban as conflicting with existing federal and state laws meant to regulate pesticide uses. The ban did not impact farms, golf courses, or gardens and did not ban the sale of any pesticides in the county. The county is looking at its options to appeal the ruli

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Aug 4, 2017
2 min

Weekly Roundup August 4th

By Sarah Fielder Court of Appeals Allows Finalists to Intervene The Maryland Court of Appeals has allowed finalists for the medical marijuana license to intervene in an ongoing lawsuit in Baltimore County challenging the final licenses granted by the state. The licensing process has been plagued with issues and legislators are calling for reform. To read more, click here http://wapo.st/2vgKTdf. Senator Introduce Bill to Ban Chlorpyrifos Senator Udall from New Mexico, co-sp

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Jul 28, 2017
2 min